1st Prize Winner, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Founders’ Emerging Artist Award

"Vanity's Feast" intricately explores the interplay between beauty, competition, and vulnerability through a meticulous sculpted process, employing a diverse array of materials, with quail eggshells taking a prominent role. Drawing inspiration from the frilled-neck lizard, this sculpture delves into the intricacies of the human experience. Within its form, a flower lizard, relentlessly pursues an idealized beauty, as it consumes a budding fledgling. This centerpiece embodies a striking and symbolic representation, drawing poignant parallels between the shedding of a lizard's tail in nature and the ways in which societal pressures often lead individuals, particularly women, to suppress their vulnerability.As viewers engage with "Vanity's Feast," it serves as a thought-provoking symbol. This sculpture urges us to embrace the multifaceted nature of beauty, encompassing body, mind, and soul, while contemplating the choices individuals make in their relentless pursuit of perceived perfection.