Hi, I'm Tori, I'm a visual artist from central Florida! I currently attend Florida State University in Tallahassee studying studio art and psychology. I loved both of these areas of study too much to choose between them, and they inform eachother nicely. When I'm not making art I also greatly enjoy writing, running, and spending time with my lovely circle of friends that are very dear to my heart.
     My most technically skillful and personally favorite pieces center around nostalgia and memory, as well as mental health and perceived reality. I enjoy making art about the people in my life that have had a great impact on me. I also find great importance in working from topics in mental health. I have further career & education goals to become a researcher and clinical psychologist, and will eventually pursue a doctorate in clinical psychology.
     I primarily work in 2D mixed media, as I appreciate the effect of layering wet and dry media. Some of my best combinations have been a watercolor base with details in colored pencil, chalk, or oil pastels. I also enjoy experimenting with collage, as is evident with my favorite work, "Depersonalization/derealization", a watercolor base with layers of collage and dry media on top. For this piece in particular, I think that the chaotic elements of the collage adequately portrays a specific sensation, that being the disorientation of identity and the self to the rest of the world.