Art Account!

UMW '27 - they/them - 21 - COMMISSIONS CLOSED

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Old master drawings studies part 2 + some original plein air paintings at a park in France

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Old master studies done in pencil part 1

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"Σ' αγαπώ πολύ - S' agapó polý - I love you so much." | reductive linocut | 14x20 | 2026

my final for my intro to printmaking class!

artist statement:

I was inspired to make this piece because in my Global Women’s Literature class my professor described English as, “the language of power.” I thought about all the times I had questioned why my father didn’t teach me his native language, Greek. I don’t think he wanted me to know it because it made him different growing up. My grandparents are Greek immigrants and I think he associated Greece with the way his parents treated him, and in his mind by not teaching me the language, he wouldn’t teach me the ideas imbued in him. However, for me this is very frustrating. People ask me, “what are you?” when they see I’m slightly tanned, hairy, and have dark hair or once they learn my last name. A part of me feels guilty for saying I’m Greek because it doesn’t feel true. I’ve never been to the country, don’t know the language, can’t eat a lot of the food because of dietary restrictions, and I’m disconnected from the culture except for when I visit my yiayia (grandma) and pappou (grandfather.)

The text of this piece reads “Your mother tongue is foreign from my mouth,” with a photo of me kissing my father as a small child, at the time when teaching me Greek would have been easiest. Behind the text are the Greek and American flags respectively, which inspired the color scheme for this piece. I tried to keep his figure mostly blue and white, whereas I am a combination of all colors used, symbolizing my American-ness. The background behind my father is the pattern on a dish my grandparents gifted him that they bought while visiting Greece, with large evil eyes. The background behind me is a mixture of the river system in Virginia, where I am from, and Greece, where my ancestors are from. However, the rivers can also be seen as veins, showcasing how I am only truly Greek on the technicality of my family. I have 13 prints, one for each of the letters of my last name. I chose to do reductive linocut to explore more with this medium. I wanted to make something large, which is why I bought a 12x18 block.

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Collage I made inspired by the graphic novel Kari for my Global Women’s Literature class "final" which was a creative project! Highly recommend the book if you are interested in queer media/literature.

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"Pomegranate Palooza" & "Pomegrante Palooza 2" | screenprint | 2026

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Sketchbook work for transparency assignment in printmaking and then sketchbook work for my second "library looking session" assignment. been a busy weekend for my one art class 😮‍💨

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"I am What I Eat" Reductive linocut, 2026

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Between the HCC and the Coffee Shop, oil on canvas, 8”x10”, 2024

Won a scholarship so I will officially be studying abroad in France over the Summer and painting plein air!!!

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back | linocut prints | 2026

the red ink was super inconsistent and had so many gross little flakes in it which is why the color is a bit strange :(

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Monoprint project done! Not super proud of these but I got them done and that's what matters ❤️

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more possible designs for linocut prints (last 8/20) + 3 finalized sketches of possible designs

havent actually inked a drawing since like high school so the large ones kinda suck

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sketches for possible linocut prints (12/20)

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Collages for printmaking!

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Random small art projects!

1: Collage's out of Baby 3 packaging for my friends

2: 10 minute collage in class

3-6: First assignment for my printmaking class was to check-out a book from the library, sit with it for a while, and then do a few sketchbook pages as a response.

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Random small art projects!

1: Collage's out of Baby 3 packaging for my friends

2: 10 minute collage in class

3-6: First assignment for my printmaking class was to check-out a book from the library, sit with it for a while, and then do a few sketchbook pages as a response.

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Painting I made my mom for Christmas of some of her plants and a chipmunk that comes by our house often she named Daryl ❤️

6"x6" | acrylic on canvas | 2025

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The Meat Locker | 2025 | art publications final : art box! I did so much research for this project and I'm super proud of it. Listed below are materials and an artist statement for this project.

cardboard box, scarwax, airdry clay, fake blood, modge podge, acrylic paint, fox bones, linocut on moldy cutting board, ground chicken, blackout poetry on grocery receipts bound by bullet, collage, ink, grocery stickers

The Meat Locker is an art box meant to critique ethics of the meat industry. The work is designed to look like a meat locker, the area in which meat is stored. This piece was created as a way to grapple with issues innate with eating most meat such as overconsumption, environmental concerns, disease, abuse, and lack of knowledge on the process that happens behind the scenes. Viewers are meant to question what and how they consume. 

This is a topic that interests me because I have been a vegetarian for many years, and am fascinated with society’s obsession with meat. I would never want to convince somebody to change something medically like a diet/dietary restriction. My intention with this project is to create a dialogue, whether internal or not, and maybe convince people to think before they buy. I don’t want to create shame around eating, as there is enough of that in the world without me adding to it. I want to create a world where people demand justice for the inequalities existing within our food systems though. It does not spawn on the shelf, and a lot of very privileged people (myself included) take for granted what feels “owed” to us, such as the lives of animals. The same people who would never dare raise, kill, and skin the animal are the same people arguing cooking, eating, and digesting are neutral and natural acts. Just because someone does not hold the knife does not mean there is no blood on their hands.