As both an artist and a cultural critic, I am interested in the ways representational practices have intersected with dominant intellectual paradigms throughout history. Across a wide range of media, my work interrogates key aspects of the Western cultural tradition with intellectual rigor and dry wit. Currently I am focused on creating illustrations for the Scientistic Scriptures, a book series (edited by Mag. Augustina Comte) that brings together appropriated philosophical, historical, scientific, and literary texts to emphasize the conceptual overlap between the domains of religion and science. For each book in the series, I create 10–12 ink and paper collage illustrations that elaborate on the complex narrative. Stylistically, the works reference both Early Modern prints and contemporary comics. Appropriation functions in these works as a strategy to subvert the narrative of artistic and scientific “genius” by demonstrating the extent to which individual works or achievements necessarily rely on ideas and forms drawn from the larger cultural context. This work challenges contemporary art practices that uncritically celebrate originality, while expanding the boundaries of traditional Western art and aesthetic discourse by collapsing distinctions between high culture and mass culture.