Mixed Media

What's going on?

2011-10-18T01:39:00.004-05:00

So there's been some changes -I've been working on a new site these last few months -and I'm still working on it. I'm going to keep my blogspot - I'll still post some work here -though a majority of it will be on the new site.

I started with blogspot because it was easy however over time I noticed people missing the "older posts" button and only thinking I had one page of work -so hopefully this new site won't be confusing. The new site features "Buttons!" instead of all scrolling -as on Blogspot.

The main thing I'm going to miss is explaining the work - on here it's easy -on the new one, it's set up more like a gallery. It's nice.

So, it's kinda spread out - a'little here, a'little there...

hope all of you keep up with me!

New site link: (still uploading and working on it) Take a look! And please feel free to email me feedback or comments that you may have!
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wix.com%2Fmixedmediatf%2Ftfonline&h=dAQAIiBSL

The Art of the Game, Foundry Art Centre Gala Event

2010-10-22T22:33:00.001-05:00

2010 The Art of the Game, Foundry Art Centre Gala, St. Louis, MO

Was invited to create work to be auctioned for, The Art of the Game, Gala Event.
The several pictures around the main gouache painting in the picture were drawn with India Ink with a chopstick on newsprint. And two of them on illustration board.

One night only.

Featured Guests Include:
Harry Weber – Internationally Recognized Sport Artist
Jack Scharr – Fine Art Ltd, President
Ozzie Smith - St. Louis Cardinals, Baseball
Jim Hanifan - St. Louis Cardinals, Football
Dick Shaiper - PGA Hall of Fame
Brad Soderburg - Lindenwood University, Basketball
Ryan Robertson - Sacramento Kings, Basketball
Tim Kearney - St. Louis Cardinals, Football

DRAWGASMIC BOOK

2010-07-02T21:12:00.016-05:00

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The Self Portrait Project

2010-04-28T20:50:00.010-05:00

Self Portriat (size: 8"x10") 2009-2010.

The Self Portrait Project/ The Space Between Project

Last Friday's show was a huge success! The Art House team had a great crowd come out. This was one of those projects where they didn't know what to expect. In the end they got back just over 330 self portraits. They covered all of their gallery walls and were about 7 feet tall! Check out photos from the show here (brooklyn, ny)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/arthousecoop/sets/72157623822829873/

SELF PORTRAIT PROJECT ART HOUSE COOP BOOK -IS OUT NOW!
Check out Art House Coop for details and participate in some of their ideas!

HERE'S THE BOOK ^

Wed March 31st 2010 Drawing II STLCCFV

2010-03-31T17:06:00.003-05:00

Jason Mills and I were asked to teach/lecture at the St. Louis Community College Florissant Valley, March 31st of 2010. We were given the entire class period to come up with our own presentation and collaborative student/group assignment.

Jason and I talked a few times over the phone and came up with a project we felt would not only tie the students together as a collaborative effort, but also introduce critical thinking for a later, work place environment.

At the beginning of class, Mr. Langnas gave a brief introductory of 20 minutes or so, of our work via Internet providing Jason Mills website and including that both of us attended STLCCFV, and in addition that I have lectured and have had past exhibitions in their gallery facilities.

From there, we began the opening of our more in depth, presentations for about an hour or longer. Jason exhibiting charcoal drawings and sketch layout ideas for the company he works at. And I had brought an array of examples of different types of sketchbooks.

After our presentations we moved on-ward with our assignment.
We provided the students with large sheets of paper, I believe it was something like "24x"24, and also provided them with charcoal. Jason and I came up with broken sentences/fragments and shuffled them into a box and clockwork, walked around the classroom, individually having the students pick out a piece of paper with a fragment. After each student had a fragment sentence, they were to draw whatever came to mind on their sheet of paper. We told the students that they would be drawing for an hour.

The idea behind our assignment was that we wanted the students to become attached to their drawings and the charcoal was selected because in a way it is permanent. We used our materials and ideas as an analogy to life and the difficulties and opportunities they may later come across.
It was nearing an hour with twenty minutes left on the clock and we told them, "STOP".

We did not critique their work. Instead, we told them, "Now, take your drawing and rip it into four sections". In almost horror, their faces unlocking their jaws; had dropped. One by one we then had each student, starting from left to right, pick one of their pieces of their drawing and pin it against the bulletin board on the side wall. We wanted them to come up with a, 'bigger picture', so to speak. Each of them, working together, forming an elaborate composition of, darks, lights, lines, and flow - a large unity.

2010-02-26T18:39:00.004-06:00

THIS WAS MADE IN 2007.

THOSE ARE PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT. AND THAT'S A WINDOW OR A VENT, WHICH EVER IS FEELING MORE NESSESSARY. THIS IS A TRIPLE EXPOSURE. THE SECOND PICTURE IS A REFLECTION OF LIQUID. WHEN I WOUND BACK THE FILM, I PURPOSELY STOPPED HALF WAY. THE PHOTO IS CROPPED. TAPE COVERS THE EDGES. LOOK AT THE UMBRELLAS.

DREAM INTERPRETATION WOULD SAY;

To see windows in your dream, signifies bright hopes, vast possibilities and insight

The Canvas Project:V2 ENCYCLOPEDIA

2009-06-17T15:50:00.019-05:00

708 ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD RECIEVED FIVE A 3X3 INCH CANVASES FROM ART HOUSE CO-OP ALONG WITH FIVE WORDS SUBMITTED BY THE ART HOUSE COMMUNITY. EACH ARTIST'S TASK WAS TO VISUALLY INTERPRET THE WORDS, ONE WORD PER CANVAS. THE ART HOUSE GOAL WAS TO CREATE AN ENCYCLOPEDIA THAT CONNECTED EACH WORD TO THE ARTIST'S VISUAL INTERPRETATION, SHOWCASING ONE CANVAS FROM EACH ARTIST.

THE BOOK: THE CANVAS PROJECT: V2 ENCYCLOPEDIA:

You can find photos of it on display at the airport at our flickr page (http://flickr.com/arthousecoop).

Go see! June 12th through August 8th 2009

2009-06-14T08:52:00.000-05:00

Opening Reception: June 12th 7pm - 11pm
1214 Washington St. Louis, MO
Enter through Mossa (furniture store) on the 3rd floor

The Blind Eyes

2009-04-08T22:36:00.000-05:00

MADE THIS IN 2009.

THERE IS A LOCAL BAND HERE IN ST. LOUIS CALLED, THE BLIND EYES. I'M A FRIEND AND A FAN OF THEIR MUSIC AND CREATED THIS SCULPTURE FOR THEM TO SEE. IF THEY WERE EVER TO WANT TO OWN IT, I WOULD DEFINATELY GIVE IT TO THEM.

BOTH THE HANDS AND THE EYES WERE CREATED IN 2005 AND IT WASN'T UNTIL LATER THAT I PUT THEM TOGETHER.
I HAD A FEW EYES LEFT OVER FROM THE FIRST, PARANOIA DELICACY SERIES.

the square foot show 2008

2008-12-13T20:34:00.001-06:00

THIS TOOK PLACE IN DECEMBER '08, THROUGH ARTDIMENSIONS. 100 OR SO ARTISTS SUBMITTED WORK AND TWENTY CANVASES (INCLUDING MINE) WERE SELECTED AND EXHIBITED AT CITY HALL - http://www.artdimensions.org/index.php?section=26

WHAT I SUBMITTED IS DOWN BELOW, "TOOTH FAIRY FAVORITES"

Tooth Fairy Favorites

2008-12-13T15:40:00.005-06:00

THIS WAS MADE IN 2008.

SUBMISSION FOR: THE SQUARE FOOT SHOW.

THIS WAS RECENTLY DONATED TO: "ART & SOUL", MDA/OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE (SPONSOR) BENEFIT, MDA'S (MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION) FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH PROGRAMS, ST. LOUIS ARTIST GUILD, ST. LOUIS, MO.

Into the Field

2008-07-26T12:07:00.002-05:00

LIFE SIZE

ABOUT 10X8INCHES

LIFE SIZE

LIFE SIZE

THESE WERE MADE THROUGH JULY - AUGUST 2008.

These were inspired when I was an archaeology field tech when I was living in Memphis, TN. That job was the most physically demanding job I have ever had and loved every minute. It was a government job. We left each week every Monday morning at 3-4am and drove to a specific destination, a private national park to dig for Paleolithic Indian artifacts. We had to dig a whole every 30 meters, if it was high probability, or 50 meters, if it was low probability, where possible artifacts may be remaining. I have lots of these odd ink circle drawings that I was making at the end of each weekend after a weeks worth of digging.

I have more, trying to find them.

For Mr. Webber

2007-11-04T12:00:00.000-06:00

THIS WAS MADE IN 2007.

WOOD, METAL, STRING, AND MIXED MEDIA

Mask for Japanese band, ONIKIRIMARU (Ogre Slayer)

2007-07-31T11:38:00.001-05:00

I WAS CONTACTED IN JULY 2007 FROM ONE OF THE BAND MEMBERS, (THERE ARE ONLY TWO) WHICH THEY INSISTED THAT I KEEP
THEIR NAMES CONFIDENTIAL, SO I'M GOING TO NAME THEM, HANK AND ROY. HANK GETS A-HOLD OF ME ON THE PHONE, TOLD ME THAT
HE HAD SEEN SOME OF MY ART WORK IN THE PAST AND WOULD BE HONORED IF I COULD CREATE TWO MASKS FOR THEIR BAND, ONIKIRIMARU, (OGRE SLAYER).

HANK SAYS THEY WOULD LIKE THE MASKS TO BE A CROSS BETWEEN SOME KIND OF JAPANESE ART AND WEREWOLVES. I ASKED IF THEY NEEDED TO SEE SOME SKETCHES BEFORE I GO KNEE DEEP MAKING THESE THINGS AND HANK TOLD ME NOT TO SEND HIM ANY SKETCHES AND THAT ANYTHING I CREATED HE WOULD BE HAPPY WITH. SO WITH A GIANT GRIN, I TOOK THE CHALLENGE.

I SPENT A GOOD TWO MONTHS RESEARCHING JAPANESE ART AND WEREWOLVES. MY TIME WAS LIMITED TO WEEKENDS ONLY. DURING THE WEEK I WORKED ON A PROJECT AS AN ARCHAEOLOGY FIELD TECH, WHERE EACH WEEK WE LEFT FOR KOSATOCHI LOUISIANA NATIONAL PARK TO FIND INDIAN ARTIFACTS.

AT THE MEMPHIS PUBLIC LIBRARY I FOUND SEVERAL REFERENCES ON KAMA KURA SCULPTURE JAPANESE ART (1185-1392) QUITE IMPRESSIVE! HERE'S A COOL SITE TO LOOK INTO SOME OF THAT: http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/japanese-buddhism-guide-top-menu.html

I FOUND THE FIRST BEST WEREWOLF REFERENCE FROM THE EARLY 1980'S FROM THE MOVIE, THE HOWLING (1981), AND THE SECOND WEREWOLF MOVIE TO BE FROM THE EARLY 1990'S; MERIDIAN: KISS OF THE BEAST.
SO HERE WE ARE IN MY STUDIO/ROOM -

THAT'S A PICTURE OF ONE OF THE WEREWOLF MONSTERS FROM, THE HOWLING UP ABOVE.

TOWARD THE BOTTOM ARE TWO LIGHT BLUE TEETH DRYING. THE PICTURES ARE OUT OF SEQUENCE, BUT WANTED TO SHOW THE SPACE I WORKED IN AS WELL AS SOME OF THE MATERIALS I USED AND REFERENCES.

HERE IS THE WIRE FRAME I STARTED WITH. I STARTED CREATING THIS AROUND AUGUST OF 2007.
IT BECAME MORE INTERWOVEN AND COMPLICATED - EVENTUALLY THERE WASN'T ANY MAJOR NEGATIVE SPACES. ALL THE SPACE WAS CONTOURED WITH WIRE. I REMEMBER TELLING HANK, THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE HIM A LATEX MASK OR SOMETHING LIKE PAPER MACHE - I WANTED THE MASKS TO BE DURABLE, ORNAMENTAL AND TO BE TAKEN CARE OF WHEN NOT IN USE.

HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE GUMS - THEY'VE BEEN COOKED AND ARE AIR DRYING.

HERE I'M STRETCHING THEM INTO SHAPE SO THEY FIT INTO THE MASK.

HERE ARE THE FIRST SET OF TEETH FOR THE TOP ROW. UN-COOKED.

HERE ARE ALL OF THE TEETH, RIGHT OUT OF THE OVEN.

BOTTOM ROW. NOT PAINTED YET.

TOP ROW, NOT PAINTED YET.

HERE IS THE FIRST LAYER OF WHAT I CALL SKIN.
BEFORE I ACTUALLY STARTED ADDING ANY FILLER, THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL 15 LAYERS OF SKIN ADDED.
THIS IS THE TOP VIEW OF THE HEAD.

SIDE VIEW OF HEAD.

INSIDE VIEW OF HEAD. I WAS SENT HEAD MEASUREMENTS SO THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY FITTING ISSUES LATER.

FRONT VIEW OF HEAD.

FIRST LAYER OF PAINT BEFORE FILLER.

THIS HAS PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR LAYERS OF PAINT NOW WITH SOME FILLER ADDED AROUND THE EYES, NOSE, AND CHEEK BONES.

TEETH PAINTED AND ADDED.

THIS IS MUCH, MUCH LATER. I WENT THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT EXPERIMENTAL PHASES OF WHAT THE MASK HEAD SHOULD LOOK LIKE - THIS IS ONE OF THEM. MOST OF MY FOCUS AT THIS TIME WAS AROUND THE MOUTH. BEHIND THE TEETH I INSERTED A SCREEN SO WHOMEVER WAS SINGING COULD BE HEARD WITHOUT THEIR TEETH OR PARTS OF THEIR FACE SHOWING.

AGAIN, THIS IS AFTER SEVERAL LAYERS AND EXPERIMENTAL PHASES, CHANGES - THE EARS NOW HAVE BEEN COVERED IN CLOTH'LIKE HAIR. MOUTH HAS BEEN REWORKED SEVERAL TIMES AND FACE AT THIS TIME, MOST LIKELY GOING THROUGH IT'S TENTH STAGE.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE COULD POSSIBLY BE AS MANY STAGES AS I HAVE SAID, HOWEVER A STAGE FOR EXAMPLE CAN BE AS THIN AS PAPER - A STAGE FOR ME IS A LAYER OF EITHER GEL, FILLER/TYPE OF CLAY MEDIUM, SILICONE, PLASTIC OR SOMETHING EXPERIMENTAL THAT I'VE CREATED IN THE STUDIO.

THIS IS THE LAST PICTURE IN THIS PROCESS, HOWEVER IS NOT THE FINAL OUTCOME OF THE MASK HEAD. IF YOU GET THE CHANCE TO SEE THE BAND, ONIKIRIMARU (OGRE SLAYER) PERFORM, YOU CAN GO SEE THE FINAL OUTCOME FOR YOURSELF.

STRANGERS

2007-07-26T18:23:00.000-05:00

THIS WAS MADE IN 2007.

RANDOM PICTURES IN THE PARK. IT'S NEVER A COMFORTABLE FEELING WHEN SOMEONE IS WATCHING THAT I DON'T KNOW. IT'S BETTER TO LOOK AWAY OR LOOK WHEN THEY ARE NOT LOOKING. IT'S STRANGE TO BE A STRANGER, SOMETIMES. TAKE A PICTURE WHEN I THINK THEY ARE NOT LOOKING. EVERYONE ONE IS LOOKING. WHAT ABOUT IN THOSE TALL, TALL, BUILDINGS? WHAT ABOUT IN THOSE FAST, FAST, CARS? WHAT ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE AT THE STOP LIGHT, OR THOSE OVER THERE WALKING THEIR DOG? THE DOG IS LOOKING. DO YOU CARE THAT THE DOG IS LOOKING? I WONDER WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT? STRANGE TO BE A STRANGER, IT IS.

Let it go

2007-06-26T18:33:00.000-05:00

THIS WAS MADE IN 2007.

LET IT TAKE YOU INSIDE.

Portrait of...

2007-06-09T18:42:00.000-05:00

THIS WAS MADE IN 2007.

THE BLOCK OF WOOD IS 1X1 INCH AND .5 INCHES THICK.

A few ink drawings/sketches

2007-02-06T19:03:00.001-06:00

THESE FIVE SKETCHES WERE MADE BETWEEN 2003 AND 2007.

GAR

2006-10-07T13:49:00.000-05:00

THIS WAS MADE IN 2006.

MY FATHER AND I MADE A SCULPTURE FOR A SCULPTURE CONTEST THAT WAS BEING HELD AT THE ART FOUNDERY IN ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI. AFTER NOT BEING SELECTED, WE FOUND OUT THAT THE PIECES WERE TO BE BASED ON FORMALISM. NOW THE SCULPTURE RESIDES AT MY FATHERS HOUSE IN THE FRONT YARD.

SEVEN HOURS A DAY, IN FOUR DAYS - WE MADE THE GAR HEAD.

CREATED OUT OF AN OLD STEEL PIPE IN THE STEEL YARD OUTSIDE THE METAL SHOP;
THE GAR HEAD, STANDS 7 FEET HIGH, THE HEAD AND NECK (QUARTER INCH STEEL) WERE CUT INTO SECTIONS WITH A PLASMA GUN / CUTTER AND TACK WELDED TOGETHER. THE HEAD IS SPRAYED WITH RUST OLEUM EXTEND.

THE MOUTH AND TEETH ARE ONE PIECE MADE FROM GALVANIZED STEEL.

THE NECK IS WELDED TO A STAINLESS STEEL BASE, WHICH LATER AFTER INSTALLING IT INTO THE FRONT YARD, WE COVERED THE BASE WITH ROCKS.

THE CHROME PARTS OF THE EYES WERE CUT FROM STEEL BOWLS AND
THE BLUE PUPILS WERE CUT FROM THE TOPS OF HELIUM TANKS.

THE DEMO GAR HEAD IS SITTING NEXT TO THE 7FT. GAR HEAD IN THE 3RD PICTURE.

A couple of drawings/sketches

2003-02-06T22:25:00.000-06:00

THESE WERE BOTH MADE IN 2003.

Line Design 12: Peach Orbit

2003-02-06T20:25:00.002-06:00

THIS WAS MADE IN 2003.

I TOOK DESIGN 1 IN 1998. OUR INSTRUCTOR, CAN'T REMEMBER HER NAME, SHE WAS TERRIBLE. THERE WAS NEVER ANY CONSTRUCTIVE CRITISISM. ALL OF US WOULD ALWAYS HERE, "OH THATS FANTASTIC", "BEAUTIFUL", "GREAT JOB, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK" - COME'ON, WE'RE NOT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL ANY MORE- EVEN THEN I RECEIVED CRITISISM.

OUR FIRST PROJECT WAS TO CREATE A LINE DESIGN BASED OFF OF PATTERNS, POSITIVE & NEGATIVE SPACE, AND LINE THICKNESS. FOR SOME REASON THAT DAY I REMEMBER REALLY ENJOYING THE APPEARANCE OF VALUE BETWEEN TWO PARALLEL LINES, HOW THE THICKNESS OF ONE LINE NEXT TO A THINNER LINE CAN CREATE DEPTH. AND DRAWING CONTINUOUS, LINE AFTER LINE IN A PARALLEL SEQUENCE BEGAN A NEW VENTURE INTO MEDITATIVE THINKING.

LATER, AFTER RESEARCHING THE NEOLITHIC ERA 2550-1600 B.C. IN ART HISTORY - I BECAME FASCINATED WITH STONEHENGE. MY THOUGHTS ON LINE DESIGN AMPLIFIED.

"THE STRAIGHT LINE BELONGS TO MAN, THE CURVED LINE BELONGS TO GOD." - 1900 ANTONI GAUDI.

STRAIGHT LINE IS SIMPLE - EVERYDAY. COMMON.
CURVED LINE IS MYSTERIOUS. EXPRESSIVE. MUCH MORE INTERESTING.

WHEN I APPROACH LINE DESIGN FOR MYSELF, I STAY AWAY FROM CURVED LINES. I'VE TRYED TO USE CURVED LINES IN SOME OF MY LINE DESIGN DRAWINGS; HOWEVER, I FIND THAT THEY BREAK MY CONCENTRATION. USEING THE QUOTE ABOVE AS MY CONCEPT FOR THE LINE DESIGNS I DRAW, I'VE FOUND THAT THE STRAIGHT LINE CAN MANIPULATE ITS PLANE AND BECOME EXPRESSIVE AND MYSTERIOUS WITHOUT A CURVED LINE.

A STRAIGHT LINE CAN CREATE ANGULATION. THOUGH, THE CURVED LINE CUTS CORNERS, AND MANIPULATES THE PLANE TO CREATE A FALSE VICTORY.

WHICH BRINGS US TO: MIND OVER MATTER.

Belly Button

2002-12-09T18:08:00.001-06:00

THIS WAS MADE IN 2002.

THE BELLY BUTTON IS SHOWN REMOVED FROM THE BODY TO SHOW DISPLACEMENT, THE UNKNOWN. IT'S THE END OF THE BEGINNING. THOUGH, HERE, THE END OF THE BEGINNING, AGAIN, HAS BEEN REMOVED. THE SAME STATE IN WHICH I FIND MYSELF THINKING TIME TO TIME. I AM THE BEGINNING AND LIVING AN UNKNOWN END. AS WE ALL ARE. I WOULD LIKE TO FIND MY BIOLOGICAL MOTHER, BEFORE THE ABSOLUTE END. (ANALOGY)

THE SURGICAL TOOL HOLDING, 'BELLY BUTTON' ARE KNOWN AS, ABDOMINAL SPLITTERS, LOCATED IN THE PICTURE ABOVE. THE MIDDLE SECTION OF THE ABDOMINAL SPLITTERS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CHROME TALLONS THAT HOLD THE BODY CAVITY IN PLACE.

Found

1998-06-12T18:15:00.001-05:00

THIS WAS MADE IN 1998.

WHILE CLIMBING AROUND IN THE METAL YARD, THESE THREE ITEMS TOOK MY ATTENTION AS THEY GLIMMERED UNDER THE BEATING SUN. THEY WERE A PERFECT MATCH, AND HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR ELEVEN YEARS.

Glove

1998-03-03T16:11:00.003-06:00

THIS WAS MADE IN 1998.

THIS WAS CREATED BASED OFF OF A DREAM, THAT WAS ONLY A FEW SECONDS LONG. LATER ON, I PLAN ON CREATING THE ENVIORNMENT LIKE THE ONE IN MY DREAM, AND RE-TAKING THIS PHOTOGRAPH.

IN THE DREAM, THE BACKGROUND WAS A THICK, FOGGY GREY, AND IN THE DISTANCE I COULD SEE VERY TALL, DARY GREY, INDUSTRIAL BEAMS, STANDING STRAIGHT UP. THE ONLY WAY I KNEW THAT A GROUND EXISTED, WAS WATCHING THE FOG SWIRL AROUND CLOSE TO WHERE I WOULD SUSPECT MY FEET TO BE, BUT I NEVER SAW MYSELF IN MY DREAM. IN THE CENTER OF THIS FOG IN THE FOREGROUND WAS THIS LONG ARM AND HAND. AT IT'S TOP WAS A CHAIN CONNECTING TO THE AIR - NOTHING, AND AROUND THE TOP, WHERE THE ELBOW WOULD POSSIBLY BE,, STEEL STRINGS CONNECTED AROUND THE JOINT FELL ALONG SIDE THE ARM AND HAND MAKING STATIC NOISES AND CHARGES. I STARTED SEEING WATER ROLL DOWN THE SHINY HAND AND DRIP FROM IT'S FINGER TIPS. THEN IN THE DISTANCE, THE TALL INDUSTRIAL BEAMS STARTED TO COLLAPSE. I COULDN'T HEAR THEM, I WAS ONLY ABLE TO SEE THEM FALL AND VANISH INTO THE THICK, GREY, FOG.

AFTER WAKING UP, I TALKED TO MY SCULPTURE INSTRUCTOR, WHICH WAS VERY INSIGHTFUL. THE FIRST THING SHE SAID TO ME WAS, "TAKE THE 'G' OFF OF THE WORD GLOVE, AND MAYBE THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE DISCONNECTED FROM IN YOUR FAMILY". IT HIT HOME, BUT SHE WAS RIGHT.

FROM THEN ON, A LOT OF MY WORK COMES FROM THAT ANALOGY/INTERPRETATION. REDUCTION PLAYS A HUGE ROLE NOW. I EMPATHIZE WITH A PART OF THE BODY BY REMOVING A SPECIFIC PIECE OR SECTION TO REPRESENT A STATE OF LOSS/ABANDONMENT, OR VULNERABILITY. I ALSO USE REDUCTION AS AN ANALOGY TO MY LIFE; I WAS ADOPTED.

I USE LOTS OF WORD PLAY ON REDUCTION AND ADOPTION.