The Chimney Sweep
Inspired by William Blake's "The Chimney Sweeper," published in Songs of Innocence, this mixed media canvas uses acrylic paint, scrap booking paper, cereal box cardboard, modge podge, and canvas to portray the conditions of child labor in the Industrial Revolution, specifically the way industry utilized children like puppets to do the grungiest and most dangerous work available.
Three Parts of a Play
This mixed media artwork pictures three of the most influential Shakespeare characters who help to set a precedent for nearly all other characters explored in his plays; the characters are as follows: Rosalind from As You Like It, Prince Hal from Henry IV, part 1 and Henry IV, part 2, and lastly Prince Hamlet from Hamlet.
Media used in this piece is acrylic paint, chiffon drapery, window curtain rod and catch, papier-mâché, and canvas.
Dowager Mother
As a means to explore the pressures and roles of motherhood, this mixed media piece made from acrylic paint, felt dolls, a plastic dome, faux ivy, and canvas, pictures Alexandra, the Dowager Governess, from Colin Meloy's Wildwood.
Inside the dome of her pregnant belly are the characters Prue and Curtis, one Alexandra conceived through magic, and the other she adopts as her surrogate son. Outside, trapped in flesh-eating ivy is Alexandra's human sacrifice, Mac, the baby brother of Prue, who in the narrative serves as the vessel for the governess' lost son.
A Spider's Love
Inspired by Tanizaki Jun'ichiro's “The Tattooer," this mixed media artwork is made from acrylic paint, glitter glue, web print fabric, papier-mâché, and canvas. Pictured is what becomes of the Tattooer's greatest creation before she devours him alive; this exploration of sadomasochism is portrayed through the stark contrast of black and white in the artwork