Category Studio Project: Project NOW
American Grief represents the grief of fellow Americans through the felt loss of freedom they encounter with the presidential election results. Made with Acrylic paint on human chest, Donald Trump speech in the background, performance piece.
For this project, I drew a political cartoon to highlight Trump’s incompetence as president of the United States. The influence that people such as Putin and Musk have on him, as well as the further corruption of America, is tearing… Continue Reading →
This piece, Out of Sight, Out of Mind, was created to raise awareness of Bellingham’s homelessness crisis. Unfortunately, homeless people are stigmatized and biased against daily, often painted as criminals and dehumanized. Just like these alleyways, unhoused people are overlooked… Continue Reading →
You see everything surrounding our whales these days, if it’s not shipped crashing or colliding with them, it’s either humans hunting them for sport or money. Some of you may think there is a big random animal that swims in our blue ocean but Whales are important to the community. Shocking as it seems Whales help provide up to 50% of the oxygen on Earth. Whales also help fight climate change by removing carbon from the atmosphere. Whales are crucial to our ocean and the animals surrounding it, Where would be if all whale populations died out?
With the general state of the world seeming like it’s going to get a lot worse before it gets better (if better even comes to pass), I’ve seen a lot of general hopelessness among my peers and much of the… Continue Reading →
This piece is a representation of coral reef bleaching, caused by climate change and ocean acidifiction. The hand represents mother nature attempting to nuture a dead coral. The ocean is the basis of all life and yet we are standing… Continue Reading →
Do you see how busy this amusement park is? Do you see how many visitors have left their leftover food and trash on the picnic tables? Do you see how people are too busy, too excited to leave and instead… Continue Reading →
In this 14-second animated short, I wanted to depict how our generation’s daily annoyances are exacerbated by the constant flow of historical events shown to us because of the internet and how it leads to coping mechanisms that aren’t necessarily healthy, like ignoring the stress or using substances to avoid life happenings.