Separate And Not Equal
acrylic, gold leaf on jute coffee bag, 2025
100 × 70cm | 39.5 × 27.5in
The California Tears were created during a winter 2025 trip to California. I arrived at the end of a devastating fire season which destroyed parts of Los Angeles, extremely high prices, no eggs available, real life cybertrucks (I’d only seen them in memes before), and the start of a presidency and administration I do not support. My artistic goals for 2025 included limiting my palette to only four colors a quarter to see what I could create. I started with black, white, tan, and gold which are the basis of this series. In addition to the 4 colors, I fell in love with using discarded coffee bean bags as canvas - I found comfort in their texture, color, and rustic quality. The California Tears series reflects my feelings of confusion and despair, with an ever so slight bit of hope thrown in.
acrylic, gold leaf on jute coffee bag, 2025
100 × 70cm | 39.5 × 27.5in
The California Tears were created during a winter 2025 trip to California. I arrived at the end of a devastating fire season which destroyed parts of Los Angeles, extremely high prices, no eggs available, real life cybertrucks (I’d only seen them in memes before), and the start of a presidency and administration I do not support. My artistic goals for 2025 included limiting my palette to only four colors a quarter to see what I could create. I started with black, white, tan, and gold which are the basis of this series. In addition to the 4 colors, I fell in love with using discarded coffee bean bags as canvas - I found comfort in their texture, color, and rustic quality. The California Tears series reflects my feelings of confusion and despair, with an ever so slight bit of hope thrown in.
acrylic, gold leaf on jute coffee bag, 2025
100 × 70cm | 39.5 × 27.5in
The California Tears were created during a winter 2025 trip to California. I arrived at the end of a devastating fire season which destroyed parts of Los Angeles, extremely high prices, no eggs available, real life cybertrucks (I’d only seen them in memes before), and the start of a presidency and administration I do not support. My artistic goals for 2025 included limiting my palette to only four colors a quarter to see what I could create. I started with black, white, tan, and gold which are the basis of this series. In addition to the 4 colors, I fell in love with using discarded coffee bean bags as canvas - I found comfort in their texture, color, and rustic quality. The California Tears series reflects my feelings of confusion and despair, with an ever so slight bit of hope thrown in.