Institution
MTU Crawford College of Art and Design (MTU CCAD)
Medium
Painting
Graduation Year
Class of 2025
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My work explores the complex interplay between power, trauma, and identity through a personal, symbolic lens. I construct narrative worlds where human and animal forms intertwine, creatures that are both familiar and unsettling. These beings reflect internal landscapes shaped by personal experience, memory, and emotion. In my recent body of work, animals such as rabbits, ravens, and wolves serve as metaphors for vulnerability, survival, and transformation. Their interactions with human figures embody power struggles, control, and the manipulation of innocence. I draw inspiration from mythology, folklore, and psychological symbolism, weaving these elements into imagined scenes that feel simultaneously ancient and intimate. Using a mix of painting, lino print, and sculpture, I create textured, layered surfaces that reflect the rawness and intensity of the subject matter. My process is intuitive and emotionally driven, often beginning with a central image or dreamlike scene that evolves through experimentation. I am interested in how physical wounds, both literal and metaphorical, can act as sites of confrontation and reclamation. My work invites viewers into a space where fantasy and personal history meet, where unresolved tensions are laid bare. Ultimately, it is an attempt to process and regain agency over the past through visual storytelling.
