My Own Artwork

As an art educator, it is essential to be able to demonstrate the concepts you teach, not only to produce examples for your students, but to fully understand how processes and materials work and their pros and cons.  In my experience, painting and drawing have been my strong suit, given that I have had the most experience with them:  I painted a great deal of set work during my high school career, and my art classes were very drawing-heavy.  I have found that sculpture can be intriguing and I enjoy hand-building clay, but neither are my favorites.  My photography experience is fairly limited, but I do end up with some nice images from time to time.  My printmaking experience has yet to begin, and I would consider it one of my weaknesses, along with digital art.  I would like to teach a variety of media and processes, giving my students more experience with more materials than I had.  However, given my limited knowledge of printmaking, photography, and digital art, I will try my best to learn as much as I can in my upcoming studio classes and try to familiarize myself with some more digital techniques before I begin teaching.  Below are some of my works:

Self-portrait in graphite on paper

Coil-built face jug with low-fire clay

Encaustic painting on wood

Photograph using iPhone

Oil painting on canvas

Conte drawing on paper