FEATURED WORKS
Photos courtesy of Heather McClelland & Virtual Tour courtesy of Jay Schwartzhoff
"Parasite"
Oil on canvas
29" x 23.25"
"The beauty of mushrooms and plants along with the sense of heaviness"
"The Manor"
Acrylic on wood
48" x 36"
"My fascination lies in capturing the magical allure of birds, which symbolize joy and resilience. They embody adaptability, flying freely despite life's challenges. Through my art, I advocate for balance in nature, echoing our Sanskrit roots where Prakriti symbolizes the feminine essence in all life"
"Prakruti-1-Mother Nature"
Acrylic on wood
48" x 36"
"Rhythm with nature: Born and raised in India, I immersed myself in the artistic traditions alongside my father, deeply influenced by my heritage and the country's natural beauty. My paintings express narratives rooted in nature, employing intense colors and swirling forms to unveil its hidden beauty"
“Brincando sobre los charcos”
Acrylic & enamel paints with collage materials on canvas
20" x 16"
"Circulatory System"
Ink and acrylic on cradled birch
24" x 24"
"This dreamscape piece is an open-ended abstract composed of dozens of interlocking images, thoughts, and ideas all melted together. This piece leans heavily into the subconscious and Pareidolia talking full effect with the viewer."
"Organic Forms #2"
Ink on paper, digital composition
16" x 16"
"This is my second perspective of a woman's crossed legs."
"Seating for Six"
oil on canvas
32" x 36"
"A collection of what I serve myself at the dinner table and what it may be like to host others with the experience of only hosting for one."
"Birthday"
Oil on canvas
30" x 40"
"A look into how I perceive life events as a single young woman. I host for myself and wait for others to join without knowing when they will take a seat at my table or walk through my front door."
"Venus After The Storm"
Oil on canvas
36" x 36"
“Part of the Venus series of paintings inspired by primitive ai's difficulty with reproducing human forms, its digital uncanniness laid bare yet humanized by analog materials.”
"MW3: Gaza City"
Acrylic on Paper
21" x 31"
"These works aim to expose the blurred notions and false realities created by the glorification of warfare and the propaganda that fuels it, by examining the abstract nature of the way war is portrayed through news and media. The works expose the disconnect of how imagery is interpreted."
"Blurry Doll Confessional"
Ink, wheat paste, and wood
50" x 25"
"This piece is a mosaic of 25 drawings, each depicting a separate space of cavernous yet confusing escape. Wheat pasted onto a board then encased in a hand-built and stained wooden frame. This environment is designed to be an hallucinogenic representation of escapism; for better or worse..."
"Upādāna Prospecting Primary Commodities"
Oil
16" x 20"
""Upādāna is a Sanskrit word that means "fuel that is the source and means for keeping an active process energized." It is also a Buddhist concept referring to "attachment, clinging, grasping." This painting is Upādāna, attachments, consuming/prospecting primary commodities, natural resources."
"Pink Lemonade"
Archival pigment print
20" x 16"
""Pink Lemonade," is intended to bring a sense of delight. Like the delicious beverage, the artwork offers a sensory experience that revitalizes the spirit, a moment you can savor. Through the art of digital compositing, I aim to challenge conventional notions of reality."
"From the Blue Series, Red Lines and Circles"
Acrylic and colored pencil, paper on wood panel
20" x 15"
"Based on a suite of stories envisioned within portraits in monochromes, works such as this, combine my interest in engaging the viewers with figures in a transcendent state. With averted eyes and a conscious feeling almost as though it is outside of the picture, I seek to imply or suggest the unseen"
"Plot Twist"
Acrylic on Canvas
18" x 12"
"With every twist, the narrative evolves, reshaping itself into a new tale"
"Sue Nami (#5)"
Oil on Canvas
36" x 24"
"I borrowed Rembrandt's "The Storm on the Sea of Galilee" and mirrored the image to create this fifth version in my "Sue Nami" series."
"The Glass Maker’s Daughter"
Glitter acrylic paint, oil on canvas
36" x 36"
"This piece explores how hyper-visibility manifest through materialism, functions as a tool to combat invisibility for Black women."
"Soma"
stickers on panel
48" x 28"
"What is the Soma of our modern Brave New World? This work organizes the noise of American culture into a recognizable signal – one that illuminates what we should be prioritizing when we’re so easily distracted from reality by the spectacle of our society." - Scalin
"Huddled Masses I-IV"
stickers on panels
38" x 50"
"Inspired by images from the Department of Homeland Security report on overcrowding & prolonged detention at facilities in Texas. I use children's stickers to represent the noise of our modern American culture, organizing them into recognizable signals – illuminating what we should be prioritizing." - Scalin
"Coin Cunts"
vintage coin purses, thread, map tacks
Dimensions variable, 19" x 19" as installed
“In our reality of untruths and the political validation of misogynistic and racist undercurrents in the United States, the Coin Cunts stand as a visual symbol of empowerment and equality for all people with a vulva. By exposing the mysterious interior of a ubiquitous object, we find each Coin Cunt is distinct just as every human is unique. A tease to the imagination, these transposed coin purses challenge our visual, political and cultural associations of gender, money and power. Since their inception, the Coin Cunts have given voice to and raised awareness for many causes around the globe such as reproductive rights, the gender pay gap, bodily autonomy, FGM (female genital mutilation), racial disparities in reproductive health and the list continues to grow.” - Scott
"Trick-or-treat Afterparty behind the Woodpile"
appliqué quilt
40" x 40"
"Using applique and quilting techniques, this work is collaged together from hundreds of different textiles that mend into the Catfriend’s ultimate Halloween afterparty. Join them… if you dare!"
"Agnus Dei"
Oil on Baltic Birch
65" x 105"
“This altarpiece triptych, which took 1700 hours, is a musing on the moral innocence of animals, something we as humans cannot claim for ourselves. In the biblical book of Isaiah, chapter 53, we read a prophecy about a Suffering Servant likened to an innocent lamb:
He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth;he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.” - Tiessen
Link to artist’s website for the full statement on this piece.
"Apu - Sacred volcano"
alkyd oil on canvas
30" x 36"
"Narrative painting representing a volcano's spirit in the andean cosmovision called Apu in quechua. The abstract high altitude agriculture & andean's symbolism forms the body of this colossal "Taita Chimborazo" or father Chimborazo the closest point from Earth to the Sun."
"The Undressing"
Oil on Canvas
79.5" x 60"