Laguna College of Art + Design

I Remember. I Remember – the scent on my mother carries love and comfort. Even though she is not physically with me, her blessing and love stay with me in my memories. Losing my mother is the trigger for me to paint my memories. I experienced …

My work expresses my studies of the human form as well as my experiences with acting. As an actor, I looked closely at human behavior, giving me insights into our shared human experience and giving me the tools to express my own experiences through …

In the Light is a painted observation of our disconnection with the natural environment and how my own reconnection with nature has helped me sort out life’s most difficult questions and challenges. In developing a visual language to express t…

My large scale drawings use depictions of the human figure to address the influence of society and electronic media on personal versus public identity. The messages that the media communicates have affected my opinion of myself, as well as my though…

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 …

The people that I have painted in my MFA thesis series have suffered indignities, hardship, and sometimes the loss of their individual freedoms. Due to a variety of circumstances, they found themselves in situations that were dire. Often, their live…