things havings beens goings ons

You know you want to wear one...

Work in progress for "House of Saints", Charcoal and pastel on paper, 18 by 24.

18 by 24 monotype from "The Hanscom Sisters". bus interior.

This is the current state of the multi-color lithograph, "August, Seven in the Morning" (heaven opened up but hell came down). This is the 8th color, halfway there?

I have been making litho masks. Last semester, I made a paper mache mold of my face, flattened it out, and traced the edges onto a litho stone so they are meant to fit the face. I've made three different ones so far, about seven of each. I want to make enough of them to completely fill one of the walls of my 301 studio.

just a few from "Hide and Go Seek" series

While noticing the world around me...

There seems to be a trend going on right now with young men in the realm of figure painting, portraits of serial killers is really vogue with the fellas right now, I haven't seen anyone younger than 28 doing this, so our age bracket. This is something that I have noticed over the last couple of years, the reach of this trend, of course, has even made its way to alumni and even some of the guys in my class. The most frequently used face is Ted Bundy's and then Manson, maybe Ed Gein, never saw Gacey. I think that is because both Bundy and Manson were very sexually charged and frustrated characters, there is also a level of misogyny (too many male painters are, most with not enough balls to come out and say it, but this is the world we live in).

So I was thinking…

I recently came to terms with my work and its relation o feminism. That is to say, my interest, conceptually, is placing women in their space and suspending them from their roles as women, and showing them as humans first. This often leads to figures in indeterminate locations and making them so vague the viewer wouldn’t even realize that he is looking at a woman. Good.

So I am going to have my own rebuttal to all of this boy’s club bullshit that brings us to….

Aileen Wuornos was executed in 2002 for the murder and robberies of seven men. Why her? Glad you asked. The ‘typical’ woman serial killer kills folks she knows, in their homes or hers, and kills by ways of stabbing, poisoning, or drowning. Not Aileen, she was a hooker and began killing her Johns in cold blood and stealing their cars- killing strangers outdoors in cold blood with a gun. The movie about her came out really soon after her execution, in the scene of her first victim, and according to her testimony in court, the first killing was in self-defense. A day or two before her execution, she admitted that the first victim was not self-defense at all. The movie had already been shot at this point; the producers were just waiting for her death before releasing the picture. She wasn’t some damsel in distress gone rogue, no black widow, she didn’t even like men, she was a killer, plain and simple.

works in progress and the frustration they entail

Your comments, criticisms, and suggestions are welcomed and needed.

w.i.p. 'the hanscom sisters, first of three"

"...second of three"

"...third of three"

W.I.P. madonna and marin

jessi as a huge mess

...and the only man I've ever loved.

Don't Worry...

'Betsy'

18 by 24 inches

Monotype

I know that I have been fooling around here, but trust me, there is plenty of 'serious' stuff going on too. Here is just one, much more to follow.

I knew it

This is an elephant, clearly.

This is a schematic for an octopus, you will know now that the eight tentacles are a lie.

This is a rabbit.

This, of course, is a cat.

Where I've been this whole time

Hi there, this is my actual studio. I still need a door, as you can see, I'm using an old painting instead from my impasto phase (good times).

I get shit every now and then for not working in the 301 or just always playing close to the vest in general. However, I have been interested in keeping a practice at home since sophomore year; my conviction is that if this is honestly the path in life that one chooses, the home studio should be a no-brainer (i.e., you shouldn't put your work away at the hardie, only work in school designated areas, and then go on with your life because THIS IS YOUR LIFE!!!! Well, at least it's mine) This room is also my bedroom, you don't see the mattress because I drag it out into the hallway in the morning and lay it back down to sleep at night.