Artist Statement: I wanted to play on the idea of how friendships still live on beyond the constraints of age and time. What does it truly mean to be best friends FOREVER?

Artist Statement: This work was inspired by a panel from the SBR manga that I really like.  Its meaning is that of distress and sorrow along with shock.

Artist Statement: This piece was inspired by yet another panel that I really like because it is very iconic. It’s meaning shows shock of something new and higher than what’s been seen before.

Artist Statement: This piece is about being peaceful.

Artist Statement: With full credit and reference going to Viktoriia Yavorska and pulling inspirations from Sarah Sedwick, I drew and replicated Yavorska’s piece of oranges and a teapot using a 6B pencil. My re-title, “Bittersweet”, represents the juxtaposition between the bitterness of tea and the sweetness of oranges.  With this piece, I explored the reflections of light on metal to practice and exercise my knowledge of light and dark values. Bringing in elements similar to Sedwick’s work with kitchenware and fruits, she approaches her art with more simplicity and abstraction to her paintings; however, I tend to focus on little details, and my choice to be more precise and detailed is a bittersweet sacrifice to abstraction.

Artist Statement: I made this piece inspired by my art teacher, Mx. Janets class prompt, Transformation. With everything going on in the world I find it important that we continue to share trans bodies and trans Joy to lift up the community.

Artist Statement: The idea came on a day I was just missing the friends I hadn’t seen in a while. I took that feeling and ran. 

Artist Statement: This piece is supposed to be reminiscent of old horror games. I got to use ink pens and brushes in this piece, and I had a lot of fun with it!

Artist Statement: India ink on Bristol paper

Artist Statement: The prompt I followed for this unit was the word “nature”. One of my personal favorite subjects is human anatomy, so I wanted to use that in response to the prompt— the other concept was mould spores and bacteria, inspired by artists who use Petri dishes full of bacteria to make art pieces. Mixing the two was a fun way to explore how they overlap in texture and appearance.