This artwork show my interests collaged together.

Going into this I didn't have much of a reason behind my artwork. As I made it I threw things together, ideas, words, elements, and objects.

The main message I wanted to convey through my artwork is the astonishing fact that my culture curated by legendary South Asian poets, artists, singers, and dancers, curated about 5,000 years ago has been kept alive, and is equally admired to this day.

This piece was a venture on my skills, i am not customed to drawing concepts let alone backgrounds, but i think thats what this piece represents, an experiment.

This piece is a digital piece of a persona I've created.

In my art class we had a prompt to create a mash up of our own face and a character that we really liked (combine our faces).

I used charcoal to try to create a realistic portrait of myself.

The concept behind my photo was inspired by Walt Whitman's poem entitled "Song of Myself." Whitman discusses the importance of appreciating the world in its natural beauty. How this is the only way we as people can achieve true happiness. With the new technological advancements we have made in the past couple decades, I rarely see people admiring something as simple as a spear of grass penetrating the water surface. In this, it is easy to forget that we were created above the earth and we will die beneath the earth, and as we decompose, the bodies we leave behind will be the fuel and nutrients for new life. “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.” I think of death fondly, for in its rebirth, my bones will feed the worms who create the dirt that will be carried on the boot-soles of my great grandchildren for generations to come. This cyclic and wonderful world is something to be cherished and appreciated. This picture captures a woman who has recently passed. As she looks into the pond, she does not see her reflection, she has died. But, she does see the water, the soil, the leaves quivering in the wind. The fact that she is dead does not concern her, for she knows she will be immortalized in all of the nature that surrounds her.

While I was stuck waiting out the rain with some friends I decided to take a photo of one of them standing out in the rain.

Simply a drawing of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Unfortunately, I did have to color it.

This piece was part of a series for UCSF's Nancy Friend Pritzker Psychiatry Building. The series was created during the height of the COVID 19 pandemic and I used photography as a creative outlet and to build a community during that isolation.

This is my favorite car, it is a drift car and I wanted to draw the car in action.

This piece is a response to my current sustained investigation which explores an outsider's point of view. This particular image was shot early in the morning and depicts an empty diner, illuminated on the inside. I thought the shot exemplified my inquiry topic well -- being an outsider, looking into a lit space in the dark of night. I used 35mm 800 iso color film and used Photopea to adjust the scan's levels and hues.

This diptych explores the psychological effects of expectations put on women’s appearances. When we focus too much on maintaining a perfect image we lose sight of our worth and identity. We can become trapped behind a mask of makeup, cute clothes, and our instagram profile. It doesn’t help that advertising and social media target women and maintain toxic standards. This is devastating for one’s mental health. With this piece, I hope to raise awareness and encourage others to break free from the harmful cycle.

Room #9 was made by sitting in Room 9 and observing.

I created this photo over the summer. I was in my backyard hitting baseballs when I realized that this could be an interesting photo to look at. I took the photo and made a few edits.

A reunion of two ancient friends…. - Exploring my artistic identity through shape, line weight, and texture. Also revisiting my old love of dragons.

So to start off I am 15 and I am a Mexican boxer and I love boxing so much I just wanted to draw some gloves and it came out with way much more and with a lot more meaning to me.

This piece represents the longing and process of reminiscing the past and what used to be.

This is a digital art piece draw with one pencil brush of two burning candles.