Study of Wolf Shaving, Digital, 2023
A figure drawing based on the male head maquette.
Hilde & Wolf, Sculpey, 2024, 2022
Two sculpted head maquettes, one male and one female, sculpted for general facial reference. Affectionately nicknamed, “Hilde” and “Wolf“ for their early Weimar Republic era aesthetics. Wolf, notably, also has a facial scar and partial amputation of his left ear— perhaps a young veteran of the Great War?
Still Life with Maquette and Deer Skull, Oil, 2022
A still life experimenting with warm and cold light sources and how each falls upon different surfaces, such as a tarnished silver cup, the inside of a deer’s ethmoid air cells, and the opalescence in an ammonite. This painting also features the maquette head, “Wolf,” before his hair was re-sculpted.
Still Life with Persimmons and Telephone, Colored Pencil, 2022
A still life with both organic and inorganic forms, contrasting the perishable with the preserved, the old and the ancient.
The Old Barn, Watercolor, Gouache, 2022
A watercolor and gouache painting done from life over the course of 10 hours. Much of the lighting had to be improvised, but luckily from this angle and because of the time of year, the shadows and highlights on the structure did not change drastically.
The Shoals, Gouache, 2022
A gouache painting of a waterfall in rural South Carolina where I spent nearly a year in an artist residency.
Pickles, Oil, 2022
An oil painting of the various stages of pickling cucumbers.
Wabi-Sabi Still Life, Digital, 2022
A digital painting depicting the Japanese philosophical concept and aesthetic of wabi-sabi, or the finding of beauty and meaning in transience, impermanence, imperfection, and simplicity.
Greebled Gourds, Gouache, 2021
A gouache painting of several gourds of varying sizes and a small, slightly yellowed, bitter melon.
Fused Thoracic Vertebrae, Graphite, 2023
A graphite drawing of a bone measured in perspective from three angles.
Study of the Sphenoid Bone after Tom Jones, Carbon Dust, 2023
A master copy of Tom Jones’s original sphenoid bone study.
Still Life with Turnips and Pomegranate, Colored pencil, 2021
A colored pencil still life focusing on the many tones and hues found in turnips and pomegranates.
Wings and Shells, Gouache on Wood, 2021
A painting of three insect specimens from RISD’s Edna Lawrence Nature Lab.