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.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hAbmOLwFyKs/UV5MN6sd2UI/AAAAAAAAANE/scPpKP4Nq0Q/w298-h399/painted+self+portrait+2.jpg)
‘Sunglasses’
Acrylic on Watercolor
9x12in., 2013
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-XwcqJgFKP1I/UV5MN28E3II/AAAAAAAAANM/5vCy3RKEEPY/w337-h451/tongue+finished.jpg)
‘Tongue’
Acrylic on Watercolor
9x12in., 2013
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-UVwst-pf7zY/UXc8SGSY6mI/AAAAAAAAAT4/lAlABpHgYZg/w337-h451/self+4.jpg)
‘Self 4’
Pencil on Paper
5.5x8in., 2012
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jzjQZT3Z1cg/UXc8YPvjKpI/AAAAAAAAAUA/FmlEQTnc-Q4/w337-h451/self+7.jpg)
‘Self 7’
Pencil on Paper
5.5x8in., 2012
‘Self 10’
Pencil on Paper
5.5x8in., 2012
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9qxkmnkfFck/UXc7ZKlh3qI/AAAAAAAAATE/YR4kaYqg6Oc/w337-h451/30.jpg)
’30’
Digital Print
7x9in., 2012
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-dpJZUp_q15A/UXc6zqDuHWI/AAAAAAAAASs/Kao4-q7cI90/w361-h451/16.jpg)
’16’
Digital Print
7x9in., 2012
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-dPfUelrc3Mk/UXc7zAdrHhI/AAAAAAAAATQ/jCirTrUXwCc/w361-h451/9.jpg)
‘9’
Digital Print
7x9in., 2013
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-j6IRY43JAF8/UXc8DoDQldI/AAAAAAAAATg/l8BtkIWbnqY/w281-h451/Intuitive+Color.jpg)
‘Intuitive Color’
Digital Print
6x10in., 2013
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tEQq8qVdpsA/UXc8Fh6RMLI/AAAAAAAAATo/sy-1gCcDHm0/w281-h451/Measured+Color.jpg)
‘Measured Color’
Digital Print
6x10in., 2012
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7pX-wl9w0f0/UXc8Aek0X9I/AAAAAAAAATY/Ty5pYPdcdyo/w361-h451/Color+Study.jpg)
‘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.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dTSbFlSiBWA/UXi4RJ6TNTI/AAAAAAAAAXg/21CqyOe6RsE/w239-h398/happiness_.jpg)
‘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.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WHc1BNEF3o4/UXiM8CUFduI/AAAAAAAAAUg/5Ktk_2VsrJ8/w538-h399/Blue.jpg)
‘Green Growth’
Acrylic on Canvas
30x40in., 2010
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-vjchv_5iu6E/UXiM-KF2pMI/AAAAAAAAAUw/YHsLz8vTnLI/w261-h399/DSC_0022.jpg)
‘Purple Growth’
Acrylic on Canvas
24x36in., 2010
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-1t5Y1wfLd-I/UXiM9isqefI/AAAAAAAAAUo/QcOw8wQbubI/w199-h399/DSC_0025.jpg)
‘Blue Growth’
Acrylic on Canvas
12x24in., 2010
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-rwaOstAZBRY/UXiM_YNzJXI/AAAAAAAAAU4/MjT6EiXnbfE/w543-h399/Red.jpg)
‘Red Growth’
Acrylic on Canvas
30x40in., 2010
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-h2G5R6XWzRE/UXiNBGNtvsI/AAAAAAAAAVA/nVdLlJfQnl0/w257-h399/yellow.jpg)
‘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.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5z1MB9P3AEo/TxiuZ4gnBXI/AAAAAAAAASA/d8f1yULA8v0/w833-h270/img01.jpg)
‘Perspective 2’
Diptych, Acrylic on Canvas
24x72in., 2009
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-IXGlzAA4F8g/UXiQuxs69xI/AAAAAAAAAWg/fF9EGend5hQ/w199-h399/img03.jpg)
‘Perspective 1’
Acrylic on Canvas
8x16in., 2009
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8k_2ai3fkJc/UXoGF3MLQqI/AAAAAAAAAX8/-y6dSD6TKvo/w200-h399/Perspective+7.jpg)
‘Perspective 7’
Acrylic on Canvas
18x36in., 2009
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-f8nx_iVRQUk/UXiQuZZP-WI/AAAAAAAAAWU/LljAEmK4mOw/w400-h399/Perspective+13.jpg)
‘Perspective 13’
Acrylic on Canvas
10x10in., 2009
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Stzcj0WZSLw/UXiQupaSBFI/AAAAAAAAAWc/xkWkOmMbLtE/w266-h399/Perspective+8.jpg)
‘Perspective 8’
Acrylic and Newspaper on Canvas
24x36in., 2009
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-B9RCMW6D5fU/UXoKH5A4ONI/AAAAAAAAAYk/Rs1r40rk7_U/w496-h399/Perspective+12.jpg)
‘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.