About Me

I'm a recent graduate of the University of Tennessee, with a BFA in art. I'm working on my portfolio for graduate school, and these are my projects from undergrad. I'm more a conceptualist than an aesthetician- My artwork is less about image, and more about object. I'm leaning towards minimalism and formalism right now, addressing the basic language of visual communication, like line, plane, color and shading, 2d and 3d. But I've addressed everything from humorous 'what if' animal situations to pottery in my journey as an artist. I hope some of these pieces make you laugh, and some of them make you think, but I really worked really hard on them all!

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

How Are You I'm Fine Thanks



This sculpture is a large wooden box (which I constructed- about 20x20x8") with two layers of painted ceramics inside: the front layer is a kind of screen, which is actually the smushed words 'how are you I'm fine thanks'. The back layer is a self portrait in low relief, staring out at you. The closeup is of the eyes.
The concept was to discuss the layer of sterile small talk we use as masks in front of our faces. I also wanted to reference the buddhas in bells on top of borobodur, in which the inaccessibility=holiness. This piece weighed about 80 pounds, and is now destroyed. :(
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