2026 Submissions
Three Pieces
This piece considers 3 moments in time, connecting queer life across history in the Bay.
Rooted in the Arms of Nature
I have a very deep personal connection with nature and it really impacts my emotions due to growing surrounded by it.
A piece of home
I have always loved my home and I wanted to be able to have an artwork of it to take with me even when I am away from home.
Submersion
The elements of my culture that I admired the most are the traditional dresses of my Indian heritage.
Gogh-ing Into Nature
The "Gogh-ing Into Nature" art piece, was inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" and "Starry Night" oil pastel paintings.
Suburban Walk
This artwork was based on my daily walks with my dogs and I wanted to encapsulate that feeling with this.
The Haunted Mirror
I initially made this piece because I wanted to try making a sequential, and tell a story in a few frames.
Rose of the past
This art work is supposed to display my emotion about grief and the lost a loved one in my life showing the stage I am in my healing process.
Reference Point: Ancient Corridor
An artwork made in practice with a reference point, it’s one of my favorite pieces that I’ve done and I’m quite proud of how it turned out, the process of sketching the corridor and pillars was pretty fun in creating the fine details and the coloring process was quite satisfying in how all the colors came together.
Peace in chaos.
I started by making the circle for yin and yang, continued from there making the fire, then did the background. I had to end it with flakes of oil pastel.
One's Smile May Differ
This was my first time attempting to use acrylic markers, I experimented with the layering as well.