Wood, metal, thread (2017)
Collaboration with romy owens
Site-specific installation for the IAO Gallery Juried Members Show, January 20-February 11, 2017
Jurors: Crystal Z. Campbell, Donald Longcrier, Ernesto Sanchez
Wood, metal, thread, paint, light (2017)
Collaboration with romy owens
Commissioned by Downtown OKC, Inc. Located in the Underground, the pedestrian tunnels beneath downtown. The Golden Hour is in the pink tunnel, between Continental Resources and the Sheraton Hotel. Click for map.
The Golden Hour, that fleeting moment at dawn and dusk when the light is perfect and everything is hopeful. This piece captures that moment in an underground tunnel, where you normally have no access to sunlight. The primary material here - thread - was selected for its ability to respond and adapt to the uneven qualities inherent to this subterranean space. As pedestrians pass through the tunnel, the thread offers a reference point for their location. Although it may not be apparent at first, the bottom edge of the thread is a level line, stretching from near the ceiling at one end, to near the floor at the other.
The shadowbox series has developed as an extension of the Paper Stories series. The miniature worlds created for Paper Stories are typically only meant to last long enough to capture in a photograph. The shadowboxes are created to be more permanent, allowing me to share the paper constructions themselves.
The images in these constructions are cut from old books and magazines, most destined to become trash. They are assembled in the shadowboxes similar to a collage, but with additional depth between each image layer.
Hand-cut paper, pins, black velvet in shadowbox, 2016, 12" x 12"
For Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition's 12x12 Art Fundraiser 2016
Sideview detail of shadowbox construction
Hand-cut paper, thread, pins, black velvet in shadowbox, 2017, 12" x 12"
Hand-cut paper, thread, pins, black velvet in shadowbox, 2017, 12" x 12"
Hand-cut paper, pins, black velvet in shadowbox, 2015, 12" x 12"
For Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition's 12x12 Art Fundraiser 2015
Hand-cut paper, thread, pins, black velvet in shadowbox, 2016, 12" x 12"
For Planned Parenthood of Central OK CHOICES 2016 Fundraiser
Hand-cut paper, pins, black velvet in shadowbox, 2015, 10" x 10"
For The Metro Wine Bar & Bistro's Refreshing the Palette
These images tell a story, though not the whole story. They are a single frame cut from an imaginary tale.
Images are created using traditional black & white photography techniques, with medium or large format cameras. The scenes are constructed of paper imagery cut from discarded books or magazines.
Traditional black & white photography
Traditional black & white photography
Traditional black & white photography
Traditional black & white photography
Traditional black & white photography
Traditional black & white photography
The Company You Keep is an exhibition featuring portraits of a group of the dearest of friends. Each artist created a portrait of the others in the circle of friends, as well as a self-portrait.
November 15, 2013-January 4, 2014
Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
Exhibition with Bonnie Allen, Jennifer Barron, Lori Oden, Romy Owens, and Stephanie Ruggles Winter.
"Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends." -Virginia Woolf, "The Waves," 1931
These images each tell a story, though not the whole story. They are a single frame, cut from an imaginary tale. By emphasizing defining qualities in my friends they’ve become characters in these stories. The images in this series are a collage of sorts – the components are found in discarded books and magazines, then reassembled to create a completely new image. These new scenes are photographed using traditional black and white photography techniques.
Acrylic Mounted Photograph from B&W Negative
20” x 30”
Acrylic Mounted Photograph from B&W Negative
20” x 30”
Acrylic Mounted Photograph from B&W Negative
20” x 30”
Acrylic Mounted Photograph from B&W Negative
20” x 30”
Acrylic Mounted Photograph from B&W Negative
20” x 30”
Acrylic Mounted Photograph from B&W Negative
20” x 30”
This series of photographs was captured on film using a Diana F+ camera.
Commissioned by Curbside Chronicle/Homeless Alliance for annual Wrap Up Homelessness. Image produced as part of artist-designed wrapping paper sets.
Commissioned by Urban Land Institute of Oklahoma City as a gift for outgoing board president Blair Humphreys.
The imagery incorporated into this piece is inspired by the work Mr. Humphreys is doing in developing the Wheeler District. The bear, in the foreground, represents the area's past as the site of the zoo. A plane flies in the sky to reference the land's most recent use as the airpark. In the slightly-out-of-focus distance is the ferris wheel, representing the vision for the future. Created by local artist Kelsey Karper, the image is made by remixing found imagery pulled from discarded books and magazines to create a new scene, which is then photographed using traditional black and white photography techniques.