Bottleneck, 2021
8” x 11” x 2”
Watercolor, acrylic, oil pastel, cardboard, plastic water bottle, and paper pulp
Image description: Photo of an assemblage painting hanging on a white wall. The painting consists of paper pulp that is dyed blue and pressed into a quadrilateral shape. Sitting on top of this blue form is a triangular piece of cardboard, layered with blue oil pastel and acrylic. Glued on top of the cardboard and pushing off the edge of the painting is a empty crushed plastic water bottle. The water bottle is covered in transparent blue acrylic brush marks.
A Chance to Win, 2021
9” x 12”
Acrylic, colored pencil, coupons, oak leaves, paper pulp
Image description: Photo of an abstract painting on handmade paper that hangs a white wall. The painting incorporates crumbled dried oak and pieces of Burger King coupons into the surface. A large area of the painting is covered in a layer of thick, red-orange acrylic. The collaged text from a fast food ad reads “A Chance to Win” and is incorporated into the paper.
How to Weather a Persistent Drizzle, 2020
9” x 12”
Acrylic, ink, colored pencil, sticker, laundry lint, paper pulp
Image Description: A textured, off-kilter rectangular painting on handmade paper features a roughh but shiny (almost wet) gray surface. Laundry lint, and resulting hair, is embedded in the surface. On the top right corner is paper pulp covered in red/green/black colored pencil, as well as one thick impasto yellow brushstroke. Bordering the right side is a clear packaging sticker for a thermometer that reads 98.6F, and gray laundry lint.
Where to Start?, 2021
Acrylic, ink, paper pulp, and rag
Image Description: A mossy green painted rag blends into paper pulp
Incubate, 2020
6” x 8” x .5”
Oil pastel, acrylic, ink, paper pulp, plastic packaging
Image Description: A mixed media painting layered with muted oil pastel that reveals scratched away, vertical lines. At the center of the painting is a plastic bottlecap surrounded by acrylic paint and paper pulp
Last Impression, 2020
6.5” x 5.5” x .25”
Acrylic, money tree leaves, colored pencil, beach sand, paper pulp
Image description: A dark wave-like form envelops a circular impression left in the rectangular piece of handmade sandpaper, as well as two pressed dried leaves. Above this, and to the side, are colored-pencil- drawn-sunset-hues.
Emergency Bite, 2020
6” x 6” x .75
Mask and to-go coffee lid on painted cardboard
Image description: A small, compact painting features a blue disposable face mask streched over the bottom two-thirds of the piece. The cardboard underneath the mask is painted a glossy black. Placed on top of the mask is a coffee-stained to-go coffee lid, and above this the black cardboard is exposed. White correction tape lines travel up and down on the painted black cardboard.
Payment Plan, 2020
9” x 11
Pen, paper pukp, and plastic bag
Image Description: A list of expenditures written on lined paper made with a pen and ruler. The lines angle downward. The expenditures are written month-by-month, totaling $70-$100 each month and are interrupted by pieces of gray and tan plastic bag.
Lost at Lunch, 2021
9” x 12”
Watercolor, acrylic, oil pastel, frozen meal packaging, plastic wrapper, paper pulp
Image description: Photo of an oil pastel painting on a white wall. The painting incorporates mossy greens and browns and flecks of yellow plastic packaging. In the lower middle section of the piece is a collaged cut-out of a frozen meal.