Civil Speed
Civil Speed is a digital sketchbook, capturing current events and patterns within our civil societies through illustrated light. Combining my love of photography, graphic design and collage, the series originated when I was away from my physical studio and only had access to my laptop and camera as my creative tools. Sources of light are captured at a very slow shutter speed to create the background for the composition, then illustrated with vector graphics to convey "the speed of life."
Cutaway
Combining my love of paper, my obsession with the profile and my skills in graphic design, Cutaway explores the unique inner nature of a person's story, probing dreams, ambitions, and love through the essence of individual identity.
Made from layers of cut paper, meticulously designed and arranged inside wooden shadowbox frames. Ideal art for offices or hotels, sold as commissioned editions.
Isa & Nio
Merging my interests in science-fiction with my skills in digital collage, Isa and Nio is a graphic story of two female guardians, once espers on earth, who have matured into drifting cellular structures. Inspired by my daughter, Niosha, and Isabella, a young Maasai woman.
MyPOP
My Print on Poverty uses art as a purpose-driven awareness and action tool for moving out of dysfunctional cycles of poverty. Revealing the inherent contradictions between the idealized steps to prosperity and the often harsh, despairing reality of climbing the soci-economic ladder with limited resources.
Ideal art for offices or hotels, sold as commissioned edition, can be printed various substrates. Many size options.
Paper People
Inspired by my time spent with the Maasai, I borrow their phrase for foreigners, "Paper People" to explore vulnerability through medium and place. Stylized slabs are made from up-cycled paper-pulp with odds-and-ends embellishments, capturing a chic aura juxtaposed with a mood hinting at lost civilizations.
I reveal that even the most mundane of resources can be used in fascinating ways.
The Social Portrait
Examining passions and pursuits of woman, the Social Portrait series debuted in celebration of International Women's Day 2013. Gouache and ink on Paper
VOM + JJ
VOM + JJ is a special collection that combines my artistic skills with my passion for helping others by way of unique album art made from layers of cut paper and rich graphics. The format is inspired by the nostalgic 12" vinyl record covers, paying homage to keeping the music (the story) alive.