Vertex was created using Silverpoint, a Renaissance-era technique in which artists like da Vinci or Dürer would use metal to draw. The surface has been treated with a "ground" that contains both an orange pigment and bone-ash, which serves to create…
This piece is a watercolor study exploring a complementary palette, focusing on the different values and colors that can be created by mixing the two colors on and off the page, as well as using them individually to enhance saturation.
“Venus” references the Venus Pudica pose from classical and baroque art, historically used to convey modesty and desire while highlighting the female form. I have adapted this pose to examine top surgery scars, presenting the trans body in a positive…
This piece was heavily inspired by Brad Sneed’s illustrations in “The Bravest of Us All” by Marsha Diane Arnold, a book I loved when I was a child. The etching was made using 0.5mm and 0.7mm ballpoint pens onto matteboard, which was then sealed and…
This photograph captures the Oregon tide pools in an almost alien light. It shows a mist-laden seascape where land and water blur into something dreamlike. Figures dot the rugged shoreline, their forms softened by the haze, as if caught between…