Columbia University Application - Assistant Professor of Visual Arts
Painting
The Ear Project
32” x 60”
Oil on panel mounted on PVC board
Just Above the Fireplace
oil on canvas
16” x 52”
Wreath V
oil on canvas
16” x 16”
Wreath IV
oil on canvas
16” x 16”
Cesspuglio
oil on canvas
5’ x 6’
Here
oil on canvas
30” x 24”
Movement
oil on panel
24” x 38”
You First
oil on panel
30” x 30”
Rock, Paper, Scissors, Shoot
oil on canvas
47” x 36”
Goodbye Kiss
oil on panel
36” x 36”
Trust Fall
oil on panel
30” x 24”
Trust Fall Detail
Hold Still
oil on panel
30” x 24”
Choices
oil on panel
30” x 24”
Choices Detail
Hold Still
oil on panel
30” x 24”
We’re In It Together
oil on panel
20” x 16”
Friends
oil on panel
20” x 16”
Susan’s, Not Mine
oil on panel
20” x 16”
Drawing / Anatomy
graphite on paper
8” x 10”
graphite on paper
8” x 10”
Nope
graphite on shellac coated paper
16” x 12.25”
Graphite on shellac coated paper
9” x 9”
Boop-Oop-a-Doop
Graphite, white chalk and gauche on shellac coated paper
12” x 10.25”
Last One Standing
graphite and white chalk on shellac-coated arches paper
30” x 22”
Waiting
graphite and white chalk on shellac-coated arches paper
22” x 30”
Figure Study
graphite and white chalk on shellac-coated paper
20” x 15.75”
Sitting on Strength
charcoal on shellac coated paper
60” x 40”
Sculpture
They Were Not Saints
Magic Sculpt, Acqua Resin, Fabric
Bridging exact physicality and symbolism, The Tale of Two Lovers shows the physical presence of the ear portrait in combination with narrative symbology. Like the exactness of a death mask, the female and male ear casts act as a metonym for the two figures who are laid facing each other on a hand-sewn cushion. They are meant to reference the many saints’ body parts that appear as relic objects in Catholic churches. To further enhance this connection, they are presented in an ornate and antiqued box that is embellished with flowers. In a progression from the front, back and finally top, it tells a tragic love story of the two individuals laid to rest within the box. Starting with iris on the front to symbolize purity, then progressing to jasmine to show impatience of love, it moves onto ivy, buttercups, sunflowers, and finally blackberries to show persistence of desire, dangers of excess riches, joy and sorrow or ill-fortune.
Here to Help
Mixed media: wood, arches paper, yarn, thread, lavander
Here to Help is an artist book meant to act as a source of comfort for those lost in life. Inside the handmade box exist three books to help those in need of Direction, Love and Comfort. The viewer is asked to spend time with the books alone and find solace in the vastness when one keeps moving forward, a soft lavender hug and the truth and humor in a broken heart.
These images highlight work produced during my Fulbright experience in 2017 and 2018. I made a series of marionettes and sent them out into the city to interact with the surrounding community. They represented the separation between physical appearance and character, taking on the physical form of the puppeteer and yet a nature of their own through movements and gestures.
Printmaking
