This piece is an abstract representation of distorted memories intertwined with serene, imaginative creativity.

It is impossible to have life without having death.

I have always loved orchids and through this piece I realized just how much I love their vibrant colors and eccentric shapes.

My stone sculpture, Adieu, is inspired by Constantin Brancusi’s recurring theme of birds.

This artwork is the first really big canvas I did, it was very hard for me since I was very nervous about messing it up and not liking the out come.

I wish I could go back, when everything was easier, when I didn’t care about the future, when I was playing with my parents, watching cartoons, drawing without worrying what others think.

This piece is about moving on from past friendships and the feelings of loss that come with it. It is a self-portrait which I made by closely studying a reference and applying my own stylistic choices and colors.

The smell of gasoline and soap, scratchy seats, and velcro is what I remembered on this train ride with my cousin, before we parted ways to go back to our own home country.

This piece is a reinterpretation of “Our Lady of Guadalupe,” focusing on the interplay between spirituality and human emotion.

Black Camo represents the casualties of war.

Inspiration for this piece came to me as I was playing video games one night with my friends.

”Beauty and Chaos” explores the juxtaposition between order and disorder.

This piece depicts the average scene during my family’s trips, with each pair of shoes taking a piece of the memories from the vacation.

As I prepare to move away for college, I am beginning to see my hometown in a new light as I know that I will soon live far away from the place I’ve lived my whole life.

This artwork is a wrestler named Tama Tonga, who wears face paint sometimes.

This piece is the tangible manifestation of a female defense mechanism for unrealistic societal norms.

I took these images from my homeland Tongatapu , which represents some part of my culture and where I grew up.

Drawing this portrait of myself made me realize a lot of things in life.

I was inspired to draw this because of the movies gladiator and 300.

The painting is a visual representation of my mind, clouded in a wave of dissociation.