Screenprinting on black velvet paper,  20 x 30 inch. 2022-2024.  In this series I am interested in challenging art historical narratives and modes of representation, for example, the painted Greek vase that documented various aspects of life. Traditional still-life paintings typically represent the time's motifs, desires, and political relationships across cultures. Each vessel represents an emotional facet of our 21st-century existence. The zoomorphic qualities of the sculptures are allegorical, expressing human and environmental concerns. Like a genie lamp that holds our dreams and aspirations, the transformed vessels may evoke a range of emotions like love, hope, fear, greed, or glee. I am inspired by world stories that feature animals as conduits of morality, like The Panchatantra story (an ancient Indian collection of animal fables)  about a friendship between a monkey with a golden heart and an old hungry crocodile.