Breadth

Self Portrait in Blue

2019, 18" x 24", oil on canvas

My self portrait features my cheeky smile as a way to fully embrace a part of my appearance that I used to be very insecure about. I like now that they show my joyful energy and warm personality. 

The blue in this piece represents joy and a feeling of calm or comfort. I purposely worked with the color blue rather than a more predictable color like yellow or pink because even though blue is typically seen as a sad color, I like the range of emotions that blue is capable of expressing. While creating this piece, I focused on balancing colors and incorporating the blue throughout my face so that it seems like one cohesive painting.

Memory

2018, 11" x 14", oil on board

This is a painting is a commemorative piece for my grandmother. She had Alzheimer's and used to live with my family. I don't remember anything from the last years of her life except for us worrying all the time about her wandering away. As stressful and exhausting those years were for us, in this piece I reflect on an easily forgotten perspective from my grandmother's point of view -- how terrified and lonely she must have always felt in those years. 

The faded unfinished corner reflects my grandmother's feeling of being lost, both literally and mentally, and the blurriness of the bus stop sign represents her constant yearning for a destination that didn't exist

You Are What You Eat

2018, 12" x 12", gouache on board

Still Life

2018, 18" x 24", Oil on canvas

Portrait in Red and Green

2018, 11" x 14", Oil on canvas