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This painting depicts a lotus blossom in a pool. The title of this work originates from a famous Chinese prose sentence: "香远益清，亭亭净植" ("Fragrant from afar, increasingly pure; upright and untainted"), which poetically conveys the lotus's elegance and…

While 2024 was the year we welcomed our daughter it also held a place of sadness because we lost the matriarch of our family the previous year. I chose gray in juxtaposition to celebratory gold to represent this heavy loss to our family.

Each year I give my family a painting to bring in the new year. 2024 was the Year of the Dragon. I chose gold because it was a special year and a celebration because we would welcome our daughter that year.

This piece is inspired by retro futurism and the bright colors that come with that aesthetic. I love using collage as my medium because of the creative ability to make new images with a strong tie to nostalgia.

This drawing depicts a scene from the 2018 German film "Never Look Away." The German title is "Werk ohne Autor" which translates to "Work Without an Author." This film follows the lift of art student Kurt Barnert as he moves from East Germany to West…

A photograph of a squirrel fattening up for the winter. This photograph was taken in Marvin's Grove on KU campus. The photograph shows how a wild animal must use its instincts to prepare itself for upcoming frigid temperatures and to get ready to…

4 porcelain bowls and plates with wildflowers

Moving to college with celiac disease presented many challenges, especially when it came to finding ways to cook. This artwork is a collage of photos capturing the meals I’ve prepared—each one a testament to creativity, resilience, and the joy of…

this vertical composition captures the Pacific Coast in a moment of quiet power. The land rises and falls in layered ridges, pulling the eye from the textured foreground up through misty cliffs and into a pale, expansive sky.

Intensity often triggers overwhelm. There are images which feel immediate and present, others reflect the past, and others give a glimpse into a future. Searching for our own meaning in imagery can leave one frustrated, or relieved. What do we tally?…