SELECTED WORKS
(gallery of pieces that best represents my art)
Pygmalion Effect
Digital Using Procreate
February, 2025
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This piece was inspired by the pygmalion effect. It is the idea that the way we present ourselves determines how we are positively or negatively perceived, which determines how we think and present ourselves. It is a cycle of outward feedback, internal opinion, and personal presentation. To demonstrate this I used makeup because a lot of people have varying relationships with the use of makeup. Some people use makeup because it helps them feel confident, and other people don’t feel confident unless they are wearing makeup. It also can affect the way that people treat them, even if it is not on purpose.
Beads & Bracelets
Acrylic on Mixed Media Paper
September, 2024
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Since my sustained investigation is about the ways we represent ourselves or the little things that we use to identify others, I wanted to touch on creativity. The point of this piece is to show that we use what we create to identify us, which is why I chose to not show faces and just show the hands and the bracelets. I wanted to experiment with reflective material and how it reflects light through the beads. I honestly really enjoyed painting the beads and the bead container because I had to figure out reflective and translucent material.
A Thousand Pages (give or take a few)
Digital Using Procreate
February, 2025
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This piece is meant to display elements of my sustained investigation through two ideas. One is showing the girl in the store, she isn't paying attention to us and we are seeing her in a public environment. This is how we form a lot of impressions about people. The second is the focus on books. I think it is important to who we are what we read because the experience of a story changes our perspective.
Curation
Acrylic on Mixed Media Paper
Decembet, 2024
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I wanted to show how people represent themselves through what they curate, specifically in reference to a certain taste of media. I chose to paint a concert for this because going to a concert is associating yourself with an artist's music. This is even more emphasized by people taking videos and photos at concerts. I think people do this as a way of proving they were there, they later show these videos to others to highlight how that music and that experience is a part of them.
RBF
Digital Using Procreate
April, 2025
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Since my sustained is focused on external view and interpretation of someone else's internal state, I chose to focus on an aspect that can lead to misunderstanding. This is what is often called RBF in casual or digital conversations. It refers to the resting face of someone making them appear judgemental or unapproachable while in reality they are just focused. I chose to represent this through two statues of women and a real woman looking at them. Because this misinterpretation of character is most often associated with women (even the middle initial is a term that could be considered derogatory towards women) I chose to make the piece very feminine. I chose light, feminine colors with a red for some of the background details.
Crowd Complex
Collage & Mixed Media on Mixed Media Paper
April, 2025
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My Sustained Investigation is based around outside perception for an individual, so for this piece I chose to crowd the page with collage. I wanted to make it look like a “Where's Waldo” book because in those books you always look at the different people on the page. While you do this you notice specific things about them (short or tall, boy or girl, light hair or dark hair) and then you move on. This is meant to convey that split second perception of people in a crowd. This was my first time using collage for a piece and I really enjoyed the layering involved in the process of combining different mediums.
Iguana Rock
Gouache on Mixed Media Paper
February, 2025
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I painted this piece specifically to enter in the Little Show of Big Art at Gallery Callapooia. I used a picture I had taken on vacation as a reference. This piece required a lot of layering in order to get enough detail since it was looking pretty blurry as I was painting it.
Here For A While
Marker and Pen
February, 2023
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I made this piece in my Sophomore year drawing class. The assignment was to draw a large picture of a person using a strong pespective. I decided to use a lower angle. The girl in the drawing is actually my younger sister and we took the reference at the lake by my house.
