Golden

Wow and Flutter: Noiseless, 2011-2012
player piano roll paper, typewriter, metal, and table

A golden era, a golden voice, a golden opportunity... such a glorious adjective yields visions of success, warmth, and opportunity.  In these artworks, the use of color contributes to the explorations of perceived value that is either sought after or has been lost.

Daily Soaps, 2001-2006
steel, cast bronze, cast fiberglass, wood, cast soap, and water

As the soaps are used and the words disappear, the bronze cast soap dishes patina while the water gets cloudy which darkens the shadows below the fiberglass sinks.  

Trophy Girls, 2002
cast hydrocal, styrofoam, paint, and fabric
each trophy girl 3.5"x 5"x 1.5"  installation 4' x 9'x 9'

Installed in the Race St. Gallery In Space, 
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan