Self Portraits

These are self portraits that I took. I like the eerie sexual undertone that they hold. I like the idea of the camera strangling me, asphyxiation by the narcissistic tool of a camera. A commentary on our cultures sickness with self absorption, voyeurism and avoiding death by freezing time.

Hot tub turns magical

My housemate just bought a rad hot tub...I mean rad, it looks like a spaceship with all its buttons, lights and other gadgets that are attached. I was sitting in the bubbles one day and I loved the mystic, swamp like nature the water took on. I decided to put my old bridesmaid dress on and make my housemate take some pictures of me emerging from the mysterious water. I photoshoped out the background and heightened the contrast to add to the drama. The two images below were my favorites of this impromptu shoot.

Mural Mural on the Wall

This is Eileen and I's sample arch, showcasing all materials we can do to make an arch!Coming along nicely if I don't say so myself. Another day of work and it should be done.

If anyone wants a mural let me know!

kandinsky's dog running after a red ball

When I was studying for my contemporary art final I had made heaps and heaps of flash cards. While studying I was drinking some water and I accidentally spilt water on a card with De Kooning's The Attic on it. To my surprise the water seemed to melt and distort the ink on my flash card to make an awesome design all of its own within the original master piece. An idea popped into my head! Make a series based on chance through water markings on prints of famous masterpieces. More specifically abstract expressionism or surrealist works who's work themselves was often predicated on chance and automatism. Through this series a commentary is also made on reproduction in society and through reproduction distortion occurs.

This piece is taken from Kandinsky's Composition 8. I spilt water on a print and put it in the sun to dry. When I looked at it a few hours later I noticed the water made a dog! So there it was and now here it is.

THE CATS

So my boyfriend has two cats, a tabby cat and a black cat. He has wanted me to paint him something for awhile now and this is what he wanted. More specifically he wants a triptych of his two cats wrapping their tails around a wine bottle. The wine bottle is to bring the "bachelor" element into the piece, ya know so his place doesn't look completely gay with two huge portraits of his own cats on the wall. I am not a huge cat fan, nor am I a big fan of painting realistically because it is hard, often boring, and gets me frustrated BUT out of love I am trying. I do think it will be rather comical when all is said and done.

Here is the progress so far, got a ways to go, a test in patience...