"Traces was a was inspired both by my recent fascination with raw cotton canvas as a base for my most recent works in the studio and by my undying love for the printmaking process. In this work
the female body becomes almost an abstract gesture, like a distant memory, a trace of a moment spent in awareness of one's own presence. I wanted to find a way to enhance the materials and their raw and natural state, the cotton and the wood, and their organicity. So I decided to create a very limited linocut print in black which I retouched by hand to create pieces that are all unique."