Art
Paintings
A selection of recent paintings (2017-2021). All works are acrylic paints on paper.
Masks & Costumes
Monster masks and costumes created for short movies (2020-2021).
Installations
American School Desk
Selected for the Truth to Power 6 exhibit at Pleiades Gallery in 2018.
My goal was to submit an outrageously protective response to gun violence in schools, and my first idea was to construct bulletproof backpacks and clothes for children, but I quickly found out these already exist. Yes, you can buy bulletproof coats and bags to protect your children at school.
I put together another useful and absurd solution: a wall of sandbags around a child's desk.
DUMP
Selected for the Durham Art Guild’s 64th Annual Juried Exhibition in 2018. The five letter-shaped pillows were constructed from black fabric and filled with newspapers (the nightmares of President Trump). Gallery visitors were encouraged to play with the pillows --- spelling words and constructing their own piles.
Peace. Love. Respect. For everybody!
The title "Peace. Love. Respect. For everybody!" comes from the late Chuck Davis, a wonderful dance teacher and inspiration to many. He made all of his students and audience members repeat this phrase during performances, and it's a perfect philosophy for dancing and living.
As Southern communities struggle with the history of racism and what to do with hurtful symbols, instead of removing a Confederate flag to catch up to now, I imagine a flag improved to look to the future, so I updated the North Carolina flag to include the stripes of the Rainbow Flag.
Can you imagine a North Carolina that welcomes everybody in all its counties? I can, and I hope we get there soon.
Selected for the Truth to Power 6 exhibit at Pleiades Gallery in 2018, Durham, NC. Materials: two nylon flags cut and sewn together. Dimensions are 5 feet x 3 feet.
Postcards
Hand-drawn with markers on watercolor paper.
Hands
Gifts created for friends: outline the hands of a couple, cut the shapes out of plywood, and then paint with acrylics.
Advertisements
I created ads for Fluevog shoes contests, and the two pieces below were finalists. I used the contest as a way to experiment and to inspire my other art.