Boundless Botanical, 2026

This piece serves as the central work of Scarred Sisters. It presents a figure defined

through negative space and highlighted with color shifting pigments, emphasizing

both absence and presence as active components of identity. The figure is framed in

a victory pose, signaling resilience and triumph rather than defeat, and is surrounded

by flowers that originate in Africa and have successfully flourished in America,

including gladiolus, calla lilies, and African violets. These botanical elements

symbolize survival, migration, and continued growth across time and geography.

A painted lady butterfly, representing migration and transformation, rests on the

figure’s fingers, reinforcing themes of endurance and adaptation. While the figure

bears visible scars, they are not presented as markers of vulnerability or defeat.

Instead, the figure does not wear her vulnerability outwardly but stands in command

of her own narrative, actively overcoming and resisting the restraints imposed upon

her. This work ultimately asserts that the Black community is not confined to the

limitations of reality as it has been defined by history, but is capable of reshaping,

transcending, and reclaiming it.