Work samples

  • Rat Girl’s Dowry (Diptych framed)
    Rat Girl’s Dowry (Diptych framed)
    two drawings from Flowers for the Rat project, framed
  • Every perfect day with you is a little piece of the end
    Every perfect day with you is a little piece of the end
    graphite on paper
  • Lucas’ Couch Nap
    Lucas’ Couch Nap
    graphite on paper
  • If you could afford to share my crystal hatreds (detail)
    If you could afford to share my crystal hatreds (detail)
    graphite on paper

About Hannah

Hannah is a working artist in Baltimore whose drawings features scenes of morality tales, as well as portraits of real people in intimate moments. Drawing influence largely from dramatic roccocco blended with the city she calls home, her art often speaks to universal truths and tales about human experience. With a range of formats used for her work; extra small to extra large, Hannah independently publishes them in handmade book format or online. 

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Flowers for the Rat

My series “Flowers for the Rat,” featuring the rat girl, explores the themes of moral decay and the consequences of selfish actions. Inspired by the 18th-century satirical series by William Hogarth,  'Marriage a la mode', which depicts the slow deterioration of a couple from their engagement to their eventual downfall, leaving a trail of devastated individuals in their wake.  I aim to convey the tragic consequences of disregarding the well-being of others in pursuit of one's own desires.

In my drawings, the rat girl represents a woman who has been shaped by her choices and circumstances, resulting in her transformation from a human to a rat. Through this metamorphosis, I aim to explore the effects of societal pressures and expectations on women, and the ways in which these forces can undermine one's sense of self and identity. The use of figure and expression allows me to highlight the psychological and emotional toll of losing oneself, and to illustrate the power of individual agency in shaping one's own destiny. 

  2021- 2022.

  • Flowers for the Rat
    Flowers for the Rat
  • When you hear me singing you get the rifle down
    When you hear me singing you get the rifle down
  • You aim for my brain but you always miss
    You aim for my brain but you always miss
  • You think, that one’s dangerous
    You think, that one’s dangerous
  • And You think I’m ugly too
    And You think I’m ugly too
  • despite my fur and pretty teeth, six nipples and snake tail
    despite my fur and pretty teeth, six nipples and snake tail
  • If you could afford to share my crystal hatreds
    If you could afford to share my crystal hatreds
  • All I want is love, you stupid humanist
    All I want is love, you stupid humanist
  • Every perfect day with you is a little piece of the end
    Every perfect day with you is a little piece of the end
  • One shot
    One shot

Rat Girl’s Dowry

The Rat Girl’s Dowry is composed of a variety of items created from, inspired by, or related to the drawing series. These include multiple and ongoing iterations of a book containing the 10 illustrations, a framed diptych, and a stuffed creature.
  • Rat Girl’s Dowry
    Rat Girl’s Dowry
    two framed drawings from “Flowers for the Rat”
  • Rat Girl’s Dowry
    Rat Girl’s Dowry
  • Flowers for the Rat
    Flowers for the Rat
    front and back covers on blue version of "Flowers for the Rat" pamphlet style book
  • When you hear me singing…
    When you hear me singing…
    page 1 "Flowers for the Rat" blue copy
  • You aim for my brain… You think…
    You aim for my brain… You think…
    pages 2-3, "Flowers for the Rat", blue copy
  • Ugly, too…. Snake tail
    Ugly, too…. Snake tail
    pages 4-5, "Flowers for the Rat", blue copy
  • Crystal Hatreds… All I want is love
    Crystal Hatreds… All I want is love
    pages 6-7, "Flowers for the Rat," blue copy
  • Every perfect day with you… One shot
    Every perfect day with you… One shot
    pages 8-9, "Flowers for the Rat", blue copy
  • little angry
    little angry
    little angry creature doll made from untreated canvas and red thread
  • field mouse’s copy
    field mouse’s copy
    pages 6-7, "Flowers for the Rat," field mouse copy this book is 2.5 x 4 inches and printed on thermal paper

Invisible Cities

Inspired by the historic character of a brownstone in Reservoir Hill. Gentle, intricate, overgrown with charming anecdotal pieces of  those who live inside— artists, gardeners, bartenders, alchemists, car mechanics, musicians, luthiers— local fixtures in a tight-knit community. 

These drawings treat the architecture as more than an environment strictly on display.  Seraphic angels and spirited glowing animals play, surrounding cornices and balustrades, between couches and plants on long wrap-around porches, the lines and perspective becoming unsure. The emotional history with time passing, this place and its inhabitants are deeply influential to these pieces. 


  • I miss my pet
    I miss my pet
    graphite on paper 2022
  • looking back (dust heart)
    looking back (dust heart)
    2023
  • here
    here
    2023
  • lucas’ couch nap
    lucas’ couch nap
    2021
  • leaving one mid summer morning
    leaving one mid summer morning
    2021
  • march into april
    march into april
    2020
  • BB’s garden box
    BB’s garden box
    painting on a wine box done for BB in invisible cities
  • i wish i knew you my whole life
    i wish i knew you my whole life
    2022

Minotaur

This series covers  the artist's residency in 2019 as well as some pieces from 2020 heavily inspired by Picasso's drawings and etchings of the minotaur.  The minotaur, symbolic of half man/half beast, societal pressures upon man, devourer of women, became truly influential in theme to the later drawing series "Flowers for the rat."  
  • Jupiter, burning, spies Antiope under moonlight and weeps
    Jupiter, burning, spies Antiope under moonlight and weeps
  • Labyrinth
    Labyrinth
    graphite on paper 22x30
  • Labyrinth 1 (detail)
    Labyrinth 1 (detail)
  • Labyrinth 2 (detail)
    Labyrinth 2 (detail)
  • Labyrinth 3 (detail)
    Labyrinth 3 (detail)
  • between eros and thanatos
    between eros and thanatos
  • Cradle
    Cradle
  • Minotaur and angel
    Minotaur and angel
  • I never knew an angel could break my heart
    I never knew an angel could break my heart
  • love is weird, sorry
    love is weird, sorry

allniteallmine

This series of erotic drawings explores the delicate balance between sensuality and tension in human relationships. At the root of the concept of sex is an experience we all hold close within ourselves individually and accept as a part of our humanity. Sex is something we are tied to inherently, but individual sexuality is an expression of our own personal desires and beliefs. These acts are manifestations of our deepest and most personal thoughts, in our most vulnerable moments we share who we really are. 

What is human about disappointment and sadness and sex?  Why is this story not just mine? 

  • V
    V
  • jamais vu
    jamais vu
    2019
  • they questioned pysche about her husband…
    they questioned pysche about her husband…
    2020
  • I
    I
    2019
  • II
    II
    2019
  • III
    III
    2019
  • IV
    IV
    2019
  • digital only
    digital only
    2020
  • ???
    ???
    2020 or 2021

Letters to Earhart

"Letters to Earhart" is a book composed only of envelopes covered in ballpoint pen, held together with their own adhesive, glue, and thread. It features illustrations of young women in contemplative poses, holding children, gazing at orbs, and lying beneath graves, as well as drawings of adorable winged creatures. 



(2022-2023)