Connect/Disconnect
2022
Wood, Ink, Plastic, Copper, Oil Pastel, Yarn, Sod
75 x 12 x 45
Connect/Disconnect (Detail)
2022
Wood, Ink, Plastic, Copper, Oil Pastel, Yarn, Sod
75 x 12 x 45
Connect/Disconnect (Detail)
2022
Wood, Ink, Plastic, Copper, Oil Pastel, Yarn, Sod
75 x 12 x 45
Pieta: Thoughts & Prayers
2022
Wood, Ink, Yarn, Bullets, Stuffed Animals, Plastic Figurines
55 x 30 x 80

As a school teacher who spends quality time in closets practicing dying or being a “hero”, the Uvalde shooting was the final catalyst to create a work that is a visceral reaction to the epidemic gun violence in the country, of school shootings and the shallow offering of “thoughts & prayers”. This work reflects the socio-political tragic dilemma that exists with gun ownership in America.  While my work is not always directly connected to particular socio-political issues, this work represents a not so subtle primal wailing with regards to the atrocities that go on in mass shootings throughout the country.  Although I am not religious, this work references Michelangelo's Pieta in that Mary’s loss of Jesus may evoke an understanding of our universal loss every time we encounter these tragedies. It is a shrine to the gun owners, a shrine to the loss of life that needs to be visceral.  The act of destroying children's toys was difficult, the toys represent the loss of a loved thing, both the children themselves and the things they love.

Pieta: Thoughts & Prayers (Detail)
2022
Wood, Ink, Bullets, Yarn, Stuffed Animals, Plastic Figurines
55 x 30 x 80
Pieta: Thoughts & Prayers (Detail)
2022
Wood, Ink, Bullets, Yarn, Stuffed Animals, Plastic Figurines
55 x 30 x 80
Pieta: Thoughts & Prayers (Detail)
2022
Wood, Ink, Bullets, Yarn, Stuffed Animals, Plastic Figurines
55 x 30 x 80
Pieta: Thoughts & Prayers (Detail)
2022
Wood, Ink, Bullets, Yarn, Stuffed Animals, Plastic Figurines
55 x 30 x 80
Bans Off My Body
2022
Wood, Ink,Tulle, Cotton, Metal
80 x 12 x 1.5
Bans Off My Body (Detail)
2022
Wood, Ink,Tulle, Cotton, Metal
80 x 12 x 1.5
Bans Off My Body (Detail)
2022
Wood, Ink, Tulle, Cotton, Metal
80 x 12 x 1.5