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About this Project

My photographic and video exploration is a response to motherhood, interpersonal relationships, emotional identification, and a search for self. In my recent explorations I compose still-life portraits of small plastic toys and mass-produced objects. I consider them self-portraits, a reflection of my own identity. An examination of stereotype and myth, I call attention to the fracture between personal identity and accepted gender roles. The imagery I present reflects the repetitive simplicity of daily life through the placement of mass production alongside natural forms. My more recent research presents ideas through sound and video. These tableaus often include mythic symbolism and social context. They suggest our identification with media driven identity and mass culture through the use of inconsequential objects as metaphor. These observations reflect on the ever-increasing divisions within our pluralistic culture and are contrasted with our human connection to nature and biology. I am interested female personal identity in contrast to the stereotypes and ideals that are placed on us by external forces. How do we chose our life path and what forces come to play on our personal decisions?

About this Project

Often we accept the images and ideals projected in contemporary media. This work attempts to examine some of those messages.

About this Project

This series addresses the conflicts an nastiness that can sometimes be found in close female relationships. Mother to daughter, sister to sister, the close proximity often times allows us to speak in vicious and horrible ways. These images examine that intimate control.

About this Project

Our brains remix imagery and experience to create new meanings, fictional memories and possible conclusions. We replicate, inspect, reconsider, finally realizing that the meaning of our lives is bound up in the subtleties of everyday existence.