ILLUSTRATION & PAINTING PORTFOLIO

In The Seduction of Suffering, I explore the unsettling yet pervasive depiction of female corpses in fashion advertising. By placing these figures within abstract landscapes punctuated by oceanic symbols—evoking themes of capturment, consumption, and disposability—I heighten the sensation of ‘convulsive beauty,’ a surrealist paradox where attraction and disturbance coalesce. The large scale of my work disrupts the passive consumption of imagery that sensationalizes violence against women, exposing how the media constructs narratives around femininity, power, and spectacle.

As my senior project, students were tasked with developing a creative work portfolio that documented their research, experimentation, and process over the course of the year. The document below earned me the Penny Stamps Integrative Project Written Thesis Award, recognizing the depth of my research and the intentionality embedded in my studio practice.

