From the Cooper Union Home Test Prompt 5, “Buffer”
“In the Philippines there are many symbols and rituals that provide a buffer for harm. My family there is Protestant by the decision of the family matriarch--my great-grandmother--but I associate some of the buffering objects and rituals in my memory as originating in Catholicism. The first drawing depicts Santo Niño de Cebú, a Catholic image of Jesus as a small boy that is very common in Filipino homes, automobiles, and other establishments like doctor’s offices or restaurants. The small statue was a gift from Magellan, and became a symbol of protection and faith. The second drawing is of Mount Mayon, an active volcano within my family’s region of Bicol. The tower is the only visible part of the Cagsawa ruins, and it is the top of a centuries-old Franciscan church buried by lava. I was terrified when we visited the ruins, but remembered that our trip had been “blessed”—the car we traveled in had been blessed by a priest and given a new rosary to dangle from the rearview mirror, which I drew at the top of the landscape. The two digital drawings are layered on top of two abstract paintings I created.”
Piece created for a group exhibition at Manchester International Festival 2017. Theme: final impressions of the inhabitants of a dying planet.
Ink on golden parchment, 36" x 24"
July 2017
Album art for Kiran Leonard's LP Grapefruit published by Moshi Moshi Records, United Kingdom, 2015.
Ink, gel pen, marker, color pencil, highlighter on bristol board, 2015.
Ink, gel pen, highlighter on bristol board, 2015.
With track listing
Ink on bristol board, 2015.
Grapefruit Single by Kiran Leonard, published with Moshi Moshi Records, March 2015
Ink on dry media paper.
Album art for Kiran Leonard's Bowler Hat Soup, published by Hand of Glory Records, United Kingdom, 2012.
Gel pen, crayon, highlighter, color pencil, dry pastel on printer paper, 2010.
Gel pen, color pencil on printer paper, 2010.
Gel pen on printer paper, 2012.
Vinyl and CD formats
Other albums I provided the artwork for are here.
Album cover for Kiran Leonard's Dear Lincoln / Port-Ainé EP, published by Hand of Glory Records, United Kingdom, 2013.
Gel pen on bristol board.
Album cover for Kiran Leonard's Oakland Highball EP, self-release, 2013.
Gel pen on bristol board.
Album cover for Kiran Leonard's Abandoning Noble Goals EP, self-release, 2015.
Album cover created in 2010. Gel pen, watercolor, crayon on printer paper.
Ink on bristol board, 14" x 17"---February 2017
First pages to upcoming zine Spare Spaces, coming 2019.
