Laguna College of Art + Design

Artistic evolution is highly personal and unique for each person. As a formally trained illustrator, I’m intrinsically afraid of change and desperately hold onto processes that feel familiar. However, I know that growth is full of risks and un…

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…

Discord in the Garden is a body of work that represents my exploration into the permeability of gender by way of transvestism or cross-dressing. The subject of this work was initially inspired by a friend of mine who had the courage to reveal to me …

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 d…

Another cold brisk night in the city. Time to wander around, get lost, and find something else to paint. What am I looking for again? Tim suggested keeping my thesis idea in mind—the city is modern life with all the technology, supplies, servi…

My thesis series is an exploration based off of personal and observed experiences. It is an investigation into the relationship that modern man has with both the artificial world he has created for himself and the surrounding natural world. I depict…