All my shadow puppetry and illustration work finds roots in my love of screen prints and paper cuts.
marigold
marigold. 2024
Dad
Created for my dad’s 80th birthday. Black paper cut on white paper with watercolors. 2024.
who gets to breath? (cancer alley edition)
Paper cut of a photograph taken along River Road in St. John’s Parish, also know as cancer alley. Spilt the paper cut into four to mimic the view out of a window and added a pair of human lungs. 2022.
olivia
A paper cut of my niece. Cut black paper backed by white and brown paper. 2023.
Coco Puff as Sherlock Holmes
Paper cut with watercolor created as a tribute to a great cat that passed away this year. 2023.
Jae with dragon puppet
Paper cut with water colors. 2023
Candra & Greg
A birthday commission. 2023.
sisters
Paper cut for my younger sister of the two of us. 2022.
tango
For a friend. 2023.
cat boss
For a friend. 2023
year of the metal ox self portrait
paper cut self portrait. 2022.
jason & alicia
a paper cut commission for a friend. 2022.
margaret & eli
a pape rcut of the couple for a wedding gift. 2022.
change requires active participation
Paper cut started in frustration in 2021 and finished in frustration 2022.
baby billy
A paper cut commission for a friend. For this project, I experimented with adding colored tissue paper for background. 2021.
mother and daughter
A paper cut commission for a friend. 2021.
father and son
A paper cut commission for a friend. 2021.
female scarlet tanager
a paper cut for a friend. 2021.
swallows
Paper cut of swallows feeding. 2021.
generations
Paper cut of grandmother and her granddaughters. 2021.
nieces
Paper cut of my nieces for my sister’s birthday. 2021.
aunt helene
My mom commissioned me to create a paper cut of the photo that ran in the newspaper for my aunt’s wedding announcement. 2021.
Lily's sister
Commission for a friend. 2021.
mom & grandmere
A papercut for my mom’s 75th birthday. 2021.
Fritz, el barco, y los nietos
Commissioned papercut. 2021.
Erin
Papercut of my younger sister. 2020.
Maddy & Songa
A papercut commission. 2020.
self portrait
Documentation during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020.
washing = maintenance = care
A papercut inspired by the beginning of my shelter-in-place in a sublet in New Orleans. 2020.
the kiss
To celebrate my parents’ 50th anniversary, I went through their wedding album and chose a few photos to turn into paper cuts. 2019.
outshined
paper cut. 2017.
there is beauty in dissent
Created in response to 45’s administration. 2017.
together resistance can be mighty
Created in response to 45’s administration. 2017.
ask questions
Created in response to 45’s administration. silk screen. 2017.
question authority
Created in response to 45’s administration. silk screen. 2017.
stand up, stand tall, stand together
Created in response to 45's administration. 2017.
