Slow Burn
On view as part of OCAD U's Graduate Exhibition #106, serving as my 2021 undergraduate Illustration thesis.
Slow Burn upturns the notion of love as safe haven by illuminating the volatility and
destructive power of intimacy in unsettling mythological tableaux.
Sleet, 2020
A sprawled-out wedding dress is beautiful. But it may also be restrictive, heavy, cold, and suffocating.
Crack, 2020
Repression grants power to sex via the speaker's benefit.
Philoctetes, 2020
A self-defeating chain of unrequited love, interpreted through Greek mythology.
Thorns, 2020
Love and hatred are two sides on the coin of passion.
Calyx, 2021
Puppy love blossoms into an unwieldy future.
Tome, 2021
A homage to the comforting lull of narratives that romanticize codependence and obsession.
Mustang, 2021
Imbalanced power dynamics lead to a loss of control.
Houyi, 2021
The separation of lovers is a complicated and mysterious untangling, interpreted through Chinese mythology.
Drain, 2021
Clinging to obsolete fantasies.
Leaving, 2021
Difficulty staying present and connected during intimacy.