Multimedia
I once aspired to become a sculpture artist exclusively, but socioeconomic and physiological realities have a way of altering the course of our desires.
I prefer to create multimedia works small and large regardless. I just no longer work with plaster and use much less wood.
A majority of the sculptures seen here, have not survived travel or time.
The bookmarks are available on my Etsy, and the framed works will be up for sale eventually.
One small pile of Bookmarks. Mini collages of the many thoughts I have at any given moment, upcycled from millions of magazine clippings, gift bags, gifted ribbon, greeting cards, wrapping paper and more. Available for sale on my Esty.
Agave: photograph, paint, glue, sand and thread. 2009 Framed and Sold to a family member during my first solo art show in San Antonio, TX
Oh, We can Fight: This piece was; lost, stolen, or given away, during a period of my life when I disassociated often and misplaced memories of creating many works of art and the experiences I had with people while creating and surviving. 12x12" album insert painted with glued on photography, deck cards, found post card, foil gum wrappers, glitter and cigarette ash
Tangled in Exploitation: created in the summer of 2015 or 2016 I think.
Ensnared by a hammock
damaged in an accidental fire
painted for false modesty
strengthened only by
large bird vertebra for those who wish to fly away
mocking pieces of clothing
stripped by the entitled men
stained with mental bruises and blues
strength born from tainted
delicate innocence
aging into the threads
that bind all of us with vaginas
born into this global vulnerability.
Fruition: A work of Daydreams to Reality
A pencil the size of my leg
a dimensional cloud
hard working grey matter
it lit up from within and unfortunately caught fire.
But did rain down light bulbs of imaginative thoughts... on far away places, people and politics, and things yet to be discovered.
Playtime's Over: A wake up call to the able bodied
That things they've always done or planned to do physically
fun and competition they wanted or used to take part in
could be taken away and replaced by pain
made of my own experiences
my own toys
my X-rays
and MRI's
frozen at a time
when I was called inside
and sung a different
lullaby.
Dream: Made around my birthday in 2005
during a period between night terrors
and insomnia
where it was hard to tell when it was raining
and when I was crying.
formed from; photographs, glass, glitter, and my vulnerable body bathed in my favorite colors.
Low Commotion: Fall of 2007
after a disturbing trip to Florida
where I fell in love with trains again
and wished our society talked about and valued mass transit more.
Forever:
An examination of birth defects
as a result of exposure to,
and irreversible damage done by,
chemical warfare,
known as Agent Orange,
and pesticides
known as DDT's,
which was sold as "human safe" to the American public.
South Korea: Past and Future (was framed and gifted to a beloved friend I consider family) 24x36"
Bjork: Yoga 5x7"
Bjork: Paris, 90's 5x7"
Get a Grip:
Mold of my own hand
tied down but powering on.