by Nakisha VanderHoeven '91

My work comes from a desire to make things. I have always been inspired to re-create what I see and convey what I feel through images. I feel that passionate emotion is often best portrayed by things being unrealistically bent or perspective being a little skewed.

I love experimenting with color and am attracted to objects and beautiful things, especially suggestive and functional ones. I relate to the honest emotional nature of animals and often express myself using animal images. I like art that speaks to me on many different levels, art that I am always seeing something new in, and, especially, art that has a sense of humor.

— Nakisha VanderHoeven