2019, ballpoint pen on paper. Words and music by Judee Sill.
There's a gang on the lamb Liftin' hearts and plannin' the great escape Surrender for heaven's sake
High on a stroke of grace They strike the center place and you gotta sway You're set for the getaway
You'll be delivered, secret express Breathe and your fate is sealed You will rise up and in a twinkling Make a connection that you'll adore Hold fast for you'll evermore. Long for perfection so Reach for the sky, reach for the sky Reach for the sky and try to save your soul Reach for the sky, reach for the sky Reach for the sky and let the man take hold
Once the courageous corps Implants the seed of glory, restorin' you It sets off a war in you
Now if you leave you behind And with the victor climb to the outer shore Leap off, there's a treat in store
Truly you'll rise and in a heartbeat Thrill to the motion awake in you Look up as they're takin' you Spill your devotion
2018-2019, gouache, metallic watercolor, metallic marine enamel, and wax pencil on canson brights and coldpress paper .
Please come down flying low, for me.
2018, watercolor and gouache on cold-pressed paper.
I’m sorry, I can’t control these dreams.
Had dreams of Minnie Riperton's lion.
there was no lion in this dream
I dreamt we were fighting.
I dreamt he found us, and I could not fly us away. These are just dreams.
I dreamt about the dead rabbit from your story. We wondered if you smiled like that at everyone.
I dreamt that Kanye killed the president. it was his plan the whole time. he went on dick caveat to tell us all about it. we were all just so relieved it was over. i’m sorry, i can’t control these dreams.
In my dream I snuck into your orange cinder block stay smoke motel room when you were not there. I heard your lock behind me just as I found what I had come in there looking for. I had my hands on it. I thought I woke myself up— after you saw me, but before you had a chance to say anything you may have wanted to; before i knew if you were going to be awful or sweet. The day I woke up you were in my phone from 4 states away, “What if I came back”. I woke up and now I can’t even remember what I went in your room looking for in the first place.
2016-forever, gouache, wax pencil, and cannabis leaves on vellum, canson brights, and arches 120# cold press.
Every year, baby.
2017-18, gouache, watercolor, wax pencil, and metallic marine enamel on paper.
Blessed art Thou amongst women.
2013, oil on canvas.
In which I will be played by a young Francis Ford Coppola.
2019, digital illustration for The Conservation Alliance video series
2019, digital illustration for Paper Darts Vol. 8
2019, digital illustration for Cinephile, the University of British Columbia’s Film Journal
2018, ink on paper for Faces of Death
2018, wax pencil on paper for Paper Darts Vol. 7
2018, gouache on paper for Paper Darts Vol. 7
2019, graphic design and visual language development for Dr. Molly Ellis
2019, digital painting for Dr. Molly Ellis
2019, brand campaign, photography, art direction, product and graphic design for Raven Herbals
2019, gouache on paper and graphic design, for CBD + Herbal Aphrodisiacs + Love Potions workshop with Dr. Molly Ellis
2018, Brand identity, logo creation, and graphic design for The Radness
2018, graphic design for Autem Terra.
2018, graphic design, brand development, and logo creation for Good Egg.
2018, wax pencil on paper for L’Agence
2017, gouache and india ink on paper for Centrum: Jazz Port Townsend
In which we try to create a space where we needn’t rely on the misleading, dated language of the Weed Bro or the manipulative imagery of the #WeedWomen to just have an honest conversation about this wild, rapidly expanding, world of cannabis.
We strive to honor and provide space to share the voices and imagery of the counterculture movements that have come before us— those that used their lives as attempts to create a better world— rather than exploiting them to use as a tactic for personal profit. We will not participate in subverting the entire core of their meaning by peddling this as a means for fraudulent emotional control of consumers looking to support a change in the world, yet instead contributing to the corporatization of the cannabis industry and furthering the deeply unsettling manipulations of capitalism. We share from these movements because our business, and our decisions we make from it as a platform, align with the vision these predecessors hoped our world would one day embrace. We have no interest in selling that or pandering it to Venture Capital firms just as a means of survival in this industry.
Graphic design, illustration, copy writing, language development, art and creative direction, product development, web design, and packaging design, 2013-present.
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Pen and pencil on Write in the Rain, 2015.
the parts that don’t seem to go anywhere else
