“Citywide Special”
Acrylic gouache on panel
12”x24”
This piece drove me nuts…one of those that comes together so quickly and then the “finishing touches” drag out seemingly forever. Learned a lot though and I think that’s the point ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
#painting #acrylic #philly #bar #cheetos
Sending off this small #oilpainting #study of #billybob from the #rockafireexplosion to the lucky patron who will be haunted by his vacant stare. When I got back into oils after a decade away I wanted to try something other than people skin as a warm up just for fun - my preoccupation with #animatronics and the #uncannyvalley seemed like an appropriate fit.
#showbizpizza
I have a special fascination with digital photography between the years ~2000-2010. Everyone was thrilled that we could now take endless pictures, which in my family led to a lot of hilariously bad pictures of things on which we never would have wasted a precious film exposure. I feel so lucky that my dad thought to upload our extensive family photos to CDs before they became inaccessible on a defunct family PC, a fate I suspect befell most family’s memories from this time. This painting was created by referencing multiple slightly blurry, over- or under-exposed terrible flash photos from family camping trips.
“Cherrystone”
Gouache and acrylic ink on paper
18”x24”
You can see this painting at @habitat_artkc in my show Stupid Animals, showing Thurs-Sats until June 16th!
Hey here’s some shots of a couple garments I’ve made using the cast off heat transfer vinyl scraps from my other projects.
The scraps are essentially the negative space material from a cut design that would otherwise be thrown out. Instead I keep them around for something like this. Each scrap has to be stuck back onto a plastic backing and ironed on individually, paying attn to the type of vinyl it is, as they each have different qualities and there is a sort of unofficial order of operations to the chaos. For example, shiny foil HTV is so sensitive you can’t go over it more than once, while fuzzy flocked vinyl is so hearty it won’t melt even if you touch it directly with the iron.
Sometimes I feel nuts saving all the minuscule letters and spots and dots but the tiniest piece are always the most satisfying to add.
The jumpsuit was for a group exhibition called What Work Is at @vulpes.bastille back in January organized by @softstreet_sustainablefashion and @adamspuryear . Each artist was given a blue denim pair of coveralls from a local defunct factory to decorate in the spirit of reexamining the American Dream. Mine reminds me of increasingly rare leisure activities like arcades and charter bus seats.
The skirt is a recent commission!! Thanks @monamantia ! I am open to more though I’ll also need to continue making intentional designs to create more scraps. If you need even a simple shirt design one-off situation for a party, gift, or just have a stupid idea you’ve always wanted on a shirt, I’m your gal.
If you want something scrap’d, it costs about 30 cents per square inch on whatever garment/tote/etc. you provide. Thanks for reading :)
A little teaser for my spring photo shoot with the spectacular @currychx !! Waiting for some film to be processed, but am so excited to share a bit..
⛅️🌈💐
Styling by Celina and I
Make up By Celina
#highfashion #fashionphotography #fashionphotoskansascity #kansascityphotographer #kansascity
“Thresher Sharks” is on display in St Louis at @dragoncrabturtle by appointment until early January. Sad I missed what looked like a fab opening but happy to be a part of such an awesome lineup of artists. Thanks @markallen.ltd for organizing and curating and @kbernhardt2014 for hosting :)
Thresher Sharks
Gouache on BFK paper
19”x13”
2025
A little behind the scenes moment - as gallery assistant, you’re used to hearing from me (Celina! @currychx ) promoting the incredible work of all of the artists SLCA represents, but this time, I’m honored to share two of my own paintings included in this year’s Summer Invitational.
When Sherry asked me to contribute to the exhibition, I wanted to create a couple paintings that celebrate the season and my lifetime love for people watching at the beach. I like to appreciate people who are appreciating life!
You can see these and the works of 13 other artists from near and far in the group show, as well at Patty Carroll’s solo exhibition, until August 23 - and consider stopping by the gallery for this upcoming First Friday reception, 6-8PM on August 1st!
“No Gracias”
48” x 30”
Oil on canvas
2025
“Hot Spot”
16” x 20”
Oil on canvas
2025
Great fun tonight leading studio night at the @kempermuseum
Big thanks to Ellie and the rest of the Kemper team for being 💯 and of course to our powerful models and movers Emara and Anna - both impressive artists in their own right!! @emaraneyj@anna_boehm
AND THEN, a double rainbow!! What the heck!! A good omen :)
Thinking a lot about images from my archive, and potential forms they can take. I’m certainly not a trained photographer but I have more images I want to share than I could ever transform into paintings or drawings even if I wanted to…maybe that’s okay!
At the very least I am enjoying trying my hand at editing/curating a composition in a different way than usual. As a realist-ish painter the juggernaut of AI imagery capabilities has been equal parts distressing and exciting. I am most interested in the ways it falls short of expectations. Adobe’s limited AI tools are useful in removing the “noise” in images, elements superfluous to my ideal composition.
This is an image over 20 years old taken on a digital camera purchased from ALDI (Medion 9700). It is cropped and edited and ~95% “real,” whatever that really means.
Pie Face
2003/2024
Digital image
If you haven’t seen em yet, my paintings “Making Memories” are up on the @charlottestreetfoundation Crossroads Artboards until September!
I’m honored to have been one of the chosen artists this year. I wanted to go all out and create a purpose made piece for this unique opportunity to showcase my work. Read about my concept below:
“The documentarian impulse runs strong in my family, forming the motivation behind my work. My artboards, titled “Making Memories,” are specifically designed for the project’s dual format and aerial context. Expanding on themes of distortion and memory I explore in my practice, this pair of images is earnest in content while lampooning the urge to record every fleeting moment of beauty. Growing up as a millennial, there was a low drone of fear-mongering against technology - adults chastising me to beware of the Internet, or to get off my phone. The irony is not lost on me that members of that same older generation are now most vulnerable to scams and misinformation online. While vacationing with my aging parents last summer, I was struck by this moment - one of them on either side of me, fumbling with their smartphones, attempting to capture the glory of a Delaware sunset. As my parents’ physical and mental faculties decline, the aging process slowly reverses the roles of dependency - I have to find some humor in being the one to tell them to put their phones away at dinner. Of course, in creating this image, I am just as guilty as they are in my urge toward prophylactic nostalgia. The figures bookend the composition, reaching toward the blazing center. They exhibit the bodily distortion characteristic of my work, hinting at the image’s meaning, while filling the space of the horizontal format. The composition capitalizes on the location of the boards, with the image’s horizon meant to bleed into the real sky.”
Happy pride! Here’s a little portrait of @srs.laffy.taffeta I made last year! Check out the @cofsisters and all the amazing work they do for the community and get your butt to some fun pride events this month to celebrate 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Sister Laffy Taffeta
Oil on paper
12” x 9”
