Utopian Fantasies, 2020
9” x 12”
Photo transfer, acrylic, plastic bags, paper pulp
Image Description: A photo transfer on rectangular-shaped paper pulp with plastic bag inclusions. The photo transfer features a floral-printed couch left outside on a street curb. The couch appears wet. Yellow brush strokes forming a couch-like shape are painted directly above the image of the couch.
Self Peel, 2020
9” x 12”
Plastic bag, dried cast iron plant leaf, Crest White Strips wrapper, razor cover, plastic seal, tea wrapper, paper pulp
Image Description: Violet-tinted paper pulp in a rectaular shape features toiletry item inclusions
You Should Consolidate, 2020
9” x 12”
Acrylic, ink, pen, coffee cup sleeve, image transfer, clothing tag, billing statements, paper pulp
Image Description: Yellow paper pulp in a rectangular form featuresfragments of billing statements, a clothing tag, and a coffee cup sleeve, an image transfer of a woman taking a selfie in a mirror, and a Sofi loans ad surrounded by a frame of thick rainbow-marbled paint. Text incorporated into this assemblage reads “:U SHOULD” and “consolidate”
Life’s a B*$&h, John, 2020
9” x 12”
Acrylic, magazine collage, ink, photo transfer, plastic bags, and paper pulp
Image Description: Rectangular-shaped paper pulp features a painted, phallic shape protuding from a rectangular, shiny collage piece adhired with white paint to the paper. Behind this palic shape is a photo transfer image of the leftovers and dishes from a patio meal, in addition to collaged is imagery of old, colonial homes. Pen scribbles on the border of the piece, with doodles of golf balls write “it’s 5 o’clock somewhere”. Words collaged from a magazine include “Scottish golf courses…expensive bourbon….historic battlegrounds”.
Azalea Belles, 2020
Acrylic, ink, pen, magazine, bottle caps, dried leaves, sticks, ribbon, paper pulp. Side-note: Azalea Belles were teenage girls selected by the Cape Fear Garden Club to pose in historic gardens in Antebellum-era dresses during the Azalea Festival in Wilmington, NC up until this racist tradition ended in 2020.
Image Description: Imagery incorporated into this paper pulp collage includes magazine photos of old colonial houses, the NC State flag held up by a charred twig, photos of pink azaleas, a swatch of sample gray house paints, and a cut-out of flashy white teeth from a man from a smiling local dentist. The center of the piece has a cut-out of the word “Preservation” from a local Wilmington-area magazine.