Artist Statement

I work across media, exploiting the methods and materials of alternative photography, sculptural replication, and digital imaging. In part a response to throw-away culture and mass consumption, I use mechanical reproduction to question these industrial impulses. By replicating and then modifying consumer goods (and by photographing the results), I hope to give value and personal relevance to that which is mass produced. The resulting objects and images play out in multiple iterations as I continue the process of copying, marking, altering, and arranging them. Although my work does originate in these issues, my imagery is inspired by the sensual, visual, and visceral characteristics of the materials themselves.

Spring 2008