This body of work is a reflection of an artistic practice that is embedded in gardening and the horticulture community of Southwest Louisiana, in the investigation of feminine stereotypes, and in an examination of my relationship to the matriarchs of my family. Through this, I have explored sustainable modes of care in cultivating my own food as well as a way to delve into ecofeminism as a way to start to consider our society’s patriarchal estrangement from nature. In addition, in the pockets of people in my community still carrying on Cajun French traditions, I have discovered a male dominated historical culture that omits women’s contributions to the land, music, and language here. As a way to rethink this history, I have reinvested in stereotypical feminine modes of making, like sewing and embroidery, as a way to rewrite patriarchal narratives.
