metropolitanjuly 2018
sony camera i took this photo when i thought i was going to art school. i had to come up with different pieces for my portfolio, and this was clearly the best example of "photography" i had, and i think that still holds up. fun fact, i didn't even mean to include the boy and his father in frame, it kind of just happened. since then, it has come to symbolize immersion in the arts and how magical these spaces can be. |
naranjadecember 2021
acrylic on canvas 16 x 20 in. if you know me, you know how fascinated i am by late 19th c./early 20th c. photography. i collect cabinet cards of random victorian & edwardian folks. this painting is based on a photo i found online of a young girl in a bright blue dress glaring into the lens of a camera, surrounded by oranges. it was the perfect composition, and i couldn't help but take inspiration from it. |
tristesse (vincent's ear)fall 2022
3.25 x 1.75 in. polymer clay & acrylic paint vincent willem van gogh is my favorite artist for a plethora of reasons. despite the hurricane of a mind he had, he found a way to produce the most beautiful art and find joy through it. it's a widely known fact that he cut his ear off (but he didn't give it to a prostitute he loved, just the barmaid at the local café). that ear has come to symbolize so many things for me, and i just wanted a replica of it to rest on my bookshelf dedicated to him. |
"and i'll love you no matter what."
january 2023
5.5 x 8.5 in. acrylic on mixed media paper dead poets society. where do i even begin. this film has been associated with so many of the best moments of my years of living. it introduced me to my favorite actor: ethan hawke. i still hold that he should've gotten more accolades for his role as the anxious todd anderson, but maybe that's just me. the standout scene for his character is after the death of his beloved neil perry, where his numbness brings him outside in a snowstorm. he stares into the white distance, and all he can bring himself to say is: "it's so beautiful."
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death of a childjanuary 2023
acrylic on mixed media paper 5.5. x 8.5 in. back on my dead poets shit. neil perry is the character most like me in the film. a straight-a, overachieving, & charismatic aspiring actor who can never seem to completely win the favor of his parents (or himself). he drowns himself in work and extracurriculars to distract from his mind, but finds a potential path out through theatre and poetry. however, that doesn't prove fruitful for him. this still from the film occurs right before his untimely demise.
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here's to you2022-2023
polaroid i-type film & sharpie 4.233 x 3.483 in. subjects: gabby asselta & brie underwood there are oh so very few people i share most of myself with, but these two are the greatest exception. gabby and brie have had the *pleasure* of seeing me at my best and my worst, and no matter how ugly the situation gets, they're always there to bring me back down to earth. i genuinely don't know how i got so lucky. if either of you are reading this, thank you for being here.
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persephonejanuary 2023
acrylic paint on ceramic 7.5 x 7.5 in. captured on a canon eos digital rebel xs i took a quiz in elementary school entitled "who is your godly parent?" and i got persephone. ever since then i have been fascinated with her story and the symbolism that comes with it. pomegranates appear frequently in recent art i've made, simply because i find myself relating to her.
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i hope one day i won't feel nervous around youfall 2021
mixed media collage & ink 8 x 11 in. i created this collage during a very transitory period in my life. i had just met a bunch of new people, some who would become extremely important to me. every time i found myself in their company, i became hyperaware of every word i said and every move i made. i also became aware that they could sense my nervousness, as if they were a bloodhound but for anxiety instead (which is such a concept).
am i still nervous around them? that's for me to know and for you to find out. |
bottled coffeemarch 2023
plastic bowl, spoon, air dry clay, & polymer clay finding joy in simplicity is something i'm still working on. i fail to realize it most times, but sometimes the most important things are little details. intricate rituals, routines, the sense of being calm and feeling at home are things & feelings which mean the world to me. this represents a very rare moment of peace in my life. shoutout to fruity pebbles sans milk (but with milk for the sake of this sculpture).
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