Art has always been the language I turn to when I can’t quite find the words that express how I feel. It gives form to things I’m still figuring out, such as my own emotions, and helps me understand myself and the world around me. I’m a mixed media artist drawn to bold, graphic expressions. My primary mediums include digital art, printmaking, and acrylic marker illustrations. My work often filters pop culture and personal analysis through a vivid, expressive lens, translating influences from music, film, and visual culture into new visual forms.

 

My practice is rooted in turning internal dialogue into external form. Specifically, this entails using digital art and mixed media to navigate the intersections of my own personal experience, cultural influences, and emotional memory. There is one theme that runs through my work, that being childhood. My art tends to focus on returning to the childlike way of learning, where play is promoted over strict, non-hands on learning. This was the very way I learned my love for creating as a child. Not by learning the ways of the ‘old masters’ but by exploring and playing with different mediums that I felt called to me. 

 

I’ve been lucky enough to have two professional experiences in the world of art. This school year I’m a student ambassador for Adobe Express, and last summer I was a graphic design intern for a Houston based branding firm. Both of these experiences have refined my design skills, and helped me find a love for being able to translate personality into branding.