It's My Party and They Can Cry if They Want To, 2023
65 x 65, Glass vessels, door knob and 65 object
What objects are transportable and what are memory? In this installation, the room, the body and the mind all participate in the struggle to reconcile a playroom. The sights, sounds and smells of being locked in a room with my brother have been reassembled and recontextualized to remember a childhood space.
Purification of Guilt, 2016 Western Washington Viking Union Gallery
The Purification of Guilt, 2016
10'H x 15’L x 3’D
Rice paper sheets, spaghetti, string, fiber, cheesecloth, plastic, plastic wrap, gathered objects and salt
This was a site-specific the installation project at Western Washington University's Viking Gallery, Beyond Borders Exhibition that dealt with the release of guilt. The sculpture at the base is made of salt which is considered to have healing and purifying properties in both Eastern and Western cultures. Each string represents a memory to process and purify.
Mother, Daughter, Sister, Friend, 2016
24 x 36, Charcoal on Paper
Processing the loss of a mother and friend
Up at 6 am (1 & 2), 2020 , End of the Day, 2020
30" x 22" Acrylic, ink, pastel on paper
This series explores an aging baby-boomer body and the effects of the Covid isolation.
Este Lauder, Black Turtleneck and Pearls, 2017
2" x 35", Handmade paper casts