Abstracts
“Nerds”
Cheap pen on cardstock.
“Convo With JH”
Apple Barrel acrylic on canvas.
Based on a conversation with a distracted kid friend of mine.
6” x 8” 2020
“Discombobulated”
Paint pen on canvas.
10” x 8” 2024
“Sound Waves”
Cheap acrylic paint on paper.
“Convo With GH”
Apple Barrel acrylic on canvas.
Based on a conversation with a friend from high school.
6” x 8” 2020
“Summer Geode”
Apple Barrel acrylic paint on canvas.
6” x 8” 2023
“Leaves in a Stream”
Illustration markers on marker paper.
“Convo With JS”
Apple Barrel acrylic on canvas.
Based on a conversation with a then-close friend.
6” x 8” 2020
“Starburst”
Apple Barrel acrylic paint on canvas with a Modge Podge finish.
10” x 8” 2025
About “Paper Doodles”
Over the course of three months, this piece came together.
The first step was cutting and applying pieces of colored paper to the canvas. These were not initially glued down. Instead, a thick layer of glue was put on top of them, securing them to the canvas.
After the top layer of glue dried, a process which took a little over a month, I got to work. Using a permanent marker, the doodles were applied to the upper layer of the piece. While many of these doodles represent symbols, objects, and letters, a good number of them are abstract shapes.
What do you see in the piece?
Objects include a vinyl record, a pair of scissors, a guitar, a bow, an umbrella, a roll of paper towels, and an open window.
“Find the Taco”
Acrylic/oil paint chips and Modge Podge on canvas.
8” x 10” 2026
“Convo With LC”
Apple Barrel acrylic on canvas.
Based on a conversation with a then-stranger.
6” x 8” 2020
“Paper Doodles”
Colored paper, glue, and permanent marker on canvas.
12” x 16” 2024
“The Mental Storm ”
Acrylic paint on canvas.
Based on the artist’s mental health. the purple is depression, the orange is anxiety, and the green was mental dips. The white represents the stability God brings.
20” x 16” 2020
“The Left ”
Acrylic Apple Barrel paint on canvas.
Painted with the artist’s non-dominant hand.
“Ovals ”
Acrylic paint on canvas.
The sheer amount of layers and paint mixing I had to do for this was insane. I submitted it for a competition, but overall I just wanted to do something this complex.
20” x 16” 2022
“Zone Out ”
Acrylic paint on canvas.
20” x 16”
“Senior Year ”
Oil paint on canvas.
During my senior year, I worked on this piece, adding one line for each day/event of the year. At the end, I painted black, symbolizing my slipping into deep depression.
2020-2021
“Sunlight on a Bedroom”
Acrylic paint pen on canvas.
8”x10” 2026
“101 Cyclopses”
Pen on paper
Over the course of a week and a half, I added to this piece a handful of cyclopses (one-eyed creatures) to this doodle I started in class
2021