“Infestation” is a piece that explores the complexities and nuances of domestic abuse. In the foreground, a female figure curls herself into fetal position, hiding her face from the viewer; this is representative of the of how abusive familial relationships can lead to parentification. Poisonous to the touch, the Golden Frog sits menacingly on the back of the figure representing one of the parents within an abusive dynamic. The spiders crawling out of the figure’s open ribs are representative of the other parent. Since childhood, I've stood in the center of my parent’s toxic and codependent relationship. I've attempted to capture this in brutal imagery. I hope the viewer is unable to tell which of the two creatures, or perhaps both, are infesting the girl. Could either be read as protecting her? Is the girl, hollowing out her ribs, in a sense, cradling and protecting the spiders that crawl within her? In some ways, I myself do not know the answer to these questions.