a New Series
"placing Me"
a life told through
the release of 5 Horses
each Horse painted by bare hand,
no brushes.
a mixed media of treasured personal belongings will unbridle each Story off the perception of surface level knowledge.
the goal? confronting and accepting the recollection of my Life, securing and placing the moments that
made me.
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"If you can't be good, be good At it"
her dress.
divided into five pieces and secured to each horse,
The first horse, "if you can't be good be good at it," is named in honor of my late grandma Bea.
each time I left her house that's what she would say to me with a smirk and a smile.
she was born in the panhandle of Oklahoma. the Dust bowl was her start to life, on her own by age fourteen. She was the last of her entire family : both parents and 11 brothers and sisters.
despite what most would never survive she fiercely loved, and we all did our best to not only return that love but carry it forward with the same smirk and smile.
the details of
life in this piece
The note
Pinned to this dress for 70 years has been a message to my late father, Placed here she noted when she wore it. One of my utmost prized possessions will be divided and secured to each horse.
this Horse is covered in notes to me, as well as from me..but never delivered, until now.
torn from countless unfinished journals.
the head of the horse
here you'll find a shelf I kept after my home burnt. little to nothing salvageable, of the few items was this shelf my dad built me. I refused to let go of it...until now.
RBG
THE PROTOTYPE FOR MY 8FT "I DISSENT" RUTH BADER GINSBURG COLLAR. PIECE OF THE DRESS. MUSHROOM PROP FROM THE CINDERELLA SET I BUILT.
THERES AN ITEM FROM EVERY SET I'VE BUILT ON HERE.
ALL FRAMED FROM SQUARED TUBING ONCE A LIGHT CART AT SHAWNEE LITTLE THEATRE.
Always in my corner
Throughout college from beginning to end she bought all my art supplies, read each of my art history books, and never missed and a single one of my art openings.
from their pockets
a pocket knife of my Great Grand Grandmother's. A shotgun shell from my dad's pocket, after a hunt but just before his passing. tree stump was going to be a cake stand my dad was making. the rest could only be understood shouted from a rooftop.
HOPE
MANY PROPS FROM THE MOVIE "HOPE," COMING OUT THIS FALL.
I WAS THE PRODUCTION DESIGNER AND BUILT OUT SET. YOU'LL HAVE TO WATCH THE MOVIE TO SEE HOW MANY YOU CAN FIND ON HERE. THE BLUE TARP, TRULY TORN FROM MY HEART AND SOUL DURING MY SIX WEEKS OF SHOOTING.
