ILLUSTRATIONS
As a fine artist and illustrator, I am motivated by the idea of empathy. By portraying first person reactions to real-world struggles such as poverty, disease, violence, and immigration, I create pieces that explore different ideas of identity, borders, and kinship to inspire wonder and social action.
Illustration of my beautiful sister for the Women Who Draw website. I call this, "Evelyn, the Explorer in Charge."
Retrato de mi mama, la mujer más fuerte y dulce en mi vida.
Trying out a new approach to portraiture for at least the next four drawings.
It's been quite a while since I've posted a drawing. But I'm still at it! I recently moved from one state to another and have been transitioning to new work, grad apps, and city life. Here's a drawing inspired by my eldest niece who I endearingly call my silly bunny.
I've been binging on The Walking Dead and other horror movies recently. So it's no surprise elements of those stories are starting to creep into my lines. :)
Inspired by Ciril Jazbec's beautiful portrait of a girl fishing in Uummannaq , Greenland. I expanded a bit and see the explorer in her.
Inspired by the wonderful Emily who always reminds all of us to do something silly everyday. Love my silly bunny!
It's been a while since I've drawn a proper portrait. While this doesn't look exactly like the sitter, I'm happy to have gotten the opportunity to draw him. I call this his alter ego, Tito.
I haven't drawn Ely in a while so I decided to stylize him. Tempted to call this Ely's Infinite Rump.
I got this idea for a portrait with peppers stuffed in someone's mouth while riding the train yesterday and starting off into space. Only now while browsing did I realize it's reminiscent (but not really) of Matthew Barney's Cremaster. It's interesting how most ideas are not original at all. We share a collective memory of a collective life.
I had to draw this striking Swedish crofter I found through the Commons. Splashing ink mixed with color pencil is definitely becoming my favorite combo. Happy Thursday!
I found this beautiful photograph by Matthieu Paley of a man drinking salty yak milk tea. This is my illustrative take on the image.
It had been some time since I drew a portrait in person. While studying, my friend let me draw him which I thought would provide a good and steady pose. But I forgot how much one actually moves around when reading and taking notes. Ha! Never the less it was a fun drawing.
I had an impromptu drawing session today, drawing on my friend, Kirsten's journal cover. It's a portrait of her dog, Bailey. Turns out he dislocated a disc so it's especially meaningful today. Wishing a quick recovery for this cute pup!
I started this a few weeks ago and was hesitant about where to go with it. Realizing this was weighing me down I decided to splash and swirl some marks. It's not my favorite but from this drawing I did find new shapes to use in the future.
I'm still thinking of the Ebola victims, their families and the physical nurturing that they have been deprived of now. Read an interesting article on NPR about this very same topic. I wonder how others, or what others would do if they couldn't hold their loved ones.
Inspired by Carey Merrick's (elephant man) skeleton. I can only imagine how difficult it must have been in his day.
It's hard to get away from all of the images of Ebola patients. It's especially sad when you see the kids that have been hit by the disease. This is a composite drawing of a couple of those images.
It’s been a while but I have more work coming as I prepare for a show at The Resource Exchange in February. Stay tuned!