WELCOME TO THE GALLERY

Here you will find examples of my childhood, high school, first year, second year, and sketchbook work. Enjoy!

CHILDHOOD WORK

Some work from my childhood sketchbooks. Pretty cool to see I still kind of draw like this.

Mittens and Whiskers (2000s)

Jungle (2000s)

Purple Bear (2000s)

Taylor Swift (2000s)

HIGH SCHOOL/AP WORK

Community art and selected works from 2018-2020.

Oil Painting of Mary (2019)

Chalk the Block (2020)

Chalk the Block (2021)

Sketchbook Page (2021)

My first AP portfolio (2020-2021) was focused on children's hypersensitivity to the paranormal and the interactions between the two. All pieces are digital.

Hello Mister (2020)

Bird Books with Wormy (2020)

Fake Bird (2020)

Wall Faces (2021)

My second AP portfolio (2021-2022) was a modern interpretation of guardian angels. All pieces except for The New Saint Jude are digital.

The New Saint Jude (2021)

Spaceface (2021)

Diana, Violent Angel (2022)

Goose and Angel (2022)

FIRST YEAR WORK

Selected works from my first year at MIAD.

Absurdities in My Day-to-Day

2022

digital zine

A recollection of fond memories in a zine format.

Techno: Born in Detroit, Raised in Berlin

2022

digital collage

An ode to the music that changed my life. All images sourced from digitalized photo/video archives.

Puppe Parade

2022

paper, marker, tape, glue

All puppets are based on real people. Each puppet dons their respective eyes and teeth. Approximently six feet in length.

Liquid Livinia

2022

cardboard, armature wire, paper, tape, methyl cellulose, acrylic paint, clothes

Full size, posable doll made based on my own image.

Me and My Monkey

2023

screen print, paper, fabric, markers, ribbon, stickers

Prompt: Having control over my own mind and body brings me the greatest joy.

SECOND YEAR WORK

Selected works from my second year at MIAD.

Sketchbook No. 6

2023

cotton fabric, textile paint

An archive of places, people, patterns, and memories in lap quilt form. All quilt squares hand painted.

Ode to Mayakovsky

2023

salvaged road sign, hexrod, acrylic paint

Ode to poet Vladimir Mayakovsky featuring an excerpt from his self-titled play as well as original publishing print ornamentals and portrait of "Old Man" from play. Approximately eight feet tall.

Creodant

2023

cardboard, armature wire, paper, tape, methyl cellulose, acrylic paint, sound

Named after my long-dead childhood dog, Creo, this piece is an exploratoin of the aftermath of an animal companions passing. While we are no longer together in the flesh, we are together in a new way. We are all just cicada shells in one way or another.

Sentimental Jury

2023

salvaged wood, acrylic paint

Shown in Hawthorne Contemporary Gray Area accompanied by artist statement:

From the forest I hear my father calling. Barefooted but with a winter jacket on, I exit the house through the back door and find myself on the porch, listening for his voice. Again, from the forest, I hear him. I cross the yard, go over the ditch, and wander into the woods. In the clearing far ahead of me I see my father. He is waving and calling my name, surrounded by vines and thorns. As I march toward him, nearly there, I feel a tug on my foot. A delicate loop of thorns have wrapped themselves around my ankle as if asking me to stop. Asking me to reconsider.

I never made it to my father.

This is the only memory I can recall without certainty of its basis in reality. Whether this event is a dream, a memory, or somewhere in between I doubt I’ll ever know. But I do know that whatever this recollection is, it reminds me of a time long gone. Perhaps a time I will never know again. It takes me back to the time I trusted my father.

Pigeon(Ode to the Archive)

2023

cast bronze, paper, acrylic paint

Physical manifestation of personal archive consisting of digital photographs of dead animals I come across. I photograph these forgotten animals to commemorate them and consider this work a shrine to them.

Skin Wizard

2023

woodblock ink, paper

My ritual is picking my skin. This creature is the ritual director.

Pete Burns KYS Poster

2023

stencil, spray paint

A big fat FUCK YOU to biggots.

Personal Pattern Persistence

2024

wood, laser cutter, spray paint, posca, magnets

Physical archive of personal patterns. Each doll is attached with magnets making the piece rearrangeable to show that a pattern will always persist.

Parappa Miracle Poster

2024

paper, marker, digital collage

Glorified journal entry modeled after 2002 Parappa The Rapper 2 magazine review.

Team:4 Atropa Wood

2024

ink, paper

Excerpt from personal comic project called Team:4.

Ego Ouroboros

2024

salvaged cabinet door, acrylic paint

Each day feels as if I am a completely new and different person picking up from where someone else left off. This is a dissociative trait that I seek to give meaning to through an artistic manifestation. The figure sitting at the table is Present me, waiting to be replaced. The figure standing with the gun is Tomorrow’s Me. And the figure slumped on the floor is Yesterday’s Me. The tables and chairs are reminiscent of tables and chairs I spent significant time at as a child and teenager. The snackboard and cappuccinos are there because not only do I love snackboards and cappuccinos, but it holds another gun: allowing Today’s Me to end themself if they do not want to wait for Tomorrow’s Me to do the deed. Or if Tomorrow’s Me cannot carry out the action. The dog in the left chair is Indy’s Angel (my recently deceased pet dog) who is my present advisor. The cat in the right chair is Whiskers’ Angel (my deceased pet cat) who is my past advisor. And the great grey owl is my future advisor. The figures in the door are Future Me (left) and Past Me (right). The inside setting is to reinforce the feeling of being trapped in this cycle. And the figures on the walls are odes to all my Yesterday-selves.

Archival Spiral

2024

salvaged wood, modgepodge, paper, color pencil, posca, found object

Archive of places influential in my life. Objects are trash I have been saving for just the right moment.

Angel's Reminder

2024

screen print, paper

My thoughts on angels.

Listen to the Gulls

2024

relief ink, paper

A self portrait in many senses. I talk mad shit about the beach but I always find myself going back.

SKETCHBOOKS/UPCOMING PROJECT(?)

I keep sketchbooks (each of which is assigned a number) full of both writing and drawings. Here are some excerpts. In the future I would like to scan, edit, and publish these as art books. We'll see...