There is a sharp yearning that coincided with my girlhood, where I would (and still do sometimes) amplify benign moments of tenderness into some larger, grander story in which I could romanticize my life with complete abandon. Flavored lip gloss, friendship bracelets, and cell phone charms were indicators of the overlapping eras of girlishness and being a young woman. These most recent paintings are images that resemble a strong and courageous inner world of girlhood; a wistful headspace enveloped by the allure of y2k glamour and a self- ordained independence. Sourcing references from defunct corners of the internet (i.e. a teenager’s Flickr account from 2003 or free use clip art websites) is a form of observation of myself as a young woman as well as the culture that I felt so voyeuristic towards growing up. Airbrushing offers a method of painting that is an avenue for my teenage self’s obsession with drawing to be realized in a more developed way. This body of work is my offering to the endlessly operating machine of digital information; it is a reorganizing of visual material into an ode to my generation's collective youth.