Self Portrait Project
This project has been an exploration of emotion. Through this work I am questioning how pain and joy can exist at once within one life and I am examining my belief that love is life’s ultimate significance.
‘Sunglasses’
Acrylic on Watercolor
9x12in., 2013
‘Tongue’
Acrylic on Watercolor
9x12in., 2013
‘Self 4’
Pencil on Paper
5.5x8in., 2012
‘Self 7’
Pencil on Paper
5.5x8in., 2012
‘Self 10’
Pencil on Paper
5.5x8in., 2012
’30’
Digital Print
7x9in., 2012
’16’
Digital Print
7x9in., 2012
‘9’
Digital Print
7x9in., 2013
‘Intuitive Color’
Digital Print
6x10in., 2013
‘Measured Color’
Digital Print
6x10in., 2012
‘Color Study’
Digital Print
7x9in., 2013
Smiles
Through this work I contemplated both the pure joy that can accompany romantic love and ways in which happiness can sometimes, interestingly, bring up feelings of loss.
‘Happiness’
Acrylic on Canvas
8x16in., 2011
‘Cruise’
Acrylic on Canvas
24x36in., 2011
‘Bright’
Acrylic on Canvas
10x30in., 2011
New Growth
This work was inspired by my own shifting perspective. I was going through an inspiring time of change and personal growth.
‘Green Growth’
Acrylic on Canvas
30x40in., 2010
‘Purple Growth’
Acrylic on Canvas
24x36in., 2010
‘Blue Growth’
Acrylic on Canvas
12x24in., 2010
‘Red Growth’
Acrylic on Canvas
30x40in., 2010
‘Yellow Growth’
Acrylic on Canvas
24x36in., 2010
City Perspective Project
This body of work consists of several unique abstract cityscapes in which I attempted to suggest the notion that people see things differently and that each individual has a valid experience unlike that of any other. There are many different ways of seeing the same city.
‘Perspective 2’
Diptych, Acrylic on Canvas
24x72in., 2009
‘Perspective 1’
Acrylic on Canvas
8x16in., 2009
‘Perspective 7’
Acrylic on Canvas
18x36in., 2009
‘Perspective 13’
Acrylic on Canvas
10x10in., 2009
‘Perspective 8’
Acrylic and Newspaper on Canvas
24x36in., 2009
‘Perspective 12’
Acrylic on Canvas
16x20in., 2009
Representational
My initial artistic education was centered around representational work. These pieces were created just before I moved from New England to San Francisco. They were inspired by energy I felt while anticipating a move to a place very culturally different–where I had never been and didn’t know a soul. I believe I was inspired to paint familiar objects because I was experiencing them from a fresh exciting perspective.
