Laguna College of Art + Design

The formal elements of my work respond to conflicting visual dualities in water. Water is a substance that can be both transparent and opaque. It allows its mysteries to stay hidden, or to loom eerily beneath its glassy surface. Realism defines thes…

Our ethics, logic, and aesthetics are highly dependent on the environment to which we belong. In one community such as a country, family, ethnicity, or generation, people may hold beliefs that feel like “common sense” to the people who b…

My experiences, memories, dreams, and ideas are externalized and made lyrical through my oil paintings on canvas. I respond to motifs and subjects from art history, and this body of work is especially informed by the Baroque period and artists inclu…

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 …

My large-scale drawings investigate the beauty of femininity and inner strength through intricate designs that incorporate elements from nature. I depict female figures immersed in biophilic relationships, highlighting a harmonious bond between wome…

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

I look for transient moments where light takes shape, creates lines, or illuminates color as it reflects off a surface. When I paint people under these conditions, I find that abstract qualities of visual perception are a compelling vehicle for empa…

Inquiry breeds creation. As a painter, I tend to ask too many questions for my own good –this is how I develop concepts for my paintings. I question what the norm might be, and I question the rules of picture-making while also questioning my o…

I create compositions that feature the solitary, contemplative male figure, both at rest and in action. I use athletics to explore the male body in an endearing way that edges up to a subtle homoeroticism. Learning Olympic-style diving has inspired …

At 8 years old, I was severely injured in a very serious car accident which resulted in a coma for a week. This was an event that changed a lot of people's lives within my family. The scene was so horrific, it was only told with metaphors to lighten…

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…

My current body of work explores notions of mortality, vulnerability, loss, and survival. Over the last decades, these ideas have shaped my emotional landscape and have led to an investigation of the psychological and physiological circumstances tha…

Holding Still and Letting Go captures powerful personal emotions and intimate experiences and transforms them symbolically as universal expressions for the human condition. The themes in this collection are based on two profound periods—during…

My artwork often reflects an inner world that can be described as “Synthetic Realism.” Robert McKee, a former art professor at Yale University, used the label to loosely describe a form of art that although rooted in realism, manipulates…