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“The work in this exhibit includes work from the last four years. During this time I have been looking at images of Americana: doll collections, gun collections, antique furniture, clothing patterns, model home kits, yearbooks, toys, etc.. Perhaps as an instinctive response to try to make sense of our current culture by looking back. Or maybe, to find connections that may explain why our history seems so present and unresolved.

My creative life has been most influenced by my childhood and the injustices that I felt in the two areas that dominated during that time: my home life and my Catholic school education. The social dynamics of these two realms overlap in ways that fuel my desire to bring to light abuses of power. My work addresses social concerns, often pertaining to children, animals and others in powerless positions that are susceptible to manipulation.

Houses and clothing are reoccurring images in this body of work. They allow me to address issues of being human without the presence of a specific person. They are intimate representations of those that I know and those that I do not. They are sacred spaces of joy and pain.”