Art

Paintings

A selection of recent paintings (2017-2021). All works are acrylic paints on paper.

Masks & Costumes

Monster masks and costumes created for short movies (2020-2021).

Installations

American School Desk

  • Selected for the Truth to Power 6 exhibit at Pleiades Gallery in 2018.

  • My goal was to submit an outrageously protective response to gun violence in schools, and my first idea was to construct bulletproof backpacks and clothes for children, but I quickly found out these already exist. Yes, you can buy bulletproof coats and bags to protect your children at school.

  • I put together another useful and absurd solution: a wall of sandbags around a child's desk.

DUMP

Selected for the Durham Art Guild’s 64th Annual Juried Exhibition in 2018. The five letter-shaped pillows were constructed from black fabric and filled with newspapers (the nightmares of President Trump). Gallery visitors were encouraged to play with the pillows --- spelling words and constructing their own piles.

Peace. Love. Respect. For everybody!

  • The title "Peace. Love. Respect. For everybody!" comes from the late Chuck Davis, a wonderful dance teacher and inspiration to many. He made all of his students and audience members repeat this phrase during performances, and it's a perfect philosophy for dancing and living.

  • As Southern communities struggle with the history of racism and what to do with hurtful symbols, instead of removing a Confederate flag to catch up to now, I imagine a flag improved to look to the future, so I updated the North Carolina flag to include the stripes of the Rainbow Flag.

  • Can you imagine a North Carolina that welcomes everybody in all its counties? I can, and I hope we get there soon.

Selected for the Truth to Power 6 exhibit at Pleiades Gallery in 2018, Durham, NC. Materials: two nylon flags cut and sewn together. Dimensions are 5 feet x 3 feet.



Postcards

Hand-drawn with markers on watercolor paper.

Hands

Gifts created for friends: outline the hands of a couple, cut the shapes out of plywood, and then paint with acrylics.

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I created ads for Fluevog shoes contests, and the two pieces below were finalists. I used the contest as a way to experiment and to inspire my other art.