“In compliance with community guidelines” 2022, acrylic painting with screen printed quilt and embroidery, 50x80”
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My thesis-painting this semester! I worked with two subjects of this pieces; 1) the censorship of queer and trans identities in our age of social media in part due to the anti-lgbt hate and laws passed this year and 2) the value of traditional art and artisanal mediums such as textiles ,in an increasingly digital art market, by appropriating digital iconography using entirely traditional mediums and techniques.
“Head in the Clouds (1-10)” acrylic and ink on PVC, 59.4 x 84.1 cm, December 2022
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I was so busy with illustration projects last year that I almost didn‘t paint at all. Fortunately, I got a series of ten pieces in at the finish line. The theme started by pondering this ever expanding cloud that we are all supposed to upload our lives to. But the work ended up having just as much to do with a progression of mental states and the seemingly constant need to find clarity. I think these paintings helped me find some peace and beauty by just resting in the turbulence.