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Hybrid

Rear View

Rear View

Installation view

Rear view

Rear view

Rear view (beginning of install)
2022
20'x10" (1/6 panels)
voile, paint

Rear view

Rear view

Rear view (install view)
2022
20'x10" (2/6 panels)
Silk, voile, organza, lace, vintage repurposed night gown, thread, adhesive, paint

Rear view

Rear view

Rear view
2022
20'x10" (3/6 panels)
Silk, voile, organza, thread, adhesive, paint, dyed bed sheets

Rear view

Rear view

Rear view
2022
20'x10" (4/6 panels)
Silk, voile, organza, thread, adhesive, paint, dyed bed sheets

Rear view

Rear view

Rear view
2022
20'x10" (5/6 panels)
Silk, voile, organza, thread, adhesive, paint, dyed bed sheets

Rear view

Rear view

Rear view
2022
20'x10" (6/6 panels)
Silk, voile, organza, thread, adhesive, paint, dyed bed sheets, repurposed nylon shirt, curtains, 1940's stockings, ties, ribbon, steel

Hang in there

Hang in there

Various fabrics, adhesive

Runner

Runner

vintage lace and nylon collar, fishnet stockings, adhesive, vintage hat pins, adhesive

He was there

He was there

Vintage 1940's nylon stockings, plastic tacks, plastic audio tape, repurposed polyester thread
49" x 52" x 50" variable

Tethered

Tethered

repurposed, shaped silk and painting, 1940's nylon stockings, shoe form
7' x 30" x 36"

and, so it goes

and, so it goes

Repurposed painting, plastic, vintage primary colored thread, scraps
10' x 20' x 1' variable

Blue’s song

Blue’s song

Repurposed canvas, voile, silk, acrylic, oil
40" x 48"x 12" variable

Oriole speaks

Oriole speaks

Repurposed canvas, audio tape, acrylic, oil, collage, tacks, staples
48" x 48" x 60" variable

Night dancer

Night dancer

Felt, vintage doily, women's underpants, gel shoe insert, audio tape, vintage golf gloves, acrylic, oil, thread, adhesive, resin
5'x5'x3' (variable)
2020

Subjugated by three

Subjugated by three

vintage dress, mens silk tie, mens pants, crocheted scarf, three hats, thread, glove; boot liners, paint, wood, wire
9'x4'x1'
2021

Persisted

Persisted

Vintage handerchiefs, napkins, thread, embrodery
2021

Reach

Reach

Oil and mixed media on waxed cotton, gloves, fake hair tacks
50"x60" variable
2020

She’s a sham

She’s a sham

gesso, yarn, oil, ribbon, 4' x 2.5', 2020

Her Story

Her Story

mixedmedia on lace curtain, statin, lace, shoelace, 24 x 48 (Open)2020

Diver

Diver

Studio shirt, acrylic, oil, nylons, yarn, tape, tacks, 4' x 4' x 2' variable, 2020

Simulated Avery

Simulated Avery

skirt, pillow case, tie, sock, fake hair, paint, 9'x6'x3' (variable), 2020

Profundum

Profundum

Repurposed drawings nd painting, cut up and reasssembled, vintage bible pieces, oil, pastel, gold leaf, magic smooth
31" x 39"

Hortus strooibus

Hortus strooibus

Old studio shirts turned rags,acrylic, oil, plastic, beads, embroidery thread, cut fabric collage
27" x8" x 4" each

Sublustris

Sublustris

Repurposed paintings, and drawings (oil, acrylic, pastel, graphite), underpants (cut up),magic smooth, goldleaf, insect (beetle), embroidery, glitter, wiggle eyes, 4'x 5'x 5" (variable)

Pendebat perfila telarum

Pendebat perfila telarum

Vintage sheet, acrylic, oil, vintage thread, nylon fishing rope, gold inference, curtain rods and hardware, sewing
8' x 6" x 1' (variable)

Claudeo detail

Claudeo detail

Embroidery, scarf, thread, acrylic

Claudeo

Claudeo

Mom's blouse lining, scarf, acrylic, inference (oil), tacks, glow in dark thread, vintage thread and embroidery thread,
72" x 24" x 4"

oil, acrylic, gloves, hair, fabric, thread, pastel on cotton
6'x 4' x 4' variable

Over her

Over her

mens shirts, buttons, thread, acrylic, oil, scarf, film, metallic pigment, altered tacks
36" x 30" x 4"

questionable

questionable

mens shirt, pants, gauze, acrylic, oil, fabric, scraps, plastic eyes, wood frame, rock, gold leaf, inference,
7' x 2' x 2'

Yield to enervation

Yield to enervation

vintage silk kimono, thread, hair, glove, dress segment, pins
36" x 20" (variable)

Prescience

Prescience

mens shirt, pillow case, handkerchiefs, thread, acrylic, oil, inference pigment, ribbon, tacks, goldleaf, paper
36" x 36" (variable)

Rain

Rain

Mixed media (bed sheet, paper, film, fake eyelashes, sock, oil, pastel, acrylic)
7' x 4' x 6'

Red zone

Red zone

oil, pastel, paper card on torn, cut and re-assembled fabric and painting
18" x 36"x 2" variable

Luxuriant over barren

Luxuriant over barren

Oil, pastel, telephone book pages, torn and reassembled painting, issue paper, doilies
20" x 9" x 1" variable

Tux flower

Tux flower

Canvas, encaustic, oil, pastel, charcoal, sections of a painting, tissue paper, thread
13" x 13 1/2" x 3" variable

Tower 2

Tower 2

Oil, pastel, tape, ticket on player piano music sheet
25" x 11" x 2"

Growth

Growth

Mixed media
48" x 36"

Oil, film, plaster and mixed media on shaped canvas
size 40" x 30" (variable)

Question of interdependence (side 1)

Question of interdependence (side 1)

Oil and mixed media
24" x 18"

Question of interdependence

Question of interdependence

Oil and mixed media
24" x 18"

Oil and mixed media
6" x 12" (variable)

Mixed media (Oil, tape, pastel, netting, thread, collage)
20" x 16"

Always Present

Always Present

Mixed Media on paper
40" x 30"

Mixed Media on assembled paper
46" x 30"

Constructor

Constructor

Mixed Media on assembled paper
7' x 9'

Kiva

Kiva

Mixed Media
46" x 34"

Communication

Communication

Mixed Media on watercolor paper
46" x 34"

Mixed media on paper
20" x 16"

Presence of the bat

Presence of the bat

Mixed media
Size: variable

Birdman

Birdman

Mixed Media on paper
50" x 36"

Mixed Media on canvas
54" x 33"

Doorman

Doorman

Mixed Media on antique barn door
76" x 42"

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