+Creature Show Red Delicious Press 9901 East 16th Avenue Aurora, CO 80010 Opening Reception: Friday, January 14th, from 6-8pm Exhibit Dates: January 14th-February 26th 2011
+Anderson Ranch Residency Anderson Ranch Art Center Snowmass Village, CO 81615 I have been awarded a residency at Anderson Ranch and you are invited to stop by and see the facility and my studio. Please contact me at feverishart@yahoo.com to schedule a viewing.
+My work is represented by the following galleries, please visit anytime: ++THE CROFT ART GALLERY 712 Austin Avenue Waco TX 76701
My artwork is based on personal memories and experiences that effect greater society and myself. By illustrating these memories in the form of wood engravings, events in my past have surfaced and my emotions surrounding the event have become definitive. Because my artwork is narrative, it is best expressed through a printmaking medium whose historical foundations were originally illustrative.
My prints depict memorable events in my life using self-portraiture paired with an animal image representative of a feeling, emotion or occasionally another being. I assign each emotion an animalistic form to better identify and clarify my own feelings, as well as to emote a visceral human reaction. By replacing a human sentiment with a creature, which is believed to have no realm of cognitive emotion, an interesting juxtaposition presents itself. I elevate the beast to a higher status by allowing it to be the emotion. The selection process of the animal is based on my own intuition, although general stereotypes and facts about the animal influence my decision.
By creating a personal narrative using my own image and that of an animal, my feelings surrounding an event become clearer. The small-scale black and white wood engravings, whose inherent illustrative qualities allude to storytelling, prove to be the best mediums to express myself.
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