Disconnected Towers, 2015
Wood, conduit, acrylic and led. Dimensions variable.
Edition of 9 unique towers.
In a city consumed by rampant redevelopment, even once innocuous construction elements can become ominous signifiers. In Disconnected Towers, temporary power posts used to tie-off electricity in the demolition and construction of homes, are re-imagined as beacons that portend gentrification and scaffolds that uphold societal ideology and duplicity. Continue reading Disconnected Towers
Blade Descending Pedestal, 2011
Steel and altered pedestal. 50” x 24” x 24”
Blade Descending Pedestal is a playful, but sharp critique of object driven sculptural practice. The blades, while themselves evocative of the fetishized “object” created by the hand of the artist with the exhibition of craftsmanship and mastery of material, are shown cutting into the pedestal. Continue reading Blade Descending Pedestal
Coyote Now, 2015
Ink on board and cast crayon. 7’ x 28’
A hands-on art activity in Tacoma Art Museum studio during the 6th Annual Northwest Native Celebration. The project is an invitation to think about the trickster, Coyote, as an active player in contemporary events. The artwork explores Coyote’s role in the creation of the space needle, epic sinkholes, even the root cause of global warming, and sets the stage for the audience to create a few of their own as part of this large collaborative drawing & coloring installation. Continue reading Coyote Now
900*Horses, 2015
Pulverized chalk pastel based paint, 2000sqft. Temporary.
900* Horses was a response to the difference between a monument and a memorial. While they both stand as marks of remembrance, they often represent divergent messages. Monuments are symbols of power; they celebrate and reinforce the primacy of a political or historical viewpoint. Continue reading 900* Horses
A Clear Mind, 2014
Relief print, 5″ x 7″
A Clear Mind is an imagined template for mediation or brainstorming and a commentary on the complexity and interconnectedness in the way we conceptualize our ideas and viewpoints. Continue reading A Clear Mind
Tag You’re It, 2012
Vinyl. Dimensions variable.
Patrons, artists, and strangers alike were invited to a wholly participatory forum on personal expression in public spaces. Participants were provided drawing tools and submission cards to generate contributions of “graffiti.” Submission cards were collected, documented, and transposed into a temporary installation that saturated the space the week following the event. Continue reading Tag You’re It
Bumber by Number Mural, 2011
Digital prints, cast crayon and cast paper. 8’ x 24’
Playing on the art historical references in traditional paint by numbers, Bumber by Number was an interactive mural and homage to Edouard Manet’s “Le Dejeuner sue L’Herbe,” (Luncheon on the Grass.) Set as a stage the audience was invited to step into this modified recreation of one of art history’s most famous rejected artworks Continue reading Bumber by Number
Nellies, 2010
Cast plaster. 11” x 6” x 6”
An edition of 50 cast busts of Nellie Cornish were self-produced and made available to artists affiliated with the college as blanks. Each effigy serving as a template to express the multitude of creative voices.
Creative Feast, 2010
Digital prints, cast crayon and cast paper. Dimensions variable.
As the viewer enters the space the environment transforms from a modern interior into a life-size color by number installation. The imagery teeters between an idealistic garden and a more realistic representation of what the undeveloped landscape may have looked like sans development. Continue reading Creative Feast
A Little Color in the White House
2009 Sharpie on paper & cast crayon. 12’ x 17’ x 12’
A Little Color in the White House is intended to be an open critique of the precarious state of our political and economic standpoint. While the location (state dining room) is a place of power, grandeur, and exclusivity, the space is entirely illusionistic. No matter how detailed and intricate, the suspension of disbelief is fleeting; it remains a thinly veiled artifice. Continue reading A Little Color in the White House