illustration
select personal work, 2017 - 2021
MONSTER
After graduating from college in 2017, I began creating a series of artwork featuring myself and a character I named ‘the friendly anxiety monster.’ He was my shadow, a representation of the weight I felt entering this new stage of my life, but he also depicted a closeness that was both strange and comfortable.
Over time, my relationship with the friendly anxiety monster evolved as I went through several life changes including cross-country moves, job switches, industry changes, breakups, new relationships, and the pandemic. My artwork with the friendly anxiety monster became a medium for me to process these events in life.
I use a lot of symbolism and repetition in my illustrative practice, and these themes were very evident in my pieces of the friendly anxiety monster: phones, beds, windows, organic shapes, and furniture, as well as colors and textures. I use repetition as a means of connecting my work and as a tool to represent the concepts I am exploring in my practice.
My friendly anxiety monster follows me around but it isn't weird, pen + ink, Winter 2017
All I do is watch tiktok w my cat, digital illustration, February 2021
Under this heavy weight all the time, digital illustration, February 2021
Even grief is online now, digital illustration, February 2021
My friendly anxiety monster follows me, and a darkness follows us, digital illustration, February 2021
Things go on around me, but I stay inside for days, digital illustration, March 2021
OBSTACLES
Chutes & ladders, digital illustration, January 2020
Unmasked, digital illustration, April 2019
She's grumpy with me again, digital illustration, June 2019
SYMBOLS
STAIRS, gouache on mat board, 2.5" x 3.5," April 2020
LADDER, gouache on mat board, 2.5" x 3.5," April 2020
FLAG, gouache on mat board, 2.5" x 3.5," April 2020
PORTAL, gouache on mat board, 2.5" x 3.5," April 2020
FACE, gouache on mat board, 2.5" x 3.5," April 2020
SHHH, gouache on mat board, 2.5" x 3.5," April 2020