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Girl with Begonia

This was one of my first fully completed pieces of a portrait, my favorite thing to draw. I looked at a huge collection of references to make the girl and flowers convincing, and the artstyle I went for was made of major inspiration from Mucha's artworks and famous French painters.

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Gentle Lion

This drawing of a lion wasn’t one of my original favorites, but my family greatly influenced my choice on this piece. In the beginning, I struggled on the proportions.

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Lamentation

This piece is meant to convey the grief of loss as the golden bird waits for colorful friend, while the others leave, knowing he will never get up.

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Ziggy Bank

This is a functioning piggy bank that I hand sculpted from clay, bisque-fired, painted with underglazes and a top glaze, and finished with a high-fire.

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Faded Allure

The piece conveys beauty without a face; it is an ode to the age of social media, where societal standards of “beauty” have become so widely broadcasted.

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In Preparation

"In Preparation" portrays how habitual rituals women perform in the mirror spiral into controlling standards to live up to in order to be seen as “enough” within a culture that relentlessly defines and polices beauty.

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