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Undeclared 2022 @ameliatalkington
Vero is a UG2 custodial worker on campus who I tutor through habla. I hoped to display her as I have grown to know her: strong and compelling.
2018
Oil Paint on Canvas
Western media creates unrealistic expectations of perfection in avocados. In this painting, I seek to challenge and redefine avocado beauty standards.
2016
Oil on canvas
Roses bloom from her cuts.
Photoshop
A self-portrait composed of identity objects: rings from my mother, the teapot on my coffee table, the graphic on my favorite t-shirt, etc.
2020
Digital Collage
This piece captures the fleeting, but golden moment of connection between the deer and the viewer. A reminder that beautiful things are fleeting.
2015
This work centers on the relationship between the human and the artificial, inspired when I photographed my cousin with a stark, artificial flash.
2023
Oil and Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Two paintings exploring emptiness and isolation, and confronting feelings of lack of control during the early stages of the pandemic.
2021
Acrylic on canvas, some collage from a news story
This piece grapples with the difficulty of forgiveness. Opposing forces compete: luminosity and shadow, serenity and grief, redemption and regression.
2022
The girl who depicts prosperity is looking beyond her world into one that’s suppressed by indigence, because to solve a problem you must face it.
2017
acrylic on canvas
A commentary on the fifth stage of grief: acceptance.
Acrylic on Canvas
Lush layers of volanoes, forest fires, tsunamis are interwoven with snarling dogs, invoking chaotic and powerful forces of nature. 30″ x 40″.
Oil paint and thread on canvas
These photos will never be published in a journalistic publication – familiar scenes on campus but different, the other side of palm tree paradise?
Photograph of campus scenes
I have a series of three paintings showing scenes from 3 places here in USA which caught my eye.
Watercolor
I took this photo at the Palo Alto Caltrain station in the fall. I used black ink and a black and white filter to provide an “outside of time” look.
Digital Photograph
This piece looks into the intersection of queerness and religion in the age of the internet and digital upbringing.
Link to Website
Interactive Digital Work
The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul. –Robert Wyland
Digital Media – Made in Procreate for Apple iPad
Taken in Alberta, Canada. My hope is not to showcase landscapes but to acknowledge that Earth’s beauty surrounds us.
Photograph
This is a painting of me as a child, my mom, and my grandma at the beach. It symbolizes the treasure that is family and togetherness.
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
I loved this photograph my mom took on our trip to Kenya, and I wanted to recreate the beautiful designs on the fabric here.
Charcoal
I wanted to render a tree during a vibrant morning on The Farm from a design perspective.
Ink Resist