My current practice involves working from observation in the form of scientific illustraation. Many of my subjects come from the Field Museum in Chicago, zoos, conservatories, and what I see in everyday life.
A study of SUE the T-Rex and an early Baleen Whale skull from the Field Museum in Chicago. Graphite on paper, 2025.
Stippling of my SUE study and some Predatory Diving Beetles. Ink on tracing paper, 2025.
Museum studies of two Blue Morpho Butterflies and an Aphrissa statira. Graphite and colored pencil on paper, 2025.
Three cardinals sitting on branches, two male, one female. Inspired in part by my grandma, whose favorite bird was the cardinal. Colored pencil and white ink on toned paper, 2024.
Several drawings of multiple insects. From left to right: a Predatory Diving Beetle (front and in profile), a Scarlet Mormon butterfly, a Sphinx Moth, and a Milionia Moth (bottom). Graphite and colored pencil on paper, 2025.
A fairly simple drawing of a Graphium cordus butterfly. Includes testing colors on the top right, which I normally try to do on another page. My goal was to aim for a depiction of the butterfly in a more “natutal” pose compared to what is normally seen in museums. Graphite, colored pencil, and white ink on paper, 2024.
Made from one of several bronze statues in the Field Museum. Completed over the course of a little over one and a half hours, done in one sitting. Graphite on paper, 2025.
Made from one of several bronze statues in the Field Museum. Completed over the course of about two hours, done in one sitting. Graphite on paper, 2025.
A project depicting two Eastern Swallowtail butterflies, which were abundant in my area growing up; the bottom has a color morph that makes its left side black. Mixed media; colored pencil and watercolor on paper, 2024.
Made from viewing a taxidermied Greater Snow Goose at the Field Museum. Graphite and watercolor on paper, 2025.
Made from viewing one of many taxidermied flamingos at the Field Museum. Graphite and watercolor on paper, 2025.
A study of a Snowy Owl taxidermy at the Field Museum. Graphite on paper, 2025.
Made as a gift for my father, this piece is of my childhood cat. He was special to my family and I knew it would be a gift that was treasured. Graphite on paper, 2025.
A painting made from nostalgia, remembering the birds I saw in my grangparent’s yard growing up. In recent years they haven’t been around as much, and the idea of losing such beautiful birds from an area made me want to paint them. Graphite and watercolor on paper, 2025.
A study of a Mahoe plant from Garfield Park Conservatory. Graphite on paper, 2026.
A painted study of a Mahoe plant from Garfield Park Conservatory. Graphite and watercolor on paper, 2026.