ARTIST Q&A

Born: Worcester,  MA

Currently lives: Allston, MA

Title of artwork: Lover’s Eyes

What’s it about? I’ve long been intrigued by Georgian & Victorian motifs for love and mourning, and like to utilize them in my own style. Lover’s eyes were painted miniatures depicting the eye of a loved one, commissioned to express devotion between loved ones, or in memory of the deceased. They were most often worn as bracelets, brooches, pendants or rings, but have also been found on lids of toothpick containers, snuffboxes and other small vessels. I wanted to crete my own version—the eyes in the photo are in small ornate frames, the area of each illustration measures about 1.75″x1.75″. I take photos of my framed work with flowers & foliage for product photos, and Zone 3 suggested using one of those photos as my Art in Print piece—I had never considered a frame of a frame as it’s own piece and loved the idea!

Where else can we find your work? I have prints & other items for sale on my website, and vend at various markets in the Boston area and North Shore when covid isn’t happening

What have you learned about your creative practice over the last year? My creative practice hasn’t changed much in the past year—its always been a solitary thing for me, which lent well to being quarantined. It has however, been a nice escape from the stresses of a pandemic—I definitely found myself seeking out drawing and researching much more over the past year to distract myself from doom scrolling. I also took a lot more walks outside the city in cemeteries and the woods to avoid human interaction, inspiration from both of which definitely showed up more in my work within the past year.

A piece of advice you would give to your pre-pandemic self: I’m not sure that I have any—this has been an experience that I don’t think any of us anticipated, and while I’m coming out of it with a lot of learns and much more gratitude for my health, privilege in being able to work from home, and ability/drive to continue making art, I don’t know if anything I could have told myself a year+ ago would really prepare myself for what living through a global pandemic is like.

Where is your favorite public art piece in the area? The famous Joes on the Sil, and the mural on Vivant are some of my faves!

What would your last meal be? Prob a big vegan brunch!

Go-to karaoke song? Nothing haha, I don’t have the guts to sing in public .

Last show you binge watched? I tend to binge watch shows I’ve already seen as I work, as of late it’s been Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Place in Allston/Brighton that you have missed the most? Great Scott, RIP