Image above: Alder next to her original artwork "Big Blue." Acrylic paint on canvas with acrylic pens, 60" x 88"A student interested in naturalism, literature, and drawing. Writer of fantasy. Character designer. World Builder.
Born in New York City. Grew up in the Presidio National Park of San Fransisco. Moved to Massachusetts for the high school years. Currently attending Brooks School ‘27.
Character Studies
All characters below are part of Alder’s original “Blue Bones” fictional world. Look for the first chapter on Alder’s Medium site by year end!
Grant Walsh, Kelly (Loretta) Walsh, Lory Walsh, & Liam Walsh
Lory Walsh & Oriel D' Pasqua
Jersey Benz
Jersey Benz
Oriel D' Pasqua & Liam Walsh
Theodore Walsh (Diggory) & Joanna Walsh (Diggory)
Guanyu Feng, Seung-hun Son, Ruoxi Feng, & Yichen (Yue) Feng
Old Man Posture Study
Old Man Face Study
Oriel D' Pasqua
Cassidy Walsh
Earnest Walsh (Diggory), Ricardo D' Pasqua, & Guanyu Feng
Mariam Qasim & Cleft-lip study
Thomas Branson
Ruoxi Feng & Yichen (Yue) Feng
Ruoxi Feng & Yichen (Yue) Feng
Oriel D' Pasqua
Bird Posture Study
Dante D' Pasqua
The Walsh Family House
Doom Scroll
Acrylic on Wood Panel, 16” x 20”
While this piece was initially created for me to further experiment with lighting, the end result was a contemplative work regarding our screen usage. It is fair to say that we all spend too much time on our devices. I hoped to relay this motif through the presence of the light–and therefore the phone–in the artwork.
2026
Subway Tunes
Mixed Media on Paper, 11” x 14”
Created for the New York Times “Growing Up With AI” challenge, this piece of art shows the suffocation that AI has on the youth. Pictured, a teenager attempts to read or listen to music, however the glitched background surrounding them closes in. AI is all encompassing in the modern era and I hoped to portray that feeling in this piece.
2025
Tuning Out
Block Print on Paper, 6” x 12”
An experimentation with block print, created as a tryptic. Exploring how overwhelming the world can be using high contrast imagery and hues. With loud disruption on either side of the subject who blocks the sounds out successfully.
2026
Landfowl
Mixed Media on Paper, 17” x 17”
Nine out of fifteen original pieces of land fowl that where selected. Each square is done in a different medium and features a different species of bird. From the top left to the bottom are shown: Greater Sage-Grouse, California Quail, Peacock, Bornean Peacock Pheasant, Willow Ptarmigan, Ring-necked Pheasant, Greater Prairie Chicken, Red Junglefowl, and Palawan Peacock Pheasant.
2025
[Peabody Essex Museum, Youth Climate Art Showcase, Salem, Massachusetts, 2026]
Eyes on Me
Digital Illustration, Printed 11” x 17”
Profile drawing of an original character of mine, Argus, who had eyes all over his body, including one where his mouth should be. I named him after the hundred-eyed giant from greek mythology.
2021
[Walt Disney Family Museum, Student Exhibition, San Francisco, California, 2022]
Image above: Alder with invasive European Green Crab (Carcinus maenas) at Hurricane Island Center for Science & Leadership via Brooks School Students-on-the-Forefront Program. Summer 2026