Sabrina McCranels is currently a student at Florida Atlantic University pursuing a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in Studio Art. Through their art practice, McCranels explores the complex and often conflicting emotions of shame and trust as they manifest in both interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships. Their chosen medium is oil paint on unstretched canvas to allow for various physical manipulation to the substrate itself. Calling upon themes of permanence versus impermanence and manipulation versus transparency, McCranels was able to create an artistic voice that emanates between the physical and the metaphysical worlds that hold us. Her pieces serve as meditations on the unseen forces that govern these connections, creating a space for reflection and intimacy. By providing a space for these emotions to unfold, they hope to create an opportunity for viewers to engage in reflection and introspection. Her aim is to encourage intimacy and the potential for reconnection in a world where such connections are increasingly fragile and far between.