February Challenge Day 27&28

Feb Challenge: Tools in place. Digital photo.

February Challenge Day 25&26

"Surf's up" Feb Challenge: Cubism. 5x9 Pen and marker

February Challenge Day 22&23&24

"Sun Salutation" Feb Challenge: Shadows and peace, color. 6x9 Acrylic on masonite. 

February Challenge Day 21

"Crinkles" Feb Challenge: Father or Mother, texture. Digital photo.

February Challenge Day 19&20

"Power" Feb Challenge: Movement, temptation. 11x8 Pen and ink. I went in a different direction for this project than you would usually expect from the word "movement." I imagined a woman from the Black Panther Party with headlines of the deaths of black citizens overwhelming her. I included names of present-day victims of police brutality to show how the abhorrent problem, and the movements inspired by it, has continued for decades and is still with us today. The temptation to give up to the continual devastating news threatens to consume her, but messages of perseverance, though seemingly small, continue to hold her up.  

February Challenge Day 18

"Room" Feb Challenge: Needs. Digital photograph. I chose to do a picture of my bed and room because my bed provides me with sleep, an obvious need, but can also offer me comfort, solace, or a place to be by myself when I need it.

February Challenge Day 15&16&17

"All-seeing Eye" Feb Challenge: Surrealism. 9x12 Acrylic on canvas. 

"Sunset" 8x11 Watercolor. A photo that a family friend took of a sunset where the bottom part of the sky under the clouds was filled with colors, and the top part was a light blue.

February Challenge Day 14

"Cinnamon" Feb Challenge: Something I love. Digital photograph 

February Challenge Day 11&12&13

"Shower" Feb Challenge: Voyeurism. 8x5.5 Graphite.

February Challenge Day 10

"Don't Rain on my Parade" Feb Challenge: Anger. 10.5x6 Charcoal and colored pencil. 

February Challenge Day 8&9

"Night" Feb Challenge: Night with text. 11x7 Graphite. The text reads "I'm gonna love you till the stars fall from the sky, for you and I" from the Doors' song "Light My Fire". 

February Challenge Day 7

"Broccoli" Feb Challenge: Vegetable repetition. Digital photo

February Challenge Day 3&4

"Donut" Feb Challenge: Breakfast. 6x7 Chalk pastel on suede board. The black ink splatters were an accident, but I think they create more character and uniqueness. The juxtaposition of the baby blue background and almost sickly sweetness of the pink frosting with the black splatters adds a hint of mystery and edge to the piece.

February Challenge Day 1&2

"Young Love" Feb Challenge: New. 6x8.5 Colored pencil on paper. When I think of first relationships, I think of feelings that are new because they've never been experienced before. There are feelings of both excitement and apprehension because of the lack of knowledge about what to expect from a first relationship.

"Celestial Bodeyes" 7.75x22.75 Colored pencil and white charcoal on paper. The irises of each of the eyes represents each of the planets in our solar system (including Pluto), so when viewed up close you can see the details that make the planets distinguishable. 

Untitled. Acrylic on canvas. My abstract piece in which I experimented with complementary colors, textures, and abstract versus concrete shapes.