Individual Artistic Practice

For years I've been interested in the physicality of relationship, the bodily dimension that frames the conceptual, psychological and emotional as we engage with others. 
This body of work explores this dimension. 

Materials matter a lot here as hog gut, a bodily matter, is cut, dried and reformed into large sheets. Pieces are cut from patterns and sewn together. 

NOTE: this page contains personal art. Social practice is on the home page. 
Especially Considering Exposure, hog intestine, silk thread, mixed media, size variable (life sized dress), 2006
The Gift, hog intestine, silk thread, rice paper,
​6 ft x 5 ft x 4 in.
Touching from the Inside Out, hog intestine, thread, iron, glycerine, rust, stones, plum bob and light, 8 ft x 7 ft x 7 ft, 2010
Touching from the Inside Out, (Details)
time seems long except for glass, hog gut, glass, mirror, 7 x 4 ft.
face to face, hog gut, steel, gold leaf, 5x6x2 ft. 
The StarWomb Project
This piece was informed by a collaboration with Astrophysicist, Daniel W. Savin. His research into the chemical reality that formed the first star, inspired the Star Womb Project.

click the link for the starwomb website. 
Starwomb Project, hand-made felt, sound and mixed media, 10 ft x 10 ft x 10 ft., 2011
You are There, Like my Skin, hog intestine, 5 Chanel audio, vintage speaker, size variable (c. 72x72x 48")
Reading Bodies, Altered Books, mixed media, size variable. 2006-2013
Reading Bodies, altered books with mixed media, sizes variable, 2008-13
video, performance and sound


Mending Broken Hearts consists of the video documentation and artifact from a performance. After the death of a mutual friend, another artist and I pressed ourselves together after painting ourselves with latex. We grieved our loss, reminisced, and kept our hearts together for 2+ hours as an assistant poured additional latex between our bodies. 
The final installation contains two videos of the performance and the latex piece.


Marvin and Me was a performance that was both personal and political.  
Mending Broken Hearts, latex, 2 videos, false wall, dimensions variable. 2008
Above: installation shot.
​Below: sample video
Getting it Right,​ video, exhibited on CRT TV and projection, 2011
Marvin and Me, performance, sound, crushed velvet, size variable. 2005
(in this performance I dance the duration of the exhibition, 3-4 hours to "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye. The sound is coming through the headphones so other can dance with me when they wear the headphones too. Otherwise, it looks like I'm dancing to nothing. 
drawing. painting. mixed media. 

drawing and painting have been essential aspects of my practice. 
Love Letter to Akil and Abu Ali, gouache and graphite on Rives with plum bobs and plexiglas, 90 x 82 x 60" 2016
Excavation​, charcoal on rives, 42" x 63", 2008

Excavation, charcoal on rives, 42" x 90", 2007
untitled, from a painting a day, oil on canvas, 30x30"
Untitled, from the excavation series, charcoal, oil and wax on Rives mounted to board, 44"x 60", 2004
bodies have material outcomes, cyanotype, charcoal, wax, 30 x 40" 2006