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Beautiful

This photograph, "Beauty", is a representation and reflection of beauty standards through the eyes of the camera lens.

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Self Portrait

When I was making this I was just thinking about all of the characters that I like since in one way or another I have a bit of all of them in my personality.

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Untitled

I am interested in interior design and plan to attend SCAD in the fall. This work reflects my love of pattern, nature and order.

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control

Through this piece I wanted to explore the control that society holds over BIPOC bodies especially those of brown/black women and the ways that capitalism and industrialization systemically dehumanize folks of color.

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Pale Pearl

The artwork of mine I chosen is one of my favorites.

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Chaos

Abel was born and raised in the Bay Area, and is currently a Junior in high school.

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Fate

The meaning of my art is fate and vulnerability.

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The Tempest

My art has a habit of seeming more carefree until taken into context.

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Boxed In

This art piece is about the specific feeling of being trapped in a box.

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Same Coin

This piece is all about opposition. The two halves of the painting represent two states of mind.

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Stains

I made the artwork by layering the wax and then inlaying ink.

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The Old Man in the Sky

This piece took me months to create. It was a back and forth of collage, layering ink, and acrylic, ripping pieces off, and collaging more onto the canvas, until I finally reached a piece I was happy with.

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Quaint View

This is a 6 by 6 oil and encaustic painting.

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Purple Sky

This image was taken as I was diving into a new technique: landscape photography.

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Evening

I wanted to illustrate the bond between two friends in this piece.

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Future

A girl is floating up reaching the sky beyond limits but she changes the world with her hand by the power of creativity is going around her to her hand and she changes it to a cybernetic place.

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bygone days

This work represents my inner thoughts, how there’s constantly songs playing in my head or excerpts from otherworldly fantasy novels occupying my brain.