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Jewelry (Medium of Emphasis)
Metal in Flight, copper and labradorite, 2024
Ring and Reliquary, copper, labradorite, and glass, 2024
Ring and Reliquary, copper, labradorite, and glass, 2024
For the Bride, silver, mother of pearl, and glass, 2025
The Big Three, cast bronze and silver, 2025
Tree of Life in the Leaf (Design by Lan Anh Handmade), copper, 2021
Lacewing (with swords), cast bronze and copper wire, 4"x 2.5", 2025
Dance of the Leaves, cast bronze, hammered copper, gemstone, gold leaf, copper chain, color patina, 4"x5", 2025
Self Portraiture
Inhale the Stars, Burn My Lungs, conte on toned paper, 4'x 8', 2025
This work is a visual representation of three of my childhood fears: outer space, suffocation, and being trapped. The drawing is life-sized, giving these childhood fears a greater weight that represents how sometimes fears can grow with us, no matter how we try to rationalize them away.
Sisters Three: Mer, Elf, and Goddess, mixed media, 16"x 20", 2024
This series portrays my sisters and I as mythological beings from folklore. I've always been drawn to the power of art in telling a story, especially when combined with the speculative lens of fantasy. These drawings use colors, icons, and symbols to represent different elements of my sisters' and my identities, using images and fantasy to communicate to the viewer aspects who we are.
Self Reflection, charcoal, each 4"x 4", 2024
This work is a series of my eyes expressing different emotions in the reflection of makeup mirrors. The frames of the makeup palettes signify how expressions can sometimes be put on and worn, like a full face of makeup. I have always felt a sense of disconnect from my own reflection. The process of observing and replicating my emotions in mirrors had me reflecting on how the face I feel more than see is perceived by others; leading me, in a full metaphorical circle, to self reflection.
Mirrored, conte on toned paper, 16"x 20", 2025
This work was done from life with a mirror, and captured a reflection far more serious and focused than I usually see myself. It generates contemplation on the variations between a photo and a reflection, and the different aspects of ourselves we can see in each. We only ever get the chance to see ourselves through their frames.
Tired, charcoal, 18"x 24", 2022
This was the first self portrait I've ever done, and the process revealed just how little I know my own likeness. My older sister gave me many suggestions throughout the process on what to tweak to look more like me. Even so, when I finished, the eyes looked far more tired than they did in the reference photo. This drawing reflects how I was feeling while I created it rather than the reference, and opens a dialogue into how the mindset of an artist can unconsciously saturate the work they create.
ADHD Self Portrait, 18"x 24", charcoal
This self portrait is drawn loosely over a layered collection of smudged-out gestures. Each of these gestures is drawn from a different photo I've taken in the past few years, and the multitude of them together is chaotic and somewhat overwhelming. The portrait represents me as an incarnation of all the experiences, places, and people that live in my memories; someone messy and a lot and all over the place, but happy.
Charcoal
Crystalline, white charcoal, 18"x 24", 2024
Studio Ghosts, charcoal, 24"x 36", 2024
Inked Apart, charcoal, 26"x 36", 2024
This composition uses glass items to convey the idea of hierarchy and division. The difference in scale and position distract from the inherent fragility of the larger vases as they cast shadows over the tiny ink bottle.
Measures of Dysmorphia, charcoal, 18"x 24", 2024
A Book by its Cover (A Trompe L'oeil), white and black charcoal on toned paper, 18"x 24", 2024
Centering, compressed and liquid charcoal, 18"x 24", 2024
Soul Ties, charcoal, total 32"x 24", 2024
Soul Ties is a reimagining of a photo from my older sister's engagement. She and her fiance were long distance for college during much of their engagement, and I wanted to explore the idea of the empty spaces our loved ones leave when they're absent. However, distance is not enough to overcome love shared, and ties of souls don't break from stretching between two places.
Dragonflower, white and black charcoal on toned paper, 18"x 24", 2025
Assorted 3D Works
Prickly, wool, glass, and wire, 3"x 4", 2023
Steeping Fungi, ceramic, 4"x 6", 2021
Sunflower Reading, acrylic on wood, 16" diameter, 2023
This sunflower was painted on the backs of three lending libraries that were built, stocked, and installed next to Kenowa Hills elementary schools by myself and my Honors Capstone teammates at GRCC. We aimed to make the structures cheerful and inviting for the students to get them to check out the books.
Forms and Texture: Windowboxes on a Clear Day, cardboard, aluminum foil, fabric flowers, wood, and paint, 12"x 16 (each), 2023. This piece drew inspiration from modular aluminum homes and brings together color, form, and texture to create a cohesive pair of sculptures
Skin and Seabones Sketches, graphite, 9"x 12", 2023
Skin and Seabones, basket reed, tracing paper, and Elmers glue, 2'x 3.5', 2023
Watercolors
Retha Dancer, watercolor, 12"x 18", 2023
Plucked and Painted, watercolor, 4"x 6", 2023
Council of the Gods, watercolor, 9" x 12", 2025
Cassie, watercolor, 2"x 3", 2025
Karina, watercolor, 2"x 3", 2025
Chenoah, watercolor, 2"x 3", 2025
Lilia, watercolor, 9"x 12", 2021
Frida, watercolor, 5"x 8", 2025
Solus Miles, watercolor, 6"x 6", 2024
Farewell, Oklahoma, watercolor and ink, 4"x 6", 2023
Pax Castus, watercolor, 6"x 6", 2024
Assorted 2D Works
Life Won Sideways, watercolor marker and colored pencil, 15"x 20, 2025
Inspired by the German sculpture Death Triumphant (c.1670) and A Drexciyan Chronocommons-To win the war you fought it sideways by Firelei Báez
Medusa's Library, photography, 2024
Stripes and Shadows (Study), graphite, 18"x 24, 2022
Mandala, colored pencil, 6"x 9", 2021
Paper Crown, graphite and white charcoal, 9"x 12", 2020-2024
Inspired by the song "Paper Crown" by Alec Benjamin
Cubist Muse, soft pastel and Sharpie, 18"x 24, 2024
Sunset: The Valley, oil pastel, 6"x 8", 2024
Sunset: The Theater, colored pencil, 6"x 8", 2024
Sunset: The Lake, soft pastel, 14"x 20", 2024
Antony, for Marcos, watercolor and colored pencil, 4"x 6", 2025
Epic: The Women, graphite, 5"x 8", 2024
After characters from Epic: The Musical
Riko, colored pencil, 5"x 7", 2021
Skeleton, graphite, 18" 24", 2023
Cadmiums, oil on cotton rag paper, 24"x 30", 2024
Contours of your palms, graphite, 6"x 8", 2024
Girana, watercolor, marker, and colored pencil, 9"x 11", 2021
Five Objects, Ten Colors, colored pencil, 18"x 24", 2024
This color study creates the impression of pointillism by applying light layers of colored pencil on top of each other without burnishing. There were only ten pencils used in this drawing.
Red and Blue, collage, 9"x 12", 2024
Hwang Hyunjin, graphite, 6"x 8", 2024
Master Copy: Color Mixing, acrylic, 6"x 6", 2023 (reference on the left, painting on the right)
Frost, ink, 6"x 3.5" 2023
Hualian, graphite, 6"x 8", 2025
For Tighnari, oil on canvas, 24"x 32", 2024
Cornucopia, whiteboard marker, 10"x 16", 2025
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