About Me

I'm a recent graduate of the University of Tennessee, with a BFA in art. I'm working on my portfolio for graduate school, and these are my projects from undergrad. I'm more a conceptualist than an aesthetician- My artwork is less about image, and more about object. I'm leaning towards minimalism and formalism right now, addressing the basic language of visual communication, like line, plane, color and shading, 2d and 3d. But I've addressed everything from humorous 'what if' animal situations to pottery in my journey as an artist. I hope some of these pieces make you laugh, and some of them make you think, but I really worked really hard on them all!

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Presence/absence etching


this is an 18x24" etching, from an 18x24" zinc plate (it was humongously large), with gesso figure over the top.
One night I woke up suddenly and saw a man in my room with his back to me. He wasn't there, of course, but I was profoundly effected.
Spring 2009

Caterpillar Shearing Sheep


18x24" cut construction paper.
started with a fringe piece, then added a free-association image about what a caterpillar would eat if it were very large: after mowing the grass, it would eat the wool off of sheep. Which would tickle the sheep.
Unfortunately this piece no longer exists.

party in the cupboard


9x9", cut paper.
Based on a dream, if I remember correctly.
September 2009

cut paper paint by number dolphins


18x24", layers of white BFK paper.
This piece is so impossible to photograph- but like the Kitty, it's exploring the relationship between line and plane and depth or '3D-ness' in the picture plane.
April 2010

cut paper paint by number kitty


18x24" and nearly impossible to photograph!
layers of cut BFK paper
I was wanting to explore the relationship between the lines of the paint by number diagram and the illusion of depth- but without using any color.
April 2010

Monday, August 2, 2010

cut paper ink blots





these are ink blots, but they're cut out of construction paper.
5.5x8.5" each. Part of a set of ten!