Purple Martin Nighttime Migration
Size- 4 x 2 ft I Materials- Oil paint on masonite panel, 2 x 4 pine wood I Date- 2024
Purple Martin Nighttime Migration (detail)
Purple Martin Nighttime Migration (detail)
Chutes and Ladders
Size- 36 x 72 in I Materials- Oil paint on masonite board I Date- 2024
As I grew into a young adult, a veil of anxiety grew as well. Despite having close friendships in college, the gloom of my social anxiety cast a cloud over my self-confidence, leaving me paralyzed when in the social spotlight.
Tigger
Size- 72 x 36 in I Materials- Oil paint on masonite board I Date- 2024
As a kid, I never quite understood why making friends was so hard, and I blamed myself. I yearned for a companion at the playground, wishing to be at least included, but longing to be asked first. But these friendships just never clicked into place.
Girls’ Night
Size- 36 x 72 in I Materials- Oil paint on masonite board I Date- 2024
During my teenage years, I made the realization that I wanted a female best friend. Someone to call my own person and someone to lean on. Someone to paint my nails with at 2:00 a.m. Someone to share my secrets with and for both of us to be comforted by the other’s company. But again, nothing really clicked.
Exhibited at Wheaton College’s Beard and Weil Gallery in 2024 for the Visual Arts Senior Seminar show, Sonder.
And here I am now as a 22-year-old. I immerse myself in a series of self-portraits to find comfort in who I am. Each stroke of the brush is a deliberate attempt at reflective exploration through my memories of longing and doubt. To heal my soul and find peace with my anxiety…
I am still working on that part.
Bolu
Size- 16 x 18 in I Materials- Oil paint on canvas I Date- 2023
Vibrant Still Life
Size- 24 x 18 in I Materials- Oil paint on paper I Date- 2023
Boat Orchid
Size- 14 x 6 in I Materials- Watercolor and pencil on paper I Date- 2023
Hand Shadows
Size- 7 x 7 in I Materials- Acrylic paint on masonite board I Date- 2022
The Pomegranate
Size- 2.5 in radius I Materials- Acrylic paint on wood panel I Date- 2022
Goin’ Nowhere
Size- 10 x 8 in I Materials- Acrylic paint on masonite board I Date- 2020
To Be Nervous Is To Care, And I’m Not Nervous
Size- 8 x 6 in I Materials- Acrylic paint on masonite board I Date- 2020
This piece is in response to feelings of excitement being overtaken by anxiety.
A Cute Painting Of My Dirty Foot
Size- 9.5 x 5 in I Materials- Acrylic paint on masonite board I Date- 2020
Trinity
Size- 12 x 12 in, radius 6 in I Materials- Acrylic paint on mirror, resin I Date- 2020
*The eyes were left unpainted, leaving the mirror part exposed. This cannot be seen in the photo but the eyes are reflective.
The Birds And The Bees
Size- 18 x 24 in I Materials- Acrylic paint on masonite board I Date- 2019
Awarded the Scholastic Art and Writing Gold Key Award in 2020.
This piece calls attention to the decimation of natural resources and the ecological destruction humans have caused.
Give My Regards to The Akepas
Size- 7 x 7 in I Materials- Acrylic paint on paper I Date- 2018
Vines
Size- 18 x 12 in I Materials- Watercolor on paper I Date- 2018
This piece won the Scholastic Art and Writing Silver Key Award in 2019.