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The best way to get to know me is through my artwork. As a student at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, I've been diligently cultivating this body of work throughout high school.  But art has been a part of my life since well before my high school years.

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chalk pastel on cardboard
18 x 24 inches

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colored pencil on cardboard
9.5 x 7 inches

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watercolor and colored pencil on paper
10 x 15.75 inches

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I can't remember a time before I learned to draw, before my knuckles were marked with red patches from the hours of determined scribbling and erasing. They're still a bit of a mystery to me, those little movements that live in my right hand. They rest through much of the day but lead bustling lives in the evenings, when the essays have been written and the calculus problems are solved-- when I take up my brushes and pastels and begin a different kind of work.  I don't know when they first moved in, but I’m certain they’ve constructed permanent homes there, in the calluses on my ring finger and the base of my thumb.

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graphite on paper
18 x 24 inches

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colored pencil on paper
11.5 x 15.5 inches

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oil pastel and watercolor on paper
14.5 x 14.5 inches

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colored pencil on cardboard
8 x 11.75 inches

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Colored pencils are currently my favorite medium. The rich colors that can be built with them fascinate me. My work is often centered around color, particularly softer palettes full of browns and faded hues. This unassertive palette, ironically, is a product of my tendency to go overboard with color. When working with paint and colored pencils, I often combine as many shades as possible.  I love the way those conflicting pigments mesh together, much like the facets of my own identity, to create something softer, something more complex.

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colored pencil on cardboard
18 x 24 inches

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colored pencil on cardboard
9.5 x 7 inches

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Like me, my art is a work-in-progress. It's still messy and challenging, but that's half the fun of it. My work has grown with me throughout my years, and I'm certain we'll continue to grow together wherever life leads me.