Rent III bedroom painstakingly crafted from the hair

painstakingly crafted from the hair of loved ones

This credenza was designed to look like a major piece of furniture for a small apartment

like the Roman relics

"The colors that I'm working with now are basically the colors that I'm left with after avoiding having my color choices look like any other painter that has come before me

I used diverse paint handling strategies in each layer to create a sense of the disconnect between what is spoken and what is visually articulated by the mouth as we speak

Rent III bedroom painstakingly crafted from the hair"This series is made from clothing worn in mourning. Inspired by a personal experience with a dress I wore to my mothers funeral and could never bring myself to put on again, I asked family and friends whether they too had clothing too tainted by association to wear. Slowly I began collecting clothessometimes decades oldthat had languished unworn in the backs of closets, too distressing to wear and too sentimental to just throw away. Handling these