12 × 12 in.
Collage, acrylic, and resin on wood panel
2026
Sour Girl plays with contradiction. A delicate fashion figure stands confidently before the looming silhouette of a bull, while fragments of a vintage scooter, oversized polka dots, and candy-colored pink shift the work between innocence and defiance. The composition borrows from the visual language of mid-century advertising and fashion illustration, then disrupts it through layering, distortion, and unexpected juxtapositions.
Encased beneath a glossy resin surface, the collage reveals itself gradually as light moves across it. The playful palette invites viewers closer before the darker forms and fractured imagery complicate the first impression. Rather than presenting femininity as one fixed identity, Sour Girl embraces the coexistence of confidence and vulnerability, sweetness and resistance.
The work reflects the ways we perform versions of ourselves while quietly refusing to fit comfortably within expectations. Like its title suggests, there is charm here—but also an edge.
12 × 12 in.
Collage, acrylic, and resin on wood panel
2026
Sour Girl plays with contradiction. A delicate fashion figure stands confidently before the looming silhouette of a bull, while fragments of a vintage scooter, oversized polka dots, and candy-colored pink shift the work between innocence and defiance. The composition borrows from the visual language of mid-century advertising and fashion illustration, then disrupts it through layering, distortion, and unexpected juxtapositions.
Encased beneath a glossy resin surface, the collage reveals itself gradually as light moves across it. The playful palette invites viewers closer before the darker forms and fractured imagery complicate the first impression. Rather than presenting femininity as one fixed identity, Sour Girl embraces the coexistence of confidence and vulnerability, sweetness and resistance.
The work reflects the ways we perform versions of ourselves while quietly refusing to fit comfortably within expectations. Like its title suggests, there is charm here—but also an edge.