irreconcilable differences

In moving along with my interest in obscuring identity within the figure, I decided to take my concept to ceramics. The issue I couldn't move past was actually the figure, the Virgin Mary, for I wasn't interested in the religious connotations even though they were ever prevalent. Yet, I'm really glad I kept progressing with this figural work, for I was able to do it, see where else it could go, and where it would lead me. 

creative method

When we look at work hanging on a gallery wall, we see only what the artists has chosen to disclose; the finished work of art. The process of creation remains a mystery. A Giacometti Portrait brings the viewer into the creative process and depicts the evolving making Giacometti goes through day by day. This ever-changing of a figure has been a fundamental in my own creative progress, for I continually shift, alter, and manipulate forms time and time again.

off with your head

Seba Kurtis

Ruth Swanson

Ben West

The majority of photographers I am inspired by and drawn to are those that hide identity, ones that may subtly darken the face or outright chop a head off. It allows for an anonymity that generalizes the subject and lets the viewer's mind wander.

Quiet Sensibility

This was a 4x5 project I did in response to Edward Hopper's paintings. I was interested in finding how the difference in mediums (paint/film) and color (black&white) would effect the transcription of American life. I wanted to study an alienation of individuals from themselves, the subtle interactions people have with their environment, and this overwhelming quietness that can often surround us.