Honors Senior Thesis Project - 10 Watercolor Paintings
To receive departmental honors in Art at Eastern Michigan University, I had to complete
a senior thesis project. I created twelve watercolor paintings (ten of which are shown here)
that use flowers as a metaphor for female sexuality. I also wrote an 80+ page paper on other
uses of such flower symbolism in art throughout history and different cultures.
In these watercolors, I explored my personal worries, observations, fears, and attitudes of female sexual expression and sexual anatomy, as well as my interpretations of the world's attitudes
and experiences. I want women who are timid or afraid of their sexuality to know that I understand, and I want women who have experienced physical, emotional, or psychological trauma because
of their sexual expression or sexual anatomy to know that I feel for them.
To receive departmental honors in Art at Eastern Michigan University, I had to complete
a senior thesis project. I created twelve watercolor paintings (ten of which are shown here)
that use flowers as a metaphor for female sexuality. I also wrote an 80+ page paper on other
uses of such flower symbolism in art throughout history and different cultures.
In these watercolors, I explored my personal worries, observations, fears, and attitudes of female sexual expression and sexual anatomy, as well as my interpretations of the world's attitudes
and experiences. I want women who are timid or afraid of their sexuality to know that I understand, and I want women who have experienced physical, emotional, or psychological trauma because
of their sexual expression or sexual anatomy to know that I feel for them.
Feminine Layers
Displayed at the 2010 Eastern Michigan University Annual
Juried Student ArtExhibition in University Gallery.
Displayed at the 2010 Eastern Michigan University Annual
Juried Student ArtExhibition in University Gallery.
Silk Caution
Displayed at the 2010 Eastern Michigan University UndergraduateSymposium and the 2010 Eastern Michigan University Annual Honors Art Exhibition in Ford Gallery.
Displayed at the 2010 Eastern Michigan University UndergraduateSymposium and the 2010 Eastern Michigan University Annual Honors Art Exhibition in Ford Gallery.
Poisoned Rose
Displayed at the 2010 Eastern Michigan University UndergraduateSymposium and the 2010 Eastern Michigan University "Invest and Inspire" Event.
Displayed at the 2010 Eastern Michigan University UndergraduateSymposium and the 2010 Eastern Michigan University "Invest and Inspire" Event.
Bandaged Duality
Ace Bandage Field
Pinned for Safety
Displayed at the 2010 Eastern Michigan University UndergraduateSymposium and the 2010 Eastern Michigan University Annual Honors Art Exhibition in Ford Gallery.
Displayed at the 2010 Eastern Michigan University UndergraduateSymposium and the 2010 Eastern Michigan University Annual Honors Art Exhibition in Ford Gallery.
Stabbed
Displayed at the 2010 Eastern Michigan University UndergraduateSymposium and the 2010 Eastern Michigan University Annual Senior BFA Exhibition in Ford Gallery and the 2010 Eastern Michigan University "Invest and Inspire" Event.
Displayed at the 2010 Eastern Michigan University UndergraduateSymposium and the 2010 Eastern Michigan University Annual Senior BFA Exhibition in Ford Gallery and the 2010 Eastern Michigan University "Invest and Inspire" Event.
Hanging by a Petal
Displayed at the 2010 Eastern Michigan University UndergraduateSymposium and the 2010 Eastern Michigan University "Invest and Inspire" Event.
Displayed at the 2010 Eastern Michigan University UndergraduateSymposium and the 2010 Eastern Michigan University "Invest and Inspire" Event.
Bound
Displayed at the 2010 Eastern Michigan University UndergraduateSymposium and the 2010 Eastern Michigan University Annual Honors Art Exhibition in Ford Gallery.
Displayed at the 2010 Eastern Michigan University UndergraduateSymposium and the 2010 Eastern Michigan University Annual Honors Art Exhibition in Ford Gallery.
Debris
Displayed at the 2010 Eastern Michigan University UndergraduateSymposium and the 2010 Eastern Michigan University "Invest and Inspire" Event.
Displayed at the 2010 Eastern Michigan University UndergraduateSymposium and the 2010 Eastern Michigan University "Invest and Inspire" Event.
