ORIGINAL ARTWORK

ARTIFACTS, a Grand Collection of intuitive mixed-media artwork, serves as a visual meditation on memory, cross-cultural history, and the timeless ways humans connect. Divided into distinct sub-collections, this overarching series bridges ancient global motifs with modern, tactile art.

Inspired by world travel and a fascination with reclaimed materials, the collection honors a universal truth: weathered surfaces, distressed textures, and the marks of time are a common thread shared across all of humanity. These works embody a deep reverence for ancient objects—treasures once held in hands from other times and places.

Treating each substrate like an archaeological dig, the process involves building up distressed, plaster-like textures, stripping away layers, and deconstructing mediums to uncover hidden narratives. Vibrant, hand-pulled gel prints are torn, recombined, and intricately detailed with fine pen work, creating a unified visual language throughout the entire collection.

Symbolic forms, petroglyphs, and tribal motifs set against weathered backdrops explore how ancient marks were used to tell stories. By embedding physical relics—from rusted keys and vintage metal to sculpted narratives within altered antique books—these pieces evoke the thrill of a newly discovered artifact.

Celebrating both the striking similarities and beautiful differences across world cultures, ARTIFACTS brings disparate pieces of our shared human history together into a cohesive, soul-stirring whole. Each one-of-a-kind piece blends history, texture, and spirit to create a timeless statement for modern spaces.