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Creator
Collage, graphite, acrylic paint marker, and color pencil on paper – May 19th, 2025. This work is a self portrait, utilizing various textures to create shading. To personalize this work, collage was added to showcase the meaning of the rest of the artist’s works, through his interests and what makes up his creative intent. The…
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craving power from destruction
Acrylic paint, watercolor, crayon, and color pencil on paper – March 13th, 2025. This work explores the power humans hold over the things they destroy. Using a commonly abused fish – the betta fish – as a symbol of power, one that can only watch as its environment is harmed and cannot speak, displayed by…
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Coral Reality
Color pencil on paper – January 6th, 2025. In this work the inner box resembles the expectation of the ocean: colorful coral, lively ecosystem, beautiful and untouched. However, outside of the box highlights the reality: trash floating about, dead coral, sick fish, and an ultimately dying ecosystem. The mantis shrimp displayed in this work bring…
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Electric Blue Guitar
1 2 1965 Traverse City, Michigan, USA Home to fields that stretch forever Lakes untouched by even the harshest weather April Snow still flutters and falls Beyond the walls of the crowded gym Beyond the tacky trimming and creaking curtains and hoards of hopeless dancers Beyond the “Prom on the Red Carpet!” banner April. Prom…
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Haibun Burning A City
I’ve never seen rocks thrown at the windows of my favorite cafe until January. I’ve never seen the gem of the city on fire, but that changed in January. I’ve never smelled the freshness of a sunny January morning paired with ashes until January. I’ve never felt the stickiness of blood on the pavement, but…
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