em koch artist painter, installation, MFA
Mixed media painting collage of artists process, uses wood, fabric scraps, oil paint, charcoal, typecase

Untitled (a portrait of material and method), 2026, 60 inches x 108 inches. Acrylic, oil, graphite and gouache, canvas, repurposed bed sheet, found wood and type case from shuttered printing press

The Window (I), 2026, 17 in x 20 in, acrylic on found window pane

Dinosaur Teeth and Cypress Roots, 2026, 40 in x 40 in, acrylic and gouache on canvas

As Dinosaurs Drift, 2026, 56 in x 60 in, acrylic, charcoal and gouache on canvas

The Gleaners (revisited), 2025, 16 in x 20 in, oil on wood panel

What Will Happen to Our Ghost? , 2026, 40 in x 40 in, acrylic, charcoal and gouache on canvas

LEFT (bottom): Candle Study (Grounding), 5.5 in x 24 in, acrylic on found floorboard

RIGHT (top): Drawing as Translation, 2025-2026, 11 in x 17 (9 total), graphite on paper, framed by Otway Denny using repurposed wood from construction sites and demolitions across New Orleans (sizes variable)