Painting is, for me, both an ethnographic modality and personal practice. I draw inspiration from traditions of folklore, so-called outsider art, and iconography. I enjoy “corrupting” mainstream visual frameworks including maps, comics, Orientalist odalisques, and still-lifes. I work across media but am particularly fond of acrylic and gouache.
Walking Wadi Abu Jamil. 2022. Acrylic, gouache, and ink on canvas.
Abu Naji buries his sickle in Qadas, awaiting his return. 2025. Acrylic on canvas.
Language Acquisition Under Occupation. 2022. Acrylic, gouache, and ink on canvas.
Viridian Glendale. 2021. Acrylic on canvas.
Wobblies Picnic. 2020. Watercolor and ink on old paper.
Toes Up at the Neighborhood Shrine. 2020. Acrylic on canvas.
In Times of Plague. 2020. Acrylic on recycled cardboard.
Along the Pacific Coast Highway. 2021. Watercolor on paper.
For Lenna. 2020. Acrylic on recycled cardboard.