For over a decade I have explored gender identity in my work. My interest in the determinants of gender is rooted in feminism and began when I was an undergraduate psychology major.
Vintage Trans Beauty Sketches
A series of small watercolor sketches of vintage transgender women created on accordion files. The reference material for these works was editorial photography from the midcentury.
I am honored that this work was chosen to be included in the de Young Open Exhibition. For more information about this show, please click here.
![Vintage Trans Beauty x90 (close-up). 2018, watercolor on paper, mounted on mat board.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/655a138d-1ba0-4883-805c-7f35a9ce7073_rw_1920.jpg?h=ad3dbcc75aada98289d527e89a426ff9)
Vintage Trans Beauty x90 (close-up). 2018, watercolor on paper, mounted on mat board.
![Vintage Trans Beauty x90 (close-up). 2018, watercolor on paper, mounted on mat board.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/7f01a498-9a6d-4296-9b40-683e9cc5ce88_rw_1920.jpg?h=25831cb35c7aee62a42958240fa9d2ae)
Vintage Trans Beauty x90 (close-up). 2018, watercolor on paper, mounted on mat board.
![Vintage Trans Beauty x90 (close-up). 2018, watercolor on paper, mounted on mat board.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/23b45532-9958-4bbf-987a-1f8de7348bbb_rw_1920.jpg?h=c2386ecb3b096fd928654fcf04c591ab)
Vintage Trans Beauty x90 (close-up). 2018, watercolor on paper, mounted on mat board.
![Vintage Trans Beauty x90 (close-up). 2018, watercolor on paper, mounted on mat board.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/388177af-66e8-4d6a-9b83-739031ec699f_rw_1920.jpg?h=8b563183210d32b667f8991b4ff3215d)
Vintage Trans Beauty x90 (close-up). 2018, watercolor on paper, mounted on mat board.
![Vintage Trans Beauty x90 (close-up). 2018, watercolor on paper, mounted on mat board.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/a94b9cc2-d131-49c3-a323-f13b95e8daaa_rw_1920.jpg?h=e3be29459f36cdc15ff479d3ba312c59)
Vintage Trans Beauty x90 (close-up). 2018, watercolor on paper, mounted on mat board.
![Vintage Trans Beauty x90 (close-up). 2018, watercolor on paper, mounted on mat board.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/d43e36dd-a684-479c-9707-22e97d0aa0d2_rw_1920.jpg?h=a9968098601ec052604f3e730831ff04)
Vintage Trans Beauty x90 (close-up). 2018, watercolor on paper, mounted on mat board.
![Vintage Trans Beauty x90 (close-up). 2018, watercolor on paper, mounted on mat board.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/30d6d710-b8be-4546-8a6e-ff77fdb50f92_rw_1920.jpg?h=339db024b7ef84d8498ba886559bb300)
Vintage Trans Beauty x90 (close-up). 2018, watercolor on paper, mounted on mat board.
![Vintage Trans Beauty x90 (close-up). 2018, watercolor on paper, mounted on mat board.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/d9c278a1-a116-46c8-90a2-33afeb0cc619_rw_1920.jpg?h=576906c5300dd1a9121b0c0b42116bc7)
Vintage Trans Beauty x90 (close-up). 2018, watercolor on paper, mounted on mat board.
![Vintage Trans Beauty x90 (close-up). 2018, watercolor on paper, mounted on mat board.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/7c4cbb9c-78ce-4513-b428-cff6c873f116_rw_1920.jpg?h=bc92ff3da444f6846a407ec5383961cc)
Vintage Trans Beauty x90 (close-up). 2018, watercolor on paper, mounted on mat board.
![Vintage Trans Beauty x90 (close-up). 2018, watercolor on paper, mounted on mat board.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/d1497806-7209-422a-923e-ecf309e26624_rw_1920.jpg?h=11e2c8d8c52b64a0f740553834b32c96)
Vintage Trans Beauty x90 (close-up). 2018, watercolor on paper, mounted on mat board.
![Vintage Trans Beauty x90. 2018, watercolor on paper, mounted on mat board.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/cedabd90-b148-4573-8e5d-9f9eab12e607_rw_1920.jpg?h=4f63b69924ee48e4cd9636685492f8a1)
Vintage Trans Beauty x90. 2018, watercolor on paper, mounted on mat board.
![Vintage Trans Beauty x90. 2018, watercolor on paper, mounted on mat board.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/0a7dee8f-ad1e-48c0-9fb4-628d7ad9f187_rw_1920.jpg?h=187b30c8b5f93004f7da115bd0da523f)
Vintage Trans Beauty x90. 2018, watercolor on paper, mounted on mat board.
Vintage Trans Beauty OIL sketches
A series of small oil sketches.
![Vintage Trans Beauty 1. 2024, oil on panel.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/9198212e-e633-44f3-ab7c-790856d7bb41_rw_1920.jpg?h=e23e4c53a4944eef7ebaa17be0a22b43)
Vintage Trans Beauty 1. 2024, oil on panel.
![Vintage Trans Beauty 2. 2024, oil on panel.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/ec01c14f-f597-492a-a243-421d1b89a1b7_rw_1920.jpg?h=7149b95d1eafcb12ce0fd1f5766133e1)
Vintage Trans Beauty 2. 2024, oil on panel.
![Vintage Trans Beauty 3. 2024, oil on panel.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/8d36b274-8aca-43aa-b983-915b429aaba7_rw_1920.jpg?h=3d9f11af2e17692ad195e87fdbfd2eac)
Vintage Trans Beauty 3. 2024, oil on panel.
![Vintage Trans Beauty 4. 2024, oil on panel.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/b26c330d-6ee1-4116-aaf4-c6ded64d1a85_rw_1920.jpg?h=8ed8355410ef44de18f518182847a533)
Vintage Trans Beauty 4. 2024, oil on panel.
![Vintage Trans Beauty 5. 2024, oil on panel.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/6d4139a4-76c2-4285-8773-717371939176_rw_1920.jpg?h=3d811962ce3deb46581827e5c0c170cc)
Vintage Trans Beauty 5. 2024, oil on panel.
![Vintage Trans Beauty 6. 2024, oil on panel.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/0c6d12c9-bbf4-494b-bb6a-cb0ad51ad63d_rw_1920.jpg?h=782d368ba73095ef7e7313c63de3fd85)
Vintage Trans Beauty 6. 2024, oil on panel.
![Vintage Trans Beauty 7. 2024, oil on panel.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/f4de0c8d-df87-46db-817d-9e602e40738d_rw_3840.jpg?h=5ac177caccb7cb8863544cf537509027)
Vintage Trans Beauty 7. 2024, oil on panel.
![Vintage Trans Beauty 8. 2024, oil on panel.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/70fa110c-cc83-4b7a-8061-7edd9bde4784_rw_3840.jpg?h=da18badceac55831f11ad548528e7460)
Vintage Trans Beauty 8. 2024, oil on panel.
![Vintage Trans Beauty 9. 2024, oil on panel.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/a8f0737c-2162-4ec4-af3c-afd0d2c2d98e_rw_3840.jpg?h=7ac4a77cf26e0f94e6042852e257c0db)
Vintage Trans Beauty 9. 2024, oil on panel.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/861cad0e-6ec2-4c1d-a1c2-5365baa939af_rw_3840.jpg?h=d0b8f5c459b868846dbbea9f3d3f5e3a)
![Vintage Trans Beauty 11. 2024, oil on panel.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/8e0aeea9-07c6-4028-a585-7026490d3367_rw_1920.jpg?h=4c9f862d36145d84242bd6d11d5f662e)
Vintage Trans Beauty 11. 2024, oil on panel.
![Vintage Trans Beauty 12. 2024, oil on panel.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/f63002d5-e86e-4d88-b894-4fefe8b3efdb_rw_1920.jpg?h=1b1af3f63bd53c9c951b3401990ecca2)
Vintage Trans Beauty 12. 2024, oil on panel.
Vintage Trans Beauty Sketches
A series of small watercolor sketches of vintage transgender women created on accordion files. The reference material for these works was editorial photography from the midcentury.
![Vintage Trans Beauty x24. 2023, watercolor on paper.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/9e98bb2a-315c-47ee-aece-b273d5b38461_rw_1920.jpg?h=953e44e70d0a41f45642dbe2017980e4)
Vintage Trans Beauty x24. 2023, watercolor on paper.
![Vintage Trans Beauty x24. 2023, watercolor on paper, shown framed.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/15caa4ab-d363-4b33-b58a-924a0c3325aa_rw_1920.jpg?h=bc96733c778f6c02d0102c5b3b9da4a7)
Vintage Trans Beauty x24. 2023, watercolor on paper, shown framed.
![Vintage Trans Beauty x24. 2023, watercolor on paper.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/cc065dc1-2fae-48fe-8cc9-a6a46118c49a_rw_1920.jpg?h=dd69dfb7e0859e101740ebb4b115bb3c)
Vintage Trans Beauty x24. 2023, watercolor on paper.
![Vintage Trans Beauty x24. 2023, watercolor on paper.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/ae525f21-57aa-437c-b97d-906f0124412c_rw_1920.jpg?h=2f11ef87ec7ff2120b92f160a69edd5e)
Vintage Trans Beauty x24. 2023, watercolor on paper.
![Vintage Trans Beauty x24. 2023, watercolor on paper.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/72e19509-5051-4844-a5cf-efcd42d2cdc4_rw_1920.jpg?h=fa7f70861b2ece4e803981dce69a1e03)
Vintage Trans Beauty x24. 2023, watercolor on paper.
![Vintage Trans Beauty x24. 2023, watercolor on paper.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/c973d5d7-c0fc-4034-82b5-cb4c49851b0f_rw_1920.jpg?h=f1df876958e6b77c55bde697909021e9)
Vintage Trans Beauty x24. 2023, watercolor on paper.
![Vintage Trans Beauty x24. 2023, watercolor on paper.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/a5908110-ac7e-4dbf-b397-2201345c5d10_rw_1920.jpg?h=c9581fe5a2915b8d9180b1fdd68dee5d)
Vintage Trans Beauty x24. 2023, watercolor on paper.
![Vintage Trans Beauty x24. 2023, watercolor on paper.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/15f19167-b90a-4d29-99b7-b31de08dc55b_rw_1920.jpg?h=8f009eb0e9d995f22b5600cfe5bf12bc)
Vintage Trans Beauty x24. 2023, watercolor on paper.
Vintage Trans Beauty Sketches
A series of small watercolor sketches of vintage transgender women created on accordion files. The reference material for these works was editorial photography from the midcentury.
![Vintage Trans Beauty 1. 2021, watercolor on paper.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/50ad65ab-2563-4668-8d0c-a881bf6d70af_rw_1920.jpg?h=f4366a6ccd1326d812a537bd5e158778)
Vintage Trans Beauty 1. 2021, watercolor on paper.
![Vintage Trans Beauty 1 (close-up). 2021, watercolor on paper.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/cf196dbe-7829-43b8-a16a-5d6942185c91_rw_1920.jpg?h=459cf6000389acdc0d96f1b2266d8cd2)
Vintage Trans Beauty 1 (close-up). 2021, watercolor on paper.
![Vintage Trans Beauty 1 (close-up). 2021, watercolor on pape](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/07a3d746-e762-429e-8801-0f1f69d6a687_rw_1920.jpg?h=09b8b4e461921ba2dbd2c3f3f54a4549)
Vintage Trans Beauty 1 (close-up). 2021, watercolor on pape
![Vintage Trans Beauty 1 (close-up). 2021, watercolor on pape](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/efc6dded-2b8e-4ade-a03c-3ec211a16c6e_rw_1920.jpg?h=f88d66d0f4b500fb18e934076a1d5235)
Vintage Trans Beauty 1 (close-up). 2021, watercolor on pape
Vintage Trans Beauty OIL STUDIES
A series of small oil studies for larger paintings.
![Vintage Trans Beauty 54. 2017, oil on panel.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/ae87bdde-45f7-4796-bd94-9391d645f6d4_rw_1920.jpg?h=99a4990225e4c635fc719b2bec7e00c9)
Vintage Trans Beauty 54. 2017, oil on panel.
![Vintage Trans Beauty 276. 2017, oil on panel.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/4db4bb0c-5eee-4b8d-8a74-9e4889593a4c_rw_1920.jpg?h=368e764293a73455673af42dfb46e5b9)
Vintage Trans Beauty 276. 2017, oil on panel.
![Vintage Trans Beauty 202. 2017, oil on panel.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/b0271309-0538-430b-9faa-1497f5db5848_rw_1920.jpg?h=3b583e46f995e224555e77d64035474e)
Vintage Trans Beauty 202. 2017, oil on panel.
Vintage Trans Beauty OIL SKETCHES
A series of small monochromatic oil sketches.
![Vintage Trans Beauty 14. 2019, oil on panel.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/7e9908e7-759b-4059-8fc8-e1d86d8a287a_rw_1920.jpg?h=4ea582f5d9a04a71fbcab7f6778b71e1)
Vintage Trans Beauty 14. 2019, oil on panel.
![Vintage Trans Beauty 27. 2019, oil on panel.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/a6561252-3bb8-4dd5-bb40-0098ac328dbe_rw_1920.jpg?h=40b39a837f6f8ccb07cd65cc62f42665)
Vintage Trans Beauty 27. 2019, oil on panel.
Vintage Trans Beauty WATERCOLOR
Watercolor portrait.
![Vintage Trans Beauty 218. 2020, watercolor and gouache on paper.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/1278f7b1-3e77-4a6a-8824-0660527a44b4_rw_1920.jpg?h=11aa884950d1c9d3cdb1ebfa324a8aa0)
Vintage Trans Beauty 218. 2020, watercolor and gouache on paper.
![Vintage Trans Beauty 218 (closeup). 2020, watercolor and gouache on paper.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/cf57d7c1-cef8-47a2-a82d-a25e206843f8_rw_1920.jpg?h=90c42d528175c86b9d080cd6a5db065d)
Vintage Trans Beauty 218 (closeup). 2020, watercolor and gouache on paper.
GENDER NEUTRAL PORTRAITS
Acrylic on panel.
![They/Them 1. 2022, acrylic on panel.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/e3f9025f-2180-4236-ad02-44b1a694b866_rw_1200.jpg?h=65d8a363d84f76f55049cbd22f2d05ec)
They/Them 1. 2022, acrylic on panel.
![They/Them 2. 2022, acrylic on panel.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/ff38a5bd-5268-4616-8af9-dc058e6658f4_rw_1920.jpg?h=0c4c8c391553ab65e280422f1aa4a96a)
They/Them 2. 2022, acrylic on panel.
Vintage Trans Beauty Sketches
A series of small graphite quick sketches.
![Vintage Trans Beauty 282. 2017, graphite on paper.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/d69b10f9-62dc-45db-b812-13dfbeeef3a0_rw_1920.jpg?h=08357c894ff1b913b05dafc853c6bdf5)
Vintage Trans Beauty 282. 2017, graphite on paper.
![Vintage Trans Beauty 65. 2017, graphite on paper.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/93119ddd-972d-4247-8570-7ee522305696_rw_1920.jpg?h=269d49b01c8477d77fdcafe4ee7a7d8d)
Vintage Trans Beauty 65. 2017, graphite on paper.
![Vintage Trans Beauty 54. 2017, graphite on paper.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/c1fe3a04-0cde-40bc-9fb8-d5843703c072/ee60bf13-c96c-4b3d-8c9c-1f44af0b7039_rw_1920.jpg?h=23559f836ec98f692e9f7c4284c33eec)