meaning amidst the mess.
details, on paper and canvas.
For me, the last few years have been about layering. A piece isn't mine without elements competing for the spotlight. This was a method of which I used to be afraid: I'd fit pieces together as if they were a puzzle, framing each image with care. Clashing elements couldn't coexist. Where's the fun in that?
While organization has its place, so does chaos.
Here are a few of my favorites.
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A page from my sketchbook created with the help of two wonderful friends, on a night we all set aside specifically to create. I cherish these nights--
the world all melts away.
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The idea began as hands--a piece about hands. We spent multiple hours cutting and rearranging all the hands we could find in the stash of excess magazines. In the end, I decided to focus on these four moments. A pose, a playing, a realization, an achievement. Our hands guide us, reveal unconscious instincts. Highlighting them as I have here--detaching, letting them speak for themselves--is a choice I hope to continue in future works.
This piece is undoubtedly one of my favorites.
Consume (or "Hands to Themselves"), 2023.
for Sofia (detail), 2022.
Part of a piece meant to adorn the walls of my first college dorm, its creation an act of comfort during a long, sleepless night. It's a snapshot of colors and remnants of my childhood home: meant to freeze the past, to warm the future. I was scared: of moving across the country, of beginning a new life with a girl I'd only met over the phone. "for Sofia" signified a precarious step forward. I'm forever grateful I took it.
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Years later, my sleepless nights aren't filled with fear. They're filled with Sofia, with laughs, with midnight snacks, with adventures, and with the friends we've gained along the way. This piece has accompanied me through four bedrooms, eight roommates, a handful of heartbreaks, and moments I wouldn't trade for the world.
This piece was a parting gift to my mom when I first moved to Boston. Words are overlayed by color--sheer, yet layered, and bright--to create a whimsical look, fit for a fairytale. I was inspired by the springtime colors I love so much about St. Louis: the greens of the trees, the pinks of the flowers planted in front yards, the blues of the Forest Park ponds. I hoped to create a scene reminiscent of a Lilly Pulitzer print both my grandmothers would have worn--simple, bright, feminine. This piece warms my heart. It's unabashedly feminine, a nod to the little girl who refused to leave the house without a tiara.
Though leaving home was bittersweet, it allowed me to reestablish myself--as an artist and as a woman in the world. Wherever I go, I will remember the colors of my home. They will always live within me.
A Piece of Home (detail), 2022.
for Jianna & for Olivia, 2023.
Lighthearted gifts to my lovely sorority littles. To me, these pieces are excitement, anticipation, odes to friendships that will continue to blossom for years to come. Though simple, they're meaningful. It had been months since creation felt like this to me.
details, onscreen and in print.
Recently, I've discovered my love for digital creation. I've designed for theatrical productions, my campus Panhellenic organization, and new film and TV releases with NBCUniversal's CampusU program.
I help brands expand their individual identity
by adding just a bit of my own.
Here are a few of my favorites.
for Gamma Phi Beta
Boston University | Delta Chapter
Membership Vice President
for 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee'
with Boston University Stage Troupe
Assistant Producer | Assistant Set Decoration
for the Boston University Panhellenic Council
Vice President of Communications
for NBCUniversal
CampusU Representative
Boston University