"Home in Her Self" Painting

My name is Marcy Parks and I am an artist, writer, and mother living in East Tennessee. My works are my way of processing my experiences as a woman, mother, survivor, and daughter of a survivor and are an examination of the narratives I have inherited around womanhood, femininity, and motherhood - especially in the context of being a woman living in the south. My works offer a glimpse into the intimate spaces of my own body and psyche, turning them inside out and bringing them into the light to study the histories, stories, memories, trauma, and all the emotions tangled and knotted within that have brought me to this moment.