Although I have discovered peace from within myself, I still love looking at the sky from my bed, where I meditate about my life and future. My future is my family, and it is comforting to know that when I look at the sky they see the same thing. I am all about balance, in my life and my art, so I painted the sky in complementary colors to the mountains. I used different size paint brushes to create the mountains and freehanded them while looking at a picture of the view behind my mom’s house to guide me.
This painting was commissioned for the exhibition The Only Door I Can Open: Women Exposing Prison through Art, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 2025.
