30x22", ink on paper, Fall 2025
An exercise in typography,
Observe prompts viewers to notice what otherwise would fly under the radar. To
pause and appreciate their environment, to turn their heads just as the subject
does and open their eyes wide to possibility. Hidden words in the tree read,
witness,
look,
and appreciate.
30x22", ink on paper, Fall 2025
The gravitational pull of conformity, the ease with
which a person can slip into suppression of the self for the misguided comfort of the whole, is a
dangerous force. Twirling delicate lines compress into uniform boxes just as people compress into
less genuine versions of themselves. The boxes are numerous, as are those that cannot think outside of them.
4x2' acrylic on panel, Fall 2025
Public opinion stereotyping transgender healthcare as mutilation
is a case of barking up the wrong beaten horse. Transition is the farthest thing from mutilation. It
is creation. The exhaustingly obvious notion that the journey of finding oneself is a beautiful thing
can feel like baby birds, a symbol of growth and new life, are nesting in one's eyelids. This situation
is deeply personal; self-portraiture aims to force the viewer into trans peoples' reality. Springtime imagery of
baby birds and flowers and the severity of nightfall and direct composition together wield bubbling anger.
As the piece hangs eye-to-eye with the viewer, the verticality of the piece is in uncomfortable conversation
with the viewer's own body.
22x30"; whittled elements, acrylic on panel; Fall 2025
Aesthetically-guided
exploration of form and color. Whittled elements contribute depth,
and organic
shapes create a peaceful nautical atmosphere.
22x30", ink on paper, Fall 2025
A negative space exercise, referencing self-portrait
bust sculpture, pictured below. Abstraction of the self confronts ideas of personal identity
and self worth.
