Studios Magazine

Nice little piece on my studio...it has been revealed before, my studio comes in all forms and has been placed prominently in a one-person exhibition. The significance is its place in the creative process and links nicely to the end "products" artists make...thank you Studios Magazine!

The decorative elements of my thank you cards and the cropped head image is combined to create a visually interesting and slightly disturbing image...I work to draw the viewer in and keep them engaged through contrasting color and conceptual challenges...

Skull Reliquaries

These decorative works have more of a commercial appeal, I have always been interested in skulls and their representation....the materials are plastic box form with painted wood interior and model skull to scale painted....the gold swirls break up the space behind and move the eye into the center, reinforcing the skull...these pieces are painterly but really embody the "object." The skull does move and sway with interaction, the scale is small and intimate, 3 x 5
inches...it can fit in tiny spaces and creates a beautiful shadow on the wall!

Underwear/Underneath...

The underwear has become more of a focus, a vehicle for the exploration of the notions of intimacy and the hidden...what exists underneath the surface, mining for something precious and sustaining, sharing our dirty laundry....cloth is also an interesting surface to explore, the texture, shape and its limits...what has to be done in order to make the surface "usable" and available for art making...

MIA Art Fair will feature a new piece from this series, the work will be less sculptural/object oriented and more a flat surface for viewing...more images and ideas will be forthcoming!

Day of the Dead Icons

Inspired by the Day of the Dead celebration and art, these works combine that genre with the iconographic world of orthodox Christianity. Where the worlds intersect this pieces reside. I have always been mesmerized by the decorative and death, how to create beauty out of the unknown...a central figure, the common man...featured and an icon, hero...the tooth references both dream death imagery and the reliquary which were elaborate containers to hold the bones of saints...these were featured at the Day of the Dead celebration this past weekend at For Art Sake in Hollywood Florida.

My Little Monsters

These ideas came about while working on my new book, not sure if they will ever manifest themselves into a children's book, but they were challenging to create! Here is an acrylic painting of one of "my little monsters," much in the style of contemporary west coast art scene....This piece will be in an exhibition entitled "Smal World, Small Works 2010" at the Chico Art Center - Chico, California - November-December 2010!

Dark As the Darkest Night

This piece is the culmination of a series of small steps documenting memories from my past...Sifting through the thoughts and attempting to find visual representations of those moments...the image above is a top view of the work and I have also inlcuded via the title link, a video that documents the installation with commentary...