Dancer

I found a couture fashion photo and redid it as a quasi-Fauvist clubber. Despite my interest in outdoor activities, horror movies, and books, I actually rather like the whole high fashion aesthetic. Pastel on paper.  

Cracked

For the same class that I did all the other portraits for. I decided to make a change from the monochromatic, quiet pictures, and do myself as Uma Thurman from Pulp Fiction.

Tea Portrait

I painted myself in tea and crushed graphite on paper. I think it expresses me well, because it’s sort of a quite picture and it involves tea. I always saw this as kind of a comfortable picture, but most people see it as creepy. It may be telling, I suppose.

Scream

I adore horror films. I also scare easily. It completely eludes me as to why anyone would want to watch horror films if they weren’t terrifying. I’m willing to suspend belief and be scared by even old, corny, silly, and dated horror movies, but the best ones just delight me so much. The scream of Psycho is one of the most iconic horror images, right up there with Dracula in his cape, the unmasking of The Phantom of the Opera, Jessica Harper holding the class plumage while an undead schoolmate comes for her (Suspiria), Rosemary screaming, “You Maniacs!”, Diamien’s smile, Asami with her needles (Audition)… I could keep going, and I’d like to make a series using different monochromatic schemes.

Dream Toad

The project for this was to create an imaginary creature in a creative space. I created a toad with hands (mostly because toads are darling and The Cat with Hands is one of the best short films of all time). It also has owl wings. Owls are my favorite animal, not for any symbolic reason, but because owls are utterly delightful in every way.

The space is made of tea, painted like a forest, and through the forest are various quotes from literature, poetry, pop culture, and even the alphabet. I wanted it to be like the echoes of words in an unreal wood. In fairytales, the heroes have to go through the woods to find the treasure, defeat the monster, or find true love. I’d like to think my toad can facilitate this in some way, but I’m sure he asks all kinds of riddles and speaks on code, and so would be a very bothersome kind of fairy guide.

Uzumaki

I did this for a class. I didn’t have the title until I remembered a Japanese film called Uzumaki, which means “spiral”. For anyone who has seen the film, I’m sure it creates a new connotation as to where my mind usually goes. For everyone else… No, actually, there is no one else. Go rent the film if you haven’t seen it yet. Acrylic on paper.

Landscape

Acryloc on Canvas
I think it may be a cave.