November- December, 2016
The following work is available at The Arts Company in Downtown Nashville (One bock up from the Ryman Auditorium). I've also got a five page article in the November
Nashville Arts Magazine.
Paintings
Humans
do things that amaze, entertain, and occasionally horrify me. If I documented
them literally, I would probably have constant censorship issues. What if,
however, I used food as a stand in for humans? Not only would it be amusing, it
could even be delicious! Over the years, I have had pears enact Inquisition
scenes, impaled maraschino cherries on nails, and had donuts enact the seven
deadly sins and various fertility rites. My recent work involves allegorical
narratives, driven by historical wallpaper appearing behind iconic contemporary
baked goods and candy. A classic, regal French design is paired with a
partially devoured Black Forest cake and decomposing flowers, and then appears
again behind a King Cake, which is disgorging it’s Mardi Gras beads. A classic
French Pastoral Toile print in a decidedly non-traditional color looms above a
stack of artificially colored Moon Pies and junk food. A classic Asian Toile
peopled with Godzilla and his fellow movie monsters sits behind a vast array of
candy that does not appear to come from the natural world.
Still Lifes, or Vanitas, which is the genre
these works most closely fit in with, were originally domestic images
containing items symbolic of life and death. The items in mine act out
narratives.
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| Past Freshness Date oil
on canvas 4’ x 5’ |
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| Post Atomic Candy oil on canvas 36” x 36” |
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| 18th Century French Pastoral Toile
Culture Shock oil on canvas 3’ x 6’ |
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| #130 Classic Coral Cream Glitter oil on panel
24” x 24” |
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| Crazy
Cakes #1 oil on panel 30” x 30” |
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| Sticky oil on canvas 3’ x
5’ |
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| King Cake Glitter oil and
glitter on canvas 36” x 36” |
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Hot, Smeared and
Melted oil on canvas
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| Continuing French Relations oil on canvas 22” x
28” |
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| The Loss of Virginity oil on
canvas 36” x 48” |
Work on Wood
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People 61, 62 charcoal, pastel pencil, metallic ink on
plywood 47” H x 42”w
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| Urban Transition 26” x
42” x 2” archival ink on 3 layers of wood, metal, plastic |
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The Exultation of the
Quotidian charcoal, pastel pencil,
gold leaf and stones on plywood/ 24” x
48”
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