DRAWINGS
Old Barn
This drawing was created to showcase the lively Colorado landscape and how it fades into the distance. The abandoned structure and wild grass immediately grab the viewers gaze and then allow it to move backwards.
Original Piece Size: 36"x53"
Medium: Charcoal, Conte Crayon, India Ink
Farm Boy
This drawing was based off of sketches from the master artists such as Rubens and Rembrandt. I focuses on merging the figure into its environment and portraying space.
Original Piece Size: 8.5"x11"
Medium: Charcoal
Contemplation
This drawing is an interpretation of a self portrait focusing on the concepts of acceptance and transition. The curved lines origination from the moon is the text of a poem that focuses on these concepts.
Original Piece Size: 36"x53"
Medium: Charcoal, Conte Crayon, India Ink, Pen
The Bug
This drawing was the result of an idea to merge an actual beetle with the Volkswagen beetle. This piece required creativity and an understanding of both elements in order to merge them.
Original Piece Size: 8.5"x11"
Medium: Pen on Watercolor Paper
Language
This piece focused on using the Japanese language to create an aesthetic composition for the viewer. The strokes and design of the language are beautiful but challenging to make.
Original Piece Size: 36"x53"
Medium: Pen, India Ink
Sugarcane Factory
This drawing was mean to explore the relationship between nature and technology by showing how we use our industrial advances to process and manipulate nature. By illustrating an older example of this (a sugarcane factory) the viewer can immediately understand how much further we have gone when is comes to processing nature.
Original Piece Size: 36"x53"
Medium: Charcoal, Conte Crayon, India Ink
Reunion
This personal piece was an outlet for emotions surrounding the death of a close relative. Towards the end of their life, this family member spoke about reuniting with their life partner who had passed away years prior. This is my illustration of that reunion.
Original Piece Size: 36"x53"
Medium: Charcoal, Conte Crayon, India Ink
Amber
This drawing is an attempt to render a dream of different insects trapped in sap within a dark forest. This piece is meant to be haunting and mysterious.
Original Piece Size: 36"x53"
Medium: Charcoal, Conte Crayon, India Ink, Oil Paint
Math Lady
This drawing was an attempt to use math and math imagery to create an image of something organic such as a woman. This piece utilizes calculus equations, trigonometry ,various types of graphs, the golden ratio, the vitruvian man illustration and text.
Original Piece Size: 36"x53"
Medium: Calligraphy Ink, India Ink, Pen, Sharpie Marker
Underwater
This drawing focuses on merging a figure into a background texture to give the figure a seamless and subtle presence.
Original Piece Size: 36"x53"
Medium: Conte Crayon
