An attempt at trying a semi-new medium of acrylic ink using Yale's Creative Performing Arts Award Visual Grant
This project is a series of large-scale ink works capturing landscapes across Yale and New Haven. Using ink in two modes, structured linework and fluid washes adaptable to watercolor, I aim to create pieces that feel both grounded and dreamlike. After beginning this exploration in my piece of Cross Campus, I became interested in memorializing place: rendering familiar locations with a storybook softness that feels nostalgic and almost idealized.
Growing up in New Haven, I want to portray the city with purpose, not as the “dangerous” narrative often repeated within academic bubbles, but instead as a functioning, beautiful place filled with quiet moments. Through saturation and shifts in texture, each work responds to the atmosphere of its site, capturing both architectural presence and lived experience.