This series is an ongoing look at the intersection of what is considered 'Fine Art' and what is considered 'Arts and Crafts,' or folk art. It contains imagery pulled from the rich history of the women in my family, highlighting the differences between their work and my own. This comparison is done in the hopes of cultivating a conversation about female work in the arts regardless of perceived level.
A series sprung off of Mary’s Cakes, Mary on a Bicycle is an exploration of a singular image of my grandmother as a child with one of her siblings. The overlaid doily patterns were sourced from my aunt’s inheritance: from my great-grandmother, my grandmother, and my mother. These objects were then given to me. The images are also presented as one singular object in 5-red, 5- yellow, and 5-blue frames as “ABC Art Introduction” in the Ongoing work of Mary’s Cakes.
This is an ongoing work about the information contained within a digital iteration of a photograph, and what happens when that information is deliberately altered or fragmented. A singular moment hopes to engage the audience using these techniques to evoke a gut reaction- longing, wistfulness, anxiety, confusion- in the moment the audience views these works. This is in the attempt to more honestly portray those instances than a strict snapshot might have been able to.
An exploration of what happens when a photograph is removed from its original purpose- that of a business or school portrait- and altered in the hopes of creating art. These photos are momentary, and if they fail in an artistic pursuit, they will have nothing left, and will become benign and meaningless. Not unlike a high school yearbook.
This work is an attempt to reconcile the differences between self-identification and outsider identification. Focusing on 'characters' of friends, I attempt to create one whole being by collecting the different sides they each may present.
