music class (series)
*apparatus I-III shown currently
Oil on canvas
2026
apparatus III of this series will be shown at
Kristen Lorello Gallery
23 East 73rd Street, Fifth Floor
New York, NY 10021
as part of their Spectrum show
The exhibition will be on view from July 9–July 31, 2026.
Galleryhours are Tuesday–Friday, 11 AM–5 PM.
apparatus I-II of this series will be shown at
91 Canal Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10002
as part of the Parallel Magic show
with artist Brian Stremick
The exhibition will be on view from July 31–August 15, 2026.
Gallery hours are 11 AM–5 PM.
This series began from a desire to move through darkness and work toward light. Living through what feels like a dark moment in American history, I found myself thinking about chiaroscuro, bioluminescence, symbiotic relationships with nature, the personal love in my life and the shapes of tools and instruments we use for harmony, endurance, and transformation.
The paintings grew out of the next installment of my Hexas series, which follows a young witch using collective magic to resist the rise of an authoritarian leader. In one scene, the character enters a music class and encounters a collection of instruments, tools, and apparatuses. I began making drawings of objects that might exist in that room—forms that could be used not only to make sound, but to focus energy, listen deeply, persevere, and imagine a future.
Each painting carries a different emotional charge. The first is about perseverance and strength. The second emerged while I was falling in love, and became a way of giving form to that feeling. The third centers on perspective, listening, and future-gazing. Across the series, I wanted these objects to feel organic, familiar, spiritual, constructed, otherworldly, and alive.
I think of them as instruments of inner energy, forms with essence and soul. They are reminders that what we carry inside ourselves can become a tool: for harmonizing, surviving, transforming, and moving toward something luminous.
If you have any questions about this series, please email me or join my mailing list.
*apparatus I-III shown currently
Oil on canvas
2026
apparatus III of this series will be shown at
Kristen Lorello Gallery
23 East 73rd Street, Fifth Floor
New York, NY 10021
as part of their Spectrum show
The exhibition will be on view from July 9–July 31, 2026.
Galleryhours are Tuesday–Friday, 11 AM–5 PM.
apparatus I-II of this series will be shown at
91 Canal Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10002
as part of the Parallel Magic show
with artist Brian Stremick
The exhibition will be on view from July 31–August 15, 2026.
Gallery hours are 11 AM–5 PM.
This series began from a desire to move through darkness and work toward light. Living through what feels like a dark moment in American history, I found myself thinking about chiaroscuro, bioluminescence, symbiotic relationships with nature, the personal love in my life and the shapes of tools and instruments we use for harmony, endurance, and transformation.
The paintings grew out of the next installment of my Hexas series, which follows a young witch using collective magic to resist the rise of an authoritarian leader. In one scene, the character enters a music class and encounters a collection of instruments, tools, and apparatuses. I began making drawings of objects that might exist in that room—forms that could be used not only to make sound, but to focus energy, listen deeply, persevere, and imagine a future.
Each painting carries a different emotional charge. The first is about perseverance and strength. The second emerged while I was falling in love, and became a way of giving form to that feeling. The third centers on perspective, listening, and future-gazing. Across the series, I wanted these objects to feel organic, familiar, spiritual, constructed, otherworldly, and alive.
I think of them as instruments of inner energy, forms with essence and soul. They are reminders that what we carry inside ourselves can become a tool: for harmonizing, surviving, transforming, and moving toward something luminous.
If you have any questions about this series, please email me or join my mailing list.