ARTWORK
My daughter Emaline hates when I throw things away. I have caught her several times pulling items out of the garbage or recycling bin and using them in her art projects. When I tell her, “Please don’t dig things out of the garbage,” her response is, “Why? You do it.”
And she’s right. While I am not a hoarder by any means—don’t all hoarders say that?—I do have a nice collection of cardboard, wood, glass, aluminum, and paper that I, too, use in my art projects. All of my shallow relief carvings are created from cardboard, Kentucky barnwood, and leftover paint. My glass collages are layers of reclaimed glass and paper. My #MeToo Virgins as well as other graffiti live on reclaimed surfaces: cardboard, fabric, brick. They represent a marriage of repurposed materials and childlike imagination.
I portray what is often ignored on a medium that is often wasted.
PUBLICATIONS
“I Have to Practice Because of the” — Jelly Bucket
“Domesticated” — The Esthetic Apostle
“Laugh. Don’t Ever Run” — Meat for Tea: The Valley Review
“Mirror Twins” — Manhattanville Review
“Behind these Hands” — The Grief Diaries
“Lost Girl”–The Slag Review
“Insect King” — The Stray Branch
“Refugees” — The Broke Bohemian
“Warrior Women” — cream city review
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LAYERED GLASS COLLAGE
ENTRANCE . Discarded glass, paper, resin . 6″ X 6″
RED ENTRANCE . Discarded glass, paper, resin . 6″ X 6″
RECLAIMED
Topography . Discarded cardboard, fabric scraps, acrylic . 81″ X 42″
Watchers . Discarded cardboard, spraypaint, resin . 60″ X 36″
Point Click . Discarded cardboard, spraypaint, resin. Barnwood frame. 43″ X 43″
SHALLOW RELIEF CARVINGS
Hummingbird . Discarded cardboard (prepared with stenciled graffiti), resin, string . 36″ diameter
Eclipse . Discarded cardboard (prepared with stenciled graffiti, mylar, resin) . 42″ X 42″
Knuckle Sandwich . Discarded cardboard (prepared with stenciled graffiti), resin . 42″ X 42″
OLDER WORK
Flood . Discarded cardboard (prepared with stenciled graffiti), resin, string . 42″ X 42″
Mauhaus Productions 