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Postcards with colored pencils, reproduced on vinyl

This piece emerged from a moment of an overwhelming amount of emotion. The swirling forms and soft colors represent the raw energy of those emotions. The canvas was my means of expression.

This piece emerged from a moment of an overwhelming amount of emotion. The swirling forms and soft colors represent the raw energy of those emotions. The canvas was my means of expression.

It makes me think of the circus. It makes me happy. Makes me wish the sky rained color.

Selected items from the Politics as Symbol/Symbol as Politics Exhibition at the KU Spencer Museum of Art.

Clara was a first year student at KU in 1918. She graduated in 1921 with a degree in Bacteriology, and went on to earn her graduate degree in 1926. She was an instructor in Bacteriology at KU from 1923 to 1929.

In this piece I delve into the emotion of bargaining within the context of grief. The figure depicted with bowed head and clasped hands reflects the internal negotiation and pleading that often accompany the bargaining stage of grieving. The tightly…