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Paintings, drawings, and things made for no reason at all.

Time Carousel
Time Carousel Colored pencil + acrylic Different versions of myself ride fairytale animals, each representing a stage of growing up.
出淤泥而不染 · Rising from the mud, yet unstained
出淤泥而不染 · Rising from the mud, yet unstained Acrylic My first painting on black canvas, using the lotus, my July birth flower, to explore resilience, growth, and my Chinese heritage.
A Shiba’s Starry Night
A Shiba’s Starry Night Acrylic A playful reimagining of The Starry Night starring my Shiba Inu, Hika.
Crone of Winter
Crone of Winter White charcoal + charcoal Rethinking the fairytale ending through old age, wisdom, and the final stage of growing up.
Fallen Fantasy
Fallen Fantasy Colored pencil + graphite + mixed media A collision between childhood fantasy and the more structured, complicated world of growing up.
Reflections of Wonder
Reflections of Wonder Watercolor + colored pencil + mixed media A Thumbelina-inspired self-portrait looking back at childhood curiosity from an older perspective.
Le Ville de L’Amour
Le Ville de L’Amour Acrylic Painted from a photo I took along the Seine, focusing less on realism and more on the movement, light, and atmosphere I remembered.
Techno-Tangled
Techno-Tangled Oil paint + mixed media Rapunzel meets technological waste, contrasting the enchantment of a fairytale with the messiness of modern technology.
Where the Crocs Lie
Where the Crocs Lie Acrylic Turning a playful pair of childhood Crocs into a darker fairytale about fear and imagination.