I find the egalitarian aspect of the yearbook format liberating. Every person get exactly equal treatment - race, religion, sex, nationality, popularity- none of these factors change the simple black and white pic that is your final representation. I especially love that this Baltimore yearbook seems to be incredibly diverse with sikh students, girls with huge Farrah flips & guys with amazing, carved M.C Hammer hair. It showcases the best side of Baltimore's multi-cultural population in the 1980's.

This series ws done on all oil paint on 10"x10" canvases 

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My performance work centers on contextual audience based installations. Without the participants the work could not exist. There is often an element of emotional catharsis. Be it the unburdening of a secret pain, desire to give love or the gift of a moment of peace, it is this recognition of the connection and commonality of all people that resonates for me. It may be said that the true subject of this work is the human heart and that the time at which the piece is created is only the beginning of it's full existence.

Love Letters is an interactive performance piece. The audience comes to our table stocked with glittering writing supplies to create a Love Letter to an anonymous individual: someone who loves stars
tall, dark and hamster
drunk redhead guy
blonde athlete drinker

Our fleet of fully costumed mail carriers then head off to find the intended recipient. With illuminated hats and fuzzy mailbags, they bellow out in search of said recipient who is spotted & a Love Letter is delivered! You have gotten an anonymous Love note- what could be better!

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My performance work centers on contextual audience based installations. Without the participants the work could not exist. There is often an element of emotional catharsis. Be it the unburdening of a secret pain, desire to give love or the gift of a moment of peace, it is this recognition of the connection and commonality of all people that resonates for me. It may be said that the true subject of this work is the human heart and that the time at which the piece is created is only the beginning of it's full existence.

A series of daylight observatories were constructed and participants invited to lie down & relax. Previously undiscovered constellations were viewed: chocolate disappointment, deer in headlights, handlebar mustache.... Many found themselves so absorbed and calmed by the new discoveries they drifted off to a meditative sleep in the middle of the crowd, Privacy in a public place.

6 Celestial of 3'x2'x3' were placed in a ring 20 feet in diameter.

My performance work centers on contextual audience based installations. Without the participants the work could not exist. There is often an element of emotional catharsis. Be it the unburdening of a secret pain, desire to give love or the gift of a moment of peace, it is this recognition of the connection and commonality of all people that resonates for me. It may be said that the true subject of this work is the human heart and that the time at which the piece is created is only the beginning of it's full existence

A survey of cell phone use (dependency, fear of cancer, dreams, intimacy) was conducted via said cell phones while portraits of the subjects were drawn. This project was done way back in 2007? Before we were fully addicted to our phones. Back when they were objects of consideration.

My performance work centers on contextual audience based installations. Without the participants the work could not exist. There is often an element of emotional catharsis. Be it the unburdening of a secret pain, desire to give love or the gift of a moment of peace, it is this recognition of the connection and commonality of all people that resonates for me. It may be said that the true subject of this work is the human heart and that the time at which the piece is created is only the beginning of it's full existence

In our society we're bombarded with messages on how to become the perfect you. It suggests that if youâ??re not living up to your fullest potential, you are a disappointment, a failure.
The great American myth is that anyone can grow up to be president. If you have the dedication & willpower, you can be anything. Luckily, if you donâ??t have the strength to do it on your own, there's a host of people waiting for you to pay them to tell you just how to do it.

Inspirational Soundhenge is culled from my collection of found self help tapes. These were found in the trash & thrift stores- where I'm sure the now successful business people of America had deposited them. There actually is some good advice on these tapes, but also mysterious tidbits as "A marriage has eyes, but also eyelids"?

The full effect of the white noise from all this inspiration coming at once is alternately peaceful and terrifying. The sound may soothe as waves on a shore until Susan Powter calls out to "stop the insanity!".

My performance work centers on contextual audience based installations. Without the participants the work could not exist. There is often an element of emotional catharsis. Be it the unburdening of a secret pain, desire to give love or the gift of a moment of peace, it is this recognition of the connection and commonality of all people that resonates for me. It may be said that the true subject of this work is the human heart and that the time at which the piece is created is only the beginning of it's full existence.