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doily toxins + viruses + body
domestic scenes
doily/quilt trees
His + Hers
pigment portraits
tank installations
doily installations
robots
rifle targets
thread drawings


	<<< these molecular representations of toxins were part of "fleeting beauty" an exhibition at Gallerie Nicoletta Rusconi						<<< a continuation of the toxin work along with some repesentations of viruses

<<< these drawings were made for Couplets - a show with Aurora Robson. We actually made work meant to hang together. In these drawings I took the molecular structures of environmental toxins and rendered them using doilies. An attempt to turn something ugly and horrible into something beautiful. See install shots of the show here.

<<<< when I started drawing doilies I realized that en masse they reminded me of internal organs.... these doily body drawings represent the 4 things I think you need to make art: your lungs, heart, brain, and guts.


		<<< this was an exhibition entitled "where have all the trees gone". inspired by these two NASA satalite photos of Tierras Bajas in bolivia that had been deforrested. It struck me immediately as a terribly traumatic, but also incredibly beautiful imagery. The strange areas of haphazard clearing instantly also reminded me of doilies – in shape and texture. I decided I wanted to develop a body of work centered on deforestation. In all my work I’m consistently drawn to ideas and imagery that collide in someway – how can I make the ugly beautiful, or rescue, mend, or empathize with a situation using domestic arts?


				>His + Hers >> a show about my grandparents. Read the statement about the work here



for this show I used 14 historical pigments as inspiration. for a key to the imagery used click here


		watch me paint a doily - a little movie here


^^ watch a video of me talking about this robot pile + other stuff - generated by the San Jose Museum of Art

each body of rifle target work opens in it's own browser window

	<<< in this series I mended targets that had been shot - each target uses a different colorway and a different stitch. in some ways this is my attempt to overcome and "correct" a situation that frightens me.
<<<<in this series I painted small pieces of rifle targets with watercolor depictions of plants that can be use to stop bleeding, or are helpful in wound care		<<<<in this series I cozied the target to render it harmless, or I sewed a pattern on top of the pattern to emphasize the decorative nature of the target
<<<<in this series I wanted to talk about gun usage. In thinking about hunting I wanted to depict the animals in a traditional manner - the silhouette, but in an untraditional colorway. on each target one animal is placed where a shot on the target would be fatal. each animal is also outlined by a series of pinholes - the act of sewing without its mending capabilities		<<<<these are slightly larger target pieces - thinking of the idea of "quilting" them together

each body of thread drawing work opens in it's own browser window

<< this series was done for the exhibition tattered cultures mended histories - read more about the premise HERE		<<<< after doing a series of anonymous girl portraits showing the backside of the embroidery, I decided I should do a series of self-portraits. So I used 10 years of wallet sized photos of myself [and one with my family] and included the features.
	<<<< interested in the masculine/feminie aspect of war machines, I wanted to make polka dotted planes. these are machine stitched since they are machines.

for inquires about available work, or if you want to see even more art please visit the The Beholder, Walter Maciel Galery, Richard Levy Gallery , Enormouse Tiny Art, Art Stream Studios, Fouladi Projects, or The Little Bird Gallery websites....