This year was far more remarkable for a lot of things that had little or nothing to do with art, but I did still manage several significant endeavors. My biggest project of the year had to have been the painting I made for Hannah's wedding of hearts of the Holy Family, the two other larger projects I have been working on myself have been progressing incredibly slowly due to the time constraints of being back in school. Nevertheless, I had a few months of increased free time l

In honor of the Catholic Church's newly canonized saints I am sharing the most recent development in my stylistic exploration of saint art. St. Carlo Acutis - a Eucharistic devote and computer programmer who lived at the turn of the century - felt like the perfect subject for this newest venture. It's still a drawing on black paper with negative space for the background glass, but this time it is in a shadow-box which is lit from the inside by fairy lights. I also used acetat

I just started a new masters program and my first essay (for an accelerated summer course) was on the nature of memory. In order to give a presentation on my paper in class, I lit on the idea of creating a visual aid - partly because the question I wanted to address reminded me of an image of a tree that I had seen on Pinterest once, and as I was trying to find an illustration I realized that it was really more of a singular occurrence (so I might not be able to simply refer

I made my mother a saint portrait for her birthday – but it’s obviously very different from the devotional work I have done previously....

I've recently had a lot more free time for reading and other hobbies - one of which somewhat randomly blossomed into a whole separate website of book reviews. You are welcome to check it out here - obviously - I have given a brief introduction to the origin and nature of the project below, but will begin with a reflection on the design choice as that is the purpose of my portfolio website. I was actually working on creating a secondary logo for myself for a different project

I just completed this painting of the Sacred Heart of Jesus as a demo for a larger piece I will be making in the coming weeks and I'm...

I made a magi figurine - which I'm super excited about because I'm not particularly comfortable with sculpture, but I noticed that my...

Once again, I had a lot of time to devote to art, which has been a delight, and still some experimentation with different media and...

Christmas seems to be a time that especially lends itself to retrospection, and, in recent years, I have found it to be a reminder of all...

I'm dusting off my oil paints because I'm going to need to create a piece for a friend on a fabric surface later this year, and that...

I entertained myself during a layover with a bit of a photo scavenger hunt through the airport - inspired by a fun interplay of light and...

I've been on a kick of delving into Celtic art and culture recently - the newest of which being some books I got from the library that...

I had a chance to participate in the first annual alumni art show hosted by OCSA. It was so much fun to see some old friends and meet...

As I was working on character design for my Fingertips series, I have been making photocopies of the originals to add color to so I can...

It feels like this year had a lot of variety, particularly in media. After graduating and having more down time, I have had the...

I have idly speculated about how fun it would be to decorate a car for years - and when my first second-hand car was a literal white...

I have started copying some figures from Renaissance masters into my sketchbook last semester. They're all in different styles with a few...

This year was an incredibly sparse year for art as I've been so busy with work and school - apart, of course, from the exciting new...

I made this sketch in class a couple days ago because I needed to do something with my hands to allow my brain to focus. Usually, my...

There's a little bit less variety to show from this past year. I worked a lot on hand studies - a hand even worked its way into my...