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Artist’s Statement

My past and recent work constitutes a study of the human impulse to seek fulfillment through excess at the expense of one’s dignity. Moreover, I have found a particular fascination with the various ways in which this impulse often manifests in vain and superficial expressions of beauty, wealth, and power.

Many of my images are grounded in the principles of Feminism and Gender Theory and an interest in producing artwork that dissects and critiques contemporary performances of gender. My work considers the conflicted relationship between social decorum and a coexistent vision of gender equality that hinges upon self-consciously provocative and hedonistic performances of gender roles. Such performances are, at once, labeled progressive and liberated while also reinforcing gendered stereotypes.

My most recent work re-imagines vanitas and memento mori as themes representing reckless intemperance. The images draw upon the aforementioned traditions to create contemporary visual metaphors for excess and hedonism. In this spirit, my images aim to seduce viewers with decadent, yet grotesque, depictions of self-indulgence and vanity. These images underscore the costs of our impulse toward excess in which our material value—as objects of desire or figures of wealth and power—obscures both the fragility and the inherent value of the simply human.

We All Fall Down (Fontanelle #1)
graphite on paper
8.5" x 7.5"
We All Fall Down (Fontanelle #2)
graphite on paper
7.5" x 8.5"
Haute Macabre #1
gouache and gold paint on paper
14"x11"
Haute Macabre #2
gouache and gold paint on paper
14"x11"
Haute Macabre #3
gouache and gold paint on paper
14"x11"
Milk Maid
acrylic on panel
36"x24"
Requiem of the Unicorn (Vanitas)
pastel on board/acrylic on Plexiglas
16"x20"
Last Call for Unicorns
pastel on paper/acrylic on Plexiglas
23"x18"
The Most Exciting Two Minutes
ultrachrome print
20"x16"
Flirty Faun (after Gérôme)
ultrachrome print
5"x5"
Nubile Baroque #1 (Justin)
graphite on paper
8"x8"
Nubile Baroque #2 (April)
graphite on paper
8"x8"
Nubile Baroque #3 (Adam)
graphite on paper
8"x8"
Allegory of the Luscious and the Lecherous
acrylic on panel
triptych--48"x90"
In and Out on the Town
acrylic on panel
60"x72"
Sneak a Peek
acrylic on Plexiglas
30"x36"
All-American Girl
acrylic on Plexiglas
32"x34"