Portfolio > The Other Side of the Lake

This installation evolved from stories I had written about characters in transition. These narratives turned into the framework for the ceramic figures and their surroundings. The environments consist of two primary inhabitants, digitized relaxation soundscape, escalating labyrinth walls, protruding arms from “the other side”, and sculptures based on hypothetical inventions and collectables. In addition, I included a collage on moving water mirror, an oil painting, and a 27-minute video in the screening room. The video titled, B Movie: Youtube Curation and Adaptation, strings clips which have been edited with voice over, audio manipulation, visual effects, etc to produce a humorous video allegory that transforms a seemingly mundane world into a vigorous fundamental anomaly.

Verecund Mountain
Coil built ceramic with airbrush, acrylic and enamel paint, glass eyes, human hair, spray painted eye lashes, polyurethane foam, resin pellets, epoxy resin, faux fur, acrylic on panel with LEDs
Variable dimensions, roughly 72 x 74 x74 inches
Verecund Mountain (detail of figure)
Coil built ceramic with airbrush, acrylic and enamel paint, glass eyes, human hair, spray painted eye lashes, polyurethane foam, resin pellets, epoxy resin, faux fur, acrylic on panel with LEDs
Variable dimensions
Verecund Mountain (detail with installation view)
Coil built ceramic with airbrush, acrylic and enamel paint, glass eyes, human hair, spray painted eye lashes, polyurethane foam, resin pellets, epoxy resin, faux fur, acrylic on panel with LEDs
Variable dimensions
Verecund Mountain (detail of hands and glowing rock bath)
Coil built ceramic with airbrush, acrylic and enamel paint, glass eyes, human hair, spray painted eye lashes, polyurethane foam, resin pellets, epoxy resin, faux fur, acrylic on panel with LEDs
Variable dimensions
The Other Side
Ceramic, airbrush, acrylic, enamel paint
Variable dimensions, life-size
2013
Relaxed Lake Eye
Coil built ceramic with airbrush, acrylic and enamel paint, glass eyes, human hair, dyed eye lashes, polyurethane foam, reflective glass beads, plexiglass, resin pellets, epoxy resin, faux fur, rubber, rock, acrylic on panel with LEDs
Variable dimensions, roughly 64 x 34 x 108 inches
Relaxed Lake Eye (detail of figure)
Coil built ceramic with airbrush, acrylic and enamel paint, glass eyes, human hair, dyed eye lashes, polyurethane foam, reflective glass beads, plexiglass, resin pellets, epoxy resin, faux fur, rubber, rock, acrylic on panel with LEDs
Variable dimensions
Relaxed Lake Eye (detail of legs and palm)
Coil built ceramic with airbrush, acrylic and enamel paint, glass eyes, human hair, dyed eye lashes, polyurethane foam, reflective glass beads, plexiglass, resin pellets, epoxy resin, faux fur, rubber, rock, acrylic on panel with LEDs
Variable dimensions
Relaxed Lake Eye (detail of face)
Coil built ceramic with airbrush, acrylic and enamel paint, glass eyes, human hair, dyed eye lashes, polyurethane foam, reflective glass beads, plexiglass, resin pellets, epoxy resin, faux fur, rubber, rock, acrylic on panel with LEDs
Variable dimensions
Relaxed Lake Eye (detail with installation view)
Coil built ceramic with airbrush, acrylic and enamel paint, glass eyes, human hair, dyed eye lashes, polyurethane foam, reflective glass beads, plexiglass, resin pellets, epoxy resin, faux fur, rubber, rock, acrylic on panel with LEDs
Variable dimensions
Relaxed Lake Eye (detail of cat)
Cast dragon skin flexible rubber
Variable dimensions
Milk of the Bonsai
found plastic bonsai, glass, dyed resin
Variable dimensions, roughly 7 x 8 x 16 inches
The Fourth Dimension
mounted holograms on metal stand
7 x 5 x 3 inches
Light Tunnels (day and night view)
porcelain, resin, LEDs
Variable dimensions, roughly 4.5 x 8.5 x 6 inches
Frozen Refuge
test tubes filled with transparencies and dyed resin, spray paint, steel wool, epoxy resin, wood, glass, and LEDs
7 x 9 x 9 inches
2013
Missing Her
Glass, acrylic, resin, plastic, found photo, transparencies, grown crystal
Variable dimensions, roughly 6 x 12 x 6 inches
Minding the Stone
Acrylic, resin, rubber, stone, wood
5 x 7 x 8 inches
The Mirror (installation view and detail)
Transparency collage on moving water picture with sound
9.5 x 15 inches