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From Here To There Installation Bennington College
Wallpaper Installation
15 feet X 80 Feet
2011
From Here to There Instalation Detail
Wallpaper Installation
15 Feet X 80 Feet
2012
The Sin Funnel
Collaged Romance Novels, Acrylic and Resin on Panel
30"X 36"
2011
If Only One Kiss
Collaged Romance Novels, Acrylic and Resin on Panel
19" X 19"
2011
Dangerous Encounter
Collaged Romance Novels, Acrylic and Resin on Panel
24"X28"
2012
Girls WIll Be Girls
Collaged Romance Novels, Pin-up Magazines, Acrylic and Resin on Panel
19" X 19"
2012
Boys Will Be Boys
Collaged Romance Novels, 50s Mens Health Magazines, Acrylic and Resin on Panel
19" X 19"
2011
All I Want Is A Real Woman
Collaged Romance Novels, 50s \Pin-up Magazines, Acrylic and Resin on Panel
48" X 55.5"
2012
Ascent to the Stars
Collaged Romance Novels, Acrylic and Resin on Panel
24"X 28"
2011

These works use collaged ephemera, such as romance novels, fifties pin ups, and men’s health magazines to explore society’s fantasies and fascination with romance. The imagery challenges the viewer to consider the ideals promoted by these pulp publications, and to compare them with the realities of their own lives and the concepts of romantic love.

I see this as an opportunity to explore diverse avenues within my aesthetics. As Maslow's hierarchy of needs suggests, romantic love is frivolous, a flight of fancy. My visual interrogation of Maslow’s concept allows me the freedom to explore and create more playful compositional structures. At the same time, I remain focused on my investigations of masculine and feminine archetypes, and the roles these idealized men and women play within our fantasies.