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Not the Ride You Were Expecting
Archival print on etching paper with watercolor, charcoal and graphite
36 by 23 inches
Always Keeping Shit Together
Archival print on etching paper with watercolor, charcoal and graphite.
36 by 23 inches
Ecstasy- Follow the Water
Archival print on etching paper with watercolor, charcoal and graphite
23 by 36 inches
Stripped
Archival print on etching paper with watercolor, charcoal and graphite
23 by 36 inches
False Front
25 by 36 inches
"Fit- to- Cut"
24 by 34 inches
"The Spectators"
12 by 56 inches
Flame
30 by 20 inches
"Cut- to- Fit"
30 by 40 inches
"Doublespeak"
24 by 36 inches
"The Golden Purifiers Stick a Fork in It"
22 by 32 inches
February 01, 2007
"I Had To...."
30 by 40 inches
"Surprises"
30 by 40 inches
"National Fabrication"
30 by 40 inches

This series questions gender identities, interactions between humans and other animals, and mass media representations. Initially, I created photomontage pieces by hand, in the darkroom and/or on a scanner. Some works have moved towards fabricating small-scale photomontage models, which are photographed and printed digitally. The resulting photographs are reworked with traditional materials in order to bring about a more complex, layered depth, as well as to allow me to engage physically with the print. The velvety, deep black created by layers of charcoal is designed to enhance and obscure, just as the content of the work brings up issues that might be uncomfortable or accepted as the status quo.

Advertisements and the handmade mark, manipulation and destruction, beauty and deformity are melded together in this often dark and sometimes humorous series. The pieces re-contextualize photographic segments that are occasionally chosen from my own photographs, but are predominantly cut from popular magazines. The resulting works unravel conventional glossy presentations of sexuality and aesthetics that are often the backbone of such publications, offering a surreal, challenging alternative.