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. For the record, unlike the previous mandala images, there is no photo manipulation of these images: it's just straight up point-and-shoot.
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| Tree of Life, 2019, Wrightwood659, Chicago, Illinois
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| Blue Hand, 2020, Artist's Residence, Chicago, Illinois
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| Filled With Light, 2014, New Year's Eve, Copenhagen, Denmark
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| Behemoth, 2008, Katzen Art Center, American University, Washington, DC
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| Squash, 2016, Kohler Art Museum, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
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| Sarcophagus, 2014, Danish National Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
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| Scrambled Hearts, 2021, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, Illinois
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| Underwater, 2021, Artist's Residence, Chicago, Illinois
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| Block Head, 2022, Artist's Residence, Chicago, Illinois
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