Natalie Dorris

Fine Art – Drawing & Painting / Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)

School of Fine Art

My Spring Show submission explores the quiet emotional weight carried through everyday objects and moments. Across still life and narrative compositions, I use personal items such as medications, coffee, worn belongings, and fragments of memory, to reflect the tension between escape and endurance. These works examine how the ordinary becomes symbolic: reminders of anxiety, resilience, and the dreamlike spaces we retreat to when life feels overwhelming. Through careful arrangement and observation, I turn these private moments into visual meditations on vulnerability, reflection, and the human need for pause.

Artist Bio- Natalie Dorris is a mixed‑media artist born and raised in Northern California and currently based in Louisiana. Her work blends still life, narrative imagery, and personal symbolism to explore mental health, memory, and the emotional undercurrents of daily life. She is pursuing a BFA in Drawing and Painting at the Academy of Art University.