Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Not At Home


Cardboard, acrylic paint, National Geographic clippings, another bucket of glue

This collage is the result of losing my pencil case for about a week and not being able to draw anything. I knew I was going to do a collage because I honestly had no other choice, but I didn't know what it was going to be about. After flipping through some National Geographic magazines I decided to make a social commentary about how the indigenous people of - most countries, let's face it - but particularly Australia, are treated by the white government and society. I wanted to communicate their displacement in modern Australia, and draw attention to people I worry we have forgotten about.

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Sun Bun (Samantha in the Flowers)


Carboard, acrylic paint, fabric, black thread, paper, pencil, watercolor, sharpie, an entire bucket of fabric glue

This is a portrait of my best friend Samantha. It is a representation of our times together and also how I see her as a person. I have never embroidered anything before or incorporated fabric into my works, but decided to do so for this piece as it is something she has recently been doing. 

Traffic


Watercolor, pencil, paper

Sex trafficking is an issue that really pisses me off and I wanted to describe it in this piece. I think that the only way to overcome such issues is to educate ourselves and others about them and that is what I am trying to accomplish here - make people understand that this is something that is happening, right now, at this very moment. It's easy to remain immobile when something doesn't effect us. In this painting I hope to effect others.