Laguna College of Art + Design

Through my study of landscape and portraiture I have found that there are many ways of interpreting and composing a representation of the world. This body of work represents earthquakes and disasters with the knowledge that I have gained from my stu…

My recent body of work delves into the peculiar absurdity of my American experience, using iconic county fair imagery to engage with the excesses, hopes, violence, and delusions pervasive in American culture. Humor becomes my tool to navigate and co…

This piece was included in the Society of Illustrators 63rd Exhibition.

Instinct represents an exploration of an inner wilderness by way of an outer one, premised on my beliefs about the continuity of these seemingly disparate landscapes. This body of work is meant to trace the organic growth and evolution of a project …

There is power in rhythmic images. This series of artworks is meant to discover the presence of patterns in a project that could be seen as introspective and exploratory. Sewing patterns, patterned fabrics and papers, charcoals, and soft pastels ble…

Solitude is something that resonates with all of us, whether we like it or not. Philosophers and psychologists have spent ages studying how we respond to it. My thesis paintings capture my own feelings and reflections on solitude. In my art, I often…

Is plastic surgery feminist? Why can I not see myself as a whole whenever I look into the mirror? Advertisements and social media instruct young women to meticulously analyze and obsess over their bodies. Why do I and others worship and partake in t…

My paintings reflect my recent life experience and my thoughts about old Chinese wisdom such as Taoism and yin-yang. Yin and yang reflect the symbiotic polarity in my paintings—love and loneliness, movement and stillness, solitude and connecti…

My paintings are allegories of self-awareness. They acknowledge the universal realities of life, love, and loss. Blending elements of nostalgia and contemporary experience, I create non-linear narratives embedded with symbolism and metaphor. My focu…

My current body of work is a personal narrative about my experiences with chronic illness, specifically the human Parvo B19 virus. I paint figurative and still life paintings that address themes, of private pain vs. public persona, fight and submiss…

My work explores the juicy world of color, shuffling bright hues together like a stack of paint chips and choosing the boldest and most saturated as the primary vehicle for the expression of the piece. Portraits are the current subject that I use to…

In elementary school, I recall sitting outside on an overcast day on the playground, observing the sheet of gray that blanketed the sky. Small pockets of light periodically pierced through the transient clouds, transforming the once moody landscape …

This thesis work examines themes of family and marriage. In particular it explores domesticity with its associated anxiety, and the attempt to escape from such. For me this anxiety stems from the uncertainty that originates with the possibility of f…

The process of creating the work that makes up Bareable was unexpected for me. It was an opening to self-healing that I was unaware that I needed so badly. With each painting that I created during this process, I made a new discovery about myself th…

A personal confession can be a meaningful articulation of how individuals are all related in society, nature and the fundamental aspects of humanity. Those records can give us a deeper appreciation of life and understanding of who we are and where w…

After the sudden loss of my father in 2021, I was driven to paint flowers in his memory, unable to bring flowers to his physical resting spot. I paint daisies in honor of the memories of our family dog Daisy, sunflowers as a symbol of the help and s…