“Winter Forest” (graphite, 10.5 x 15 in, 2018)

“Diamond Serpent” (graphite/colored in Photoshop, 15 x 8 in, 2013)

“Isabella” (graphite/colored in Photoshop, 7.75 x 12 in, 2012)

“Phase” (graphite, 11.5 x 8 in, 2015)

“Saddlehead Dog w/ Bird and Blobs” (graphite/colored in Photoshop, 4.75 x 8 in, 2012)

“Ashlyn Dreaming” (graphite/colored in Photoshop, 8 x 8 in, 2012)

“Kitty Space Party” (colored pencil, 9.5 x 11.25 in, 2020)

“Bunny with Cupcakes and Cheese” (graphite/colored in Photoshop, 10 x 10 in, 2013)

“Boreal Sisters” (graphite, 13 x 13 in, 2017)

“Bear Nap” (graphite/colored in Photoshop, 12 x 9 in, 2015)

“Nighttime Halo Kitty” (graphite, 8 x 11 in, 2014)

“Bunny Dreaming” (graphite, 7.5 x 5.5 in, 2013)

“Linnea’s Small World” (graphite/colored in Photoshop, 11.5 x 11.5 in, 2018)

“Interior Scene I” (graphite/colored in Photoshop, 10.5 x 9, 2013)

“Swirl” (graphite, 9 x 12 in, 2018)

“January’s” (graphite/colored in Photoshop, 11 x 8.5 in, 2014)

“Deer and Ghost Deer” (graphite, 10.5 x 7.5 in, 2020)

“April” (graphite/colored in Photoshop, 11 x 8.5 in, 2014)

“Unicorns” (graphite, 11.25 x 7 in, 2018)

“Penelope and Booboo Participating in Meditative Thought” (graphite/colored in Photoshop, 11 x 7.25 in, 2013)

“Winged Muse” (graphite, 15 x 9.5 in, 2019)

“Interior Scene II” (graphite/colored in photoshop, 15.25 x 9.5 in, 2013)

“A Piece for February” (graphite/colored in Photoshop, 11 x 8.5 in, 2014)

“Two of Maggie (and Others)” (graphite/colored in Photoshop, 17 x 11 in, 2014)

“Fall Scene” (graphite/colored in Photoshop, 18.25 x 10.5 in, 2012)

“Bear with Black Birds” (graphite, 12.25 x 8.75 in, 2013)

“Lighthouse/Eye” (colored pencil, 14 x 10 in, 2020)

“Concatenation” (graphite/colored in Photoshop, 17 x 11 in, 2015)

“Past Self” (graphite/colored in Photoshop, 11.5 x 11.5 in, 2018)

Artist Statement

I create drawings depicting an enchanting world inhabited by children and creatures.  Influenced by surrealists and children’s book illustrators, I seek to capture the inner life of my childhood self, exploring themes of introversion, melancholia, dreams and nightmares, and identity formation.

I build this world from outlined shapes and embellish it with gradations of shading and cross hatching.  Having been an introverted child, I feature characters, mainly girls and animals, with a similar temperament, having them serve as stand ins for my childhood self.  Surrounding these characters, I incorporate architectural and natural imagery inspired by what my childhood self resonated with, such as the medieval structures I would see in children’s fairy tales or the landscapes of my home state of Minnesota.  I arrange these characters and this imagery intuitively, generating symbols and patterns that give this world an associative context and, with that, underlying personal narratives.