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Artist Statement
My work is a fusion of my own quixotic pursuits and the disenchantment I have encountered along the way. However, it is also about the encouragement I have received, in the most unlikely places. In my series of multi-media images I examine characters that embody the discouraging reality of the American dream in two ways. One, they represent a member of society that more often than not, may be overlooked because we find some element of their situation to be grotesque, dismaying or even possibly, simply average. Two, I base them on long-forgotten film stars that might have achieved their ideal moment that was just that, a moment.
With my work I hope to invite others to examine in more detail what a complacent diner cook, a deformed child or a conflicted priest might experience day in and day out. I invite the viewer to discover a hero and an inspiration in a very unlikely place.
My work is a fusion of my own quixotic pursuits and the disenchantment I have encountered along the way. However, it is also about the encouragement I have received, in the most unlikely places. In my series of multi-media images I examine characters that embody the discouraging reality of the American dream in two ways. One, they represent a member of society that more often than not, may be overlooked because we find some element of their situation to be grotesque, dismaying or even possibly, simply average. Two, I base them on long-forgotten film stars that might have achieved their ideal moment that was just that, a moment.
With my work I hope to invite others to examine in more detail what a complacent diner cook, a deformed child or a conflicted priest might experience day in and day out. I invite the viewer to discover a hero and an inspiration in a very unlikely place.