2023
Offering (2023)
Analog collage from upcycled book pages and digital images
Offering captures a timeless narrative: the societal pressure forced on women to maintain their youth and beauty. The cherries, a spring fruit associated with youth and beauty, serve as the subject’s offering against the backdrop of the infamous Rose Window in Paris’s Notre Dame.
Camera Shy (2023)
Analog collage from upcycled magazine pages
This collage features a nude man with a flower head emerging from a camera lens against the infinite expanse of the universe. The image symbolizes the act of coming out as queer, with the camera lens representing the restrictive lens of society. The man’s emergence, blossoming like a flower, celebrates the beauty and strength found in embracing one’s true identity.
The Man in the Moon (2023)
Analog collage from upcycled magazine pages
This collage features a nude man in the moon, which symbolizes femininity, motherhood, and emotions in astrology. This collage represents and celebrates healthy masculinity: a blending of both hard and soft qualities.
Fall of Man (2023)
Analog collage from upcycled magazine pages
A mother and daughter in a traditional domestic scene become a visual metaphor of the fall of man and the second wave of feminism. As the daughter reaches for an apple in the refrigerator (representing Eve taking the apple from the Garden of Eden), a glimpse of the future reveals itself, unveiling the rebellious spirit of her generation.
Church (2023)
Analog collage from upcycled book pages and digital images
Church combines photographs of Diana Ross partying at Studio 54, the interior of a church, and floating disco balls into one image that represents the important role Disco played for the black and queer communities during the 1970’s and ‘80s. It is a celebration of having a space where you can feel safe and free with friends (or maybe just yourself!).
Bloom (2023)
Analog collage from upcycled book pages and digital images
Brewed Inspiration (2023)
Analog collage from upcycled magazine pages
This collage is a visual representation of Honoré de Balzac’s quote about coffee: “Coffee falls into the stomach … ideas begin to move, things remembered arrive at full gallop … the shafts of wit start up like sharp-shooters, similies arise, the paper is covered with ink …”
Dad’s Day Off (2023)
Analog collage from upcycled magazine pages
This piece pokes fun at the chaos that ensues when mom steps away, and dad is in charge for the day. What should be a typical structured day turns into a mini-vacation as dad relaxes and the kids play ball inside the house (and likely break a few things!).
Stranger in a Strange Land (2023)
Analog collage from upcycled book pages and digital images
Venus (2023)
Analog collage from upcycled magazine and book pages