Acrylic paintings by this Arkansas Arts Academy Student may be viewed at Rogers Experimental House.

Every art piece is made with pen, colored pencil or procreate. Art by this Arkansas Arts Academy Student may be viewed at Rogers Experimental House.

betrayal – Acrylic painting of my fridge at night, depicting the way my body betrays me and my fear of the dark with its constant need for hydration. just turn on the fan already – Acrylic painting of a door that doesn’t exist. I tried to establish a feeling of unease, depicting the door from a disjointed perspective with abstract coloring, to represent the feelings I get at night, when it’s so quiet your brain makes up sounds to fill the silence. Licorice!! – Watercolor with multi media accents depicting my love for licorice! I’ve been practicing stylized art, and this is one of my favorite pieces to come from…

Acrylic and gold leaf on canvas 24×24.” Art by this artist may be viewed at Brick Street books & gifts.

Country style of up cycling , jewelry, leather earrings. Creations by this artist may be viewed and purchased at Brick Lane books and gifts.

A selection of acrylic paintings on canvas showing distortion in the eyes of others. Art by this Arkansas Arts Academy Student may be viewed at Rogers Experimental House.

My art is inspired by the people that I am surrounded with each and everyday. Art by this Arkansas Arts Academy Student may be viewed at Rogers Experimental House.

I identify myself as an expressive, tinkering, process artist. My work is a cauldron of mixed experiences, interests, and inspirations. Because I experiment in such a variety of media, genres and subject matter it’s difficult to categorize my work. Completed compositions are the end result of a curiosity or interest in a specific technique, medium, style or process. I am drawn to the non-traditional and unorthodox. I pull inspiration from the mystery behind moralizing stories, spiritual beliefs from all cultures, historic events, scientific experiments, Gothic architecture and cinema, specifically classic horror and Sci-Fi films.  My influences in visual art are Albert Pinkham Ryder, H.R. Giger, Francois Robert, Bert Long and…

As an artist, I’ve always drawn faces in pencil, colored pencils, or ink. This particular project initially started from a challenge to myself, when looking at a gallon water jug. “What can I make from this”? The answer… a plastic mask! The naturally curved or easily curved pieces are connected with staples and duct tape, then painted with acrylic colors. Beaked bird faces seemed to have endless possibilites. Then another challenge. If this handle was a small insect body, then left & right would be it’s big wings… and if you turned the jug inside out… clearly a butterfly emerges! Challenge yourself to see things differently… fly! Art by this…

Each painting is done with acrylic on various size canvases. Art by this Arkansas Arts Academy Student may be viewed at Rogers Experimental House.