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Selfies

The human form has long been of interest to visual artists, especially as material for self-portraits. However, in the age of the digital camera with its products readily available to social media platforms, the predominant self-portrait is the insidious "selfie," a hastily composed self-referential image. With this in mind, I've tried to create a different type of self image, one that merges foreground and background creating more of a "trace" of myself than anything else. But in creating that trace, I also hope to create something that is more longlasting than the commonplace selfie. Click on thumbnail to enlarge.

 



Shirt Man

Shirt Man, 2022. Artist's Backyard, Chicago, Illinois. 

 



Tree of Life

Tree of Life, 2019. Wrightwood 659, Chicago, Illinois.

 



Trace

Trace, 2020. Artist's Home, Chicago, Illinois.

 



Filled With Light

Filled With Light, 2014. New Year's Eve, Copenhagen, Denmark.

 



Behemoth

Behemoth, 2008. Katzen Art Center, American University, Washington, DC.

 



Squash

Squash, 2016. Kohler Art Museum, Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

 



Sarcophagus

Sarcophagus, 2014. Danish National Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark.

 



Underwater

Underwater, 2021. Artist's Home, Chicago, Illinois.

 



Scrambled Hearts

Scrambled Hearts, 2021. Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, Illinois.

 



Brainstorm

Headache, 2022. Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin.

 



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