My Visual Art thesis combines painting, generosity, and chance: viewers submit a photo they would like painted, a random tool selects one each week, and the winner receives the finished original oil — for free.

I created the profile @freepaintingproject on TikTok and Instagram and invited submissions. I do not choose the images myself; a random selection tool picks one each week, and I document the whole process on video. The paintings are delivered with no exchange of money, aside from shipping if necessary.

By giving the work away, the project offers anyone — regardless of financial means — the chance to receive an original oil painting. Instead of price determining access, chance becomes the deciding factor. As participation grows, the odds of being selected fall, so each painting becomes harder to obtain even as more are made. Setting the price at zero subverts the traditional economics of the art market: the paintings themselves generate no income, but the content around them can, where the social-media presence of the work may hold more economic value than the artwork itself.

The project also challenges my role as an artist by making me paint images I would never choose. In the spirit of what Marcel Duchamp called "visual indifference with a total absence of good or bad taste," I surrender that choice to the participants and the algorithm. Like Andy Warhol and Gerhard Richter, I am interested in how subject matter alone does not determine artistic value — process, interpretation, and execution do. At its core it is painting for the sake of painting, and sharing my art with people I may never meet.

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A short film written, produced, filmed, and edited independently — a complete visual narrative carried across every production role.

The project was completed through self-directed learning, including editing, color grading, sound design, and cinematography in DaVinci Resolve. It reflects an ability to develop and execute a full narrative with an emphasis on problem-solving and technical adaptability — taken from concept to final production in four weeks.

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Over seven weeks of summer research at Hampden-Sydney College, I produced measured architectural drawings of two historic structures to Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) standards, under the guidance of Dr. Brian Grogan.

Every dimension was recorded by hand and translated into scaled drawings using a consistent grid system, with close attention to proportion, structural clarity, and architectural detail. I documented two structures: the Birthplace of Hampden-Sydney and the Memorial Gate. The Memorial Gate was the more complex of the two, especially in accurately representing its brickwork and layered structural elements.

The work carried particular significance because Hampden-Sydney, approaching its 250th anniversary, had no formal architectural documentation in the Library of Congress archive. These drawings were made to help contribute that record and support the long-term preservation of the college's architectural history.

Commissioned identity work built within real brand systems — consistent in color, typography, and form, and designed to live across signage, print, and screen.

My primary commissions were the marks for the Hampden-Sydney College Environmental Studies Program and the H-SC Apiary, each developed to institutional brand guidelines. Additional identity work includes designs for Source Strength and the Theta Chi Nu Chapter.

A rotating set of digital graphics and photography — pieces made for their own sake, outside the structure of a larger project.

The graphics range from poster-style compositions to layered collage, alongside digital and film photography. Click any piece to view it larger.