Laguna College of Art + Design

My thesis, Dying for a Change, explores the story telling of my own hero’s journey that

is yet to be fully completed. Through simile, I draw comparison between my work and my

journey through life up to this point by reliving darker times and documenting how I’ve grown

through them. Reflection, identifying conflict, and working toward resolution are all parts of the

story. This work draws inspiration from the cross pollination between different art forms like

film editing and storytelling as well as abstraction and realism. The paintings in Dying for a

Change can be distinguished by the use of muted colored greys, dirty transparent glazes

juxtaposed with clean opaque passages of paint. They can also be distinguished through the use

of multiple paintings in context with one another to tell a story.