ABOUT

My name is Sydney and graduated from College of the Ozarks with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Studio Art: Graphic Design and a minor in Family Studies in 2019. I work for Schweitzer Church where I get to be the full-time graphic designer! I LOVE my job! I am getting to learn and create more every day, all the while using my talents to further God's kingdom. I recently collabed on an animated video series called Elijah: someone just like us. This was an 8 week series telling the story of Elijah through images I illustrated, shown to the congregation before the sermon each week.

I currently live in a 500sqf apartment that doubles as my clay studio! I love ceramics and look forward to moving into a house soon where I can have a studio dedicated to ceramics! I have a booth at Magnolia Marketplace in Ozark, MO where I sell my pottery. Check out the pottery page for more!

Along with art and design, I also have a passion for adoption and orphan care. I spent some time in 2017 working in an orphan care facility in China and had an internship with CCAI adoption agency in Denver, CO in 2019. I want to help non-profits, such as adoption agencies, through marketing by using visually appealing advertisements. To learn more about me and working together, head over to the contact page and send me a message.

artist Statement

My work as an artist is a reflection of the individual as she relates to others. As a tree grows from a seed, spreading roots, a trunk, and branches, so does a person begin as a seed, rooted in her environment, growing into a unique individual. Along the way her branches grow longer and more intertwined with each interaction and relationship; these connections influence the way she grows.

Like a human, the longer you study a tree, the more you learn about it. Every person has an important and complex journey that is impossible to be fully comprehended by another person. I use trees to explore the relational links and connections made in an individual's life that shape who that person becomes. My hope as an artist is to allow the viewer to explore her own life and make connections about herself, while viewing the art based around mine.

-2019 for "Ready or Not" exhibition focusing on trees in art