The Daily Unwind, 2009-2010

"The Daily Unwind" is a series of 9 pieces that were completed from 2009-2010.  Each piece is acrylic paint and Prismacolor pencil on Masonite.  The series was exhibited in my Honor's Thesis Exhibition, "Cognitive Sprawl", in November 2010.  Above is a view of the installation, and below are images of individual pieces.  

Rising, 2008

"Rising" is the third in a series of three drawings that were completed in the Fall of 2008.  I used oil pastel and colored pencil on layers of tracing paper.  "Rising" is made up of about seven layers of tracing paper.  It was exhibited in my Honor's Thesis Exhibition, "Cognitive Sprawl" in November 2010.


  

Some Sleep to Forget, 2008

"Some Sleep to Forget" is the second in a series of three drawings that were completed in the Fall of 2008.  I used oil pastel and colored pencil on layers of tracing paper.  "Some Sleep..." is made up of about ten layers of tracing paper.  It was exhibited in my Honor's Thesis Exhibition, "Cognitive Sprawl" in November 2010.
    
 

Musing, 2008

"Musing" is the first in series of three drawings that I completed in the Fall of 2008.  I used oil pastel and colored pencil on layers of tracing paper.  "Musing" is made up of about seven layers of tracing paper.  It was exhibited in my Honor's Thesis Exhibition, "Cognitive Sprawl" in November 2010.

Aviary, 2008

"Aviary" was completed in my sophomore year of college.  I had found a pad of old, yellowed newsprint paper and I loved the color and texture of this fragile material.  I then proceeded to draw one of my favorite things, my pet birds, on this beautiful surface.  Birds, like the paper, are soft and delicate, but they also hardly ever sit still.  Each drawing, completed in 1-3 minutes, contained many stray lines representing movement, and I decided to hang all 116 of the drawings in a way that would also facilitate movement.  The staggering and overlapping of these loosely hanging pieces of paper reminded me of the way feathers lay on the chest of a bird.  Below are a few detail shots of some of my favorite drawings.

Below is the second part of the "Aviary project" in which I made a small scale model to create the illusion of an installation that filled an entire room.  Each drawing is 1.5" tall.