I am an illustrator with a passion for the creepy and fantastical. As an aspiring concept artist and game developer, I have been fascinated with creatures of all shapes and sizes since childhood.
In my art, I am interested in exploring form and anatomy. In classes, my favorite assignments involve drawing from models and figuring out the human body. From gesture to linear studies to drawings over multiple classes, studying the human form and the way it moves is challenging but exciting as well.
In my personal work, however, my interests turn away from strictly figure studies. Not only am I fascinated by external anatomy, but also internal. Depicting gore, dissection or otherwise distorting the body piques my interest. I have struggled with mental and physical illness for most of my life, and something about drawing viscera has always been cathartic. Combining dissection/gore with other themes like plants/growth and mutation connects with my love of monsters and the surreal.
The combination of my different interests sometimes are a result of playing, seeing what kinds of creatures or concepts I can make. As a lover of games and fantasy, these sort of things engage me on a level of conceptualizing a world for my creations to live in. Other times, however, they help express the complicated emotions that come with mental illness. Like how depression can tear you apart while simultaneously offering a sort of comfort or routine. It can be a combination of both, even, like in the piece “Chimera.” This mutated creature is being dissected and studied, but at the same time represents the pent-up frustration I was dealing with at the time of painting, allowing me the catharsis of ripping something apart with no real harm done.
These pieces not only show my artistic development while at UNH, but also the expansion of my interests. The earliest work, “Broken,” is pretty tame in regards to the aforementioned themes I enjoy. Over time, my confidence has grown and I’ve taken more risks, like with “Chimera” or “Aquarium.” I feel this series shows not only my passions but my growth as an artist and person at UNH.
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