Arrival

Oil on canvas.

36x48"

Arrival is the last of a series of three oil paintings about my personal experience and healing process from sexual harassment and assault. To represent coming to terms with my body after years of struggling, I am pictured coming out of the water and covered in mushrooms. Since mushrooms grow out of dead and decaying matter, this represents how although I am not yet re-blooming with flowers, I am now ready to heal.