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Sustained Investigation Statement

In my sustained investigation I focused my art around stress & anxiety. I wanted to steer away from the cliche, such as a portrait showing stress. I worked around this by creating an uncontrolled line that represents anxiety. Throughout my investigation, this line morphed into words.


To an outsider, the writing is not legible, but I like the mystery and privacy my art holds. Doing this in a way only I can understand led to opportunities where I found new movements within my art, and I could really express my emotions. Topics including self image, the future, self vs. self conflict, and friendship fallouts are displayed in my pieces.


This is different from what I am used to, because my art is usually crisp and clean. The uncontrolled style line expanded my artistic comfort zone. Learning to let the line control me was a hard lesson, but with this, I was able to explore negative space and find new ways to express emotions.


Sustained Investigation

Materials- Chalk pastels, Acrylic paint


Materials- Watercolor, Colored Pencil

Materials- Paint sticks, Acrylic paint

Materials- Oil Pastel , White acrylic paint

Materials- Black ink

Materials- Latex paint, Acrylic paint, Beaker

Materials- Canvas, Acrylic paint

Materials- Ribbon, White charcoal pencil, Hot glue

Materials- Sharpie, Colored pencil, Acrylic paint

Materials- Charcoal, Pencil

Materials- Acrylic paint, Blue pens

Materials- Acrylic paint

Materials- Paint sticks, Colored pencils, Watercolor, Ink

Materials- Book pages, Hot glue, Acrylic paint

Materials- Latex paint & water, Beaker, Acrylic paint, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

Selected Works

Materials- Colored pencils

Materials- Colored Pencils

Materials- Acrylic paint

Materials- Latex paint & water, Beaker, Acrylic paint, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

Materials- White Charcoal Pencil, Linoleum cut out, Ink, Ink Press