PORTFOLIO
STUDENT ARTWORK
UMASS AMHERST 2011-2013
My BFA thesis work 'Please, Touch This Show', was an interactive art show meant to rely largely on viewer participation. The viewers were able to engage in the created environment through downloading or watching video pieces, adding to the pages of the interactive cut-out magazine, drawing on the chalkboard furniture, painting their nails, or putting on perfume as a personalized way of exploring the many different experiences women have when coming of age.
Created using a scanner and Adobe Photoshop, this surreal and playful landscape is made up of items that can fit inside a coat pocket and set in the backdrop of a coat sleeve.
This digital print was created using Adobe Photoshop and combines drawings and photography in an advertisement meant to turn the ideas of traditional makeup adds on its head.
This Twin Series Self Portrait explores a mirrored self-view and inner dualities through the act of dreaming while asleep and awake. When the two portraits are placed side by side they can be viewed as one large work. The Nightmares portrait shows a darker side of the subconscious self.
This Twin Series Self Portrait explores a mirrored self-view and inner dualities through the act of dreaming while asleep and awake. When the two portraits are placed side by side they can be viewed as one large work. Daydreams explores a lighthearted drifting mind that actively embraces the style of fashion watercolor paintings.
This watercolor piece is a study in shape and color, drawing inspiration from a collection of lipsticks.