As a commercial art form, illustration uses drawing and applies it to a variety of commercial media - T-shirts, book covers, bed sheets, coffee mugs, posters, etc. When I studied illustration at the Savannah College of Art & Design, there was a continuous debate in our classes - Is illustration fine art or merely commercial art and therefore not as valuable? What makes an illustration an illustration, and not a fine art piece?

To explore this idea, I will create a series of art pieces exploring and utilizing my illustrative drawing style. I will explore the qualities my drawings hold, and the limits to which they can be extended. Moving back and forth between fine art and commercial art, I will create sculptures, installations, illustrations, paintings, conceptual objects, decorative forms, and other typically commercialized products. My subject matter, though varied, will be tied together stylistically, and will explore my reaction to my surrounding environment; be it cultural observations of Hong Kong; studies in character, shape, or line; storytelling, or observations of the human form.