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“What does your
academic portfolio
cover?”
“Is there anything else I
should know?”
- archived university portfolio (2019-2023) ----------------------
“What is your artist
statement for this
portfolio?”
“What is contained in
these current portfolios,
and what differentiates the
hobbyist one?”
The work that I currently focus on and present in these two current portfolios are
representative of my experiences as a young LGBTQ+ person living in a rural
community. The work within is often focused on subjects within small town ideals,
nature, or the tentative pull of the desire for human connection that has been
accentuated by this upbringing. I work with experimental methods in every body of
work I produce, whether that means painting texture with cardboard scraps dowsed in
color, or exaggerated pen lines that serve to build forms into their own texture as well.
Line becomes form, line becomes light, line becomes attitude. I don’t suggest line as
attitude to solely imply aggression though, I often prefer using it to suggest comfort,
empathy and support. I believe in the idea of complete self expression, and try to
contend with the pain of needing to obscure your own feelings and needs for the sake
of conforming to the current irony heavy and over-critical attitudes towards art and
media that I have observed in the decade so far. I want to breathe color and life into
emotions that are hard to access. I need to make art to support this personal struggle,
and I intend to do so with every artistic effort I make.
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This current portfolio (above) contains work from no earlier than early 2023, and is
intended to focus on any illustrations or paintings that acclimate to my current
standards.
A photography section is also here, just on the virtue of it being a hobby I indulge in
very frequently. That said, I don’t consider it part of my professional art career, so the
link below actually takes you to the photography page of the low-key art section. Still,
I’d say it’s worth visiting all the same.
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This portfolio covers the body of work I have completed academically at the
University of the Incarnate Word between 2019-2023. Given I switched majors around
a couple times, there's a lot of different work here to cover. While I don’t consider all of
this my best work right now, I do consider this work notable enough to have archived
online. Mostly for my own sake. That said, I sincerely hope you find interest in what’s
available in each collection below.
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Well, if you also just want a deep dive 60-page read through of everything covered
here with extra descriptions included with each piece, there are downloadable
powerpoint & pdf versions here.
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