NATURE IS WITHIN YOU - A myriad of flowers emerges from under the subject's skin. This image represents the cyclical tendencies of life and how we all come from and return to the natural world.
THE BUDDING MUSCLE - A continuation of Nature is Within You.
UNDER THE SURFACE - The leaves act as an x-ray, revealing the muscles and bones beneath the subject's skin. In this painting, one is reminded that the human anatomy is analogous to that of plant life, drawing on the similarity between human and plant skin.
METAMORPHOSIS - In this surrealist depiction of a metamorphosis of human life into plant life, the subject’s face transforms into a budding flower that sprouts from the subject's neck.
REFLECTIONS - The center of the flower gives a distorted view of the subject's face, playing on the relationship between flowers and beauty.
GROWTH - A sprout emerges from a hunched figure's spine, depicting the similarity in function and appearance of a human spine and a plant stem.
ROOTS - A tranquil self-portrait illustrating hair morphing into tree roots, representing humanity’s inevitable return to nature.
HUMMINGBIRD - piercing an eyeball through the pupil, representing the fragile nature between humans and the natural world.
BACK TO HER (MOTHER NATURE) - Inspired by burial pods, an innovation in which bodies are buried in pods beneath trees, promoting tree growth, this painting is a representation of life after death.
NATURE CAN SEE YOU - A play on the similarity of an anatomical eye to a Schefflera Arboricola’s petiole.
THE RETURN (OF NATURE) - The aftermath of if humans were to disappear. Nature reclaims a New York City subway car.
THE NATURE OF A NOBLEMAN - An apes head on a nobleman's body, this is a parody of human ideas of sophistication and wealth.
WINK - A portrait of my beloved Australian shepherd, Winter.
THEN AND NOW - A self-portrait of current self overlapped with past self, where both versions share an eye.
WHO AM I? - Inspired by Egon Schiele, a self portrait depicting a distorted image of oneself signifying the warped reflection one sees in the mirror.