"Our Reality"
16x20"
colored pencil
my friends and i at diabetes camp rely on these "plastic pancreai" to survive. the fact that we all have this disease brought us and this moment together. (fun fact: my insulin pump is the one in the middle on the top part of the drawing)
"Tie-Diabetics"
16x20"
oil on canvas
Third place winner of the SCAD 2D Challenge back in 2011.
similar to "Our Reality", this painting is a bunch of my friends and I after we tie-dyed tshirts at diabetes camp. we were all unitied in this fun, campy moment by our illness.
"Bittersweet Companion"
48x60"
charcoal, gel medium, pastel, and oil paint on paper
self portrait depicting how diabetes makes me feel trapped and isolated at times, the symbolism in the tubing of my insulin pump binding me.
