WORKS ON PAPER
Take a deep breath.
12" x 9" Pastel, ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper. 2021.
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This painting is part of a series of paintings inspired by Lisa Yuskavage's color palette, coloring book imagery, and Japanese prints.
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With this painting, I was experimenting with masking tape to add layers to the water. I've been interested in exploring the use of opaque and translucent color with this work.
Bus terminal.
12" x 9" Watercolor and charcoal on paper. 2021.
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This painting is part of a series of paintings inspired by Lisa Yuskavage's color palette, coloring book imagery, and Japanese prints.
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I became interested in using staining and scraping to apply color with this work. Patterns starting creeping into the work here.
Do you hear someone watching us?
12" x 9" Pastel, ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper. 2021.
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This painting is part of a series of paintings inspired by Lisa Yuskavage's color palette, coloring book imagery, and Japanese prints.
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My Little Pony Friendship is Magic has a special place in my heart. I combined some characters from MLP with this grimacing face from a Japanese print. These disembodied heads have been popping up in the work a lot. I am not completely sure why. I see them almost like floating memories of judging faces I encounter throughout the day.
Tending to produce.
12" x 12" Watercolor and charcoal on paper. 2021.
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This painting is part of a series of paintings inspired by Lisa Yuskavage's color palette, coloring book imagery, and Japanese prints.
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This painting combines imagery from a 50's era coloring book from the United States with imagery from Japanese prints. I have been exploring how art might address the conflicts in creating a Japanese-American art.
12" x 9" Watercolor and colored pencil on paper. 2022.
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This painting is part of a series of paintings inspired by Lisa Yuskavage's color palette, coloring book imagery, and Japanese prints.
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The Hand Always Tells.
Vigil.
9" x 12" Colored pencil, watercolor, and gouache on paper. 2022.
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This painting is part of a series of paintings inspired by Lisa Yuskavage's color palette, coloring book imagery, and Japanese prints.
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Trash night.
9" x 12" Watercolor and ink on paper. 2021.
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This painting is part of a series of paintings inspired by Lisa Yuskavage's color palette, coloring book imagery, and Japanese prints.
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This is a self-portrait of my screaming face inside the silhouette of a warrior from a Japanese print. The setting is based on a photograph I took of a striking sunset in my neighborhood.
Io (unsettled)
9" x 12" Watercolor on paper. 2022.
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This painting is part of a series of paintings inspired by Lisa Yuskavage's color palette, coloring book imagery, and Japanese prints.
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