Paintings
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CAN, 2013
The most basic of communication devices that sort of works, but not really. A godsend to food preservation, with risk of leaching lead, poisoning the well. For me, it is the externalization of my penchant for choosing not to see what is right in front of me. -
Close, 2005-2006
This MFA project enabled me to find my own voice through adaptations of Chuck Close's 1968 self-portrait. Where he eschewed the artist's hand, I literally finger painted. Florifying Chuck Close enabled me to husband my dream of mentorship. -
Salon Boys, 2007
This series of portraits were made from photographic images found in the public domain of an online dating site. These were men I did not correspond with, men I didn't immediately find to my liking. Instead of dismissing them out of hand, I lavished them with paint, transforming them into my loving. -
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