MATERIAL ISSUES
Use of magazine ad slogans as a point of departure and deconstruction.
Collage resources from vintage books. Mounted on wood and meticulously hand cut with a scroll saw.
A look on life from the mundane to the profound and how as humans we are searching for meaning where often there is none.
TRUST YOUR INTUITION
THE SHAPE YOU WANT TO BE IN
2018
‘Pop-Up’ collage on hand cut wood, plastic, image transfer, repurposed ad slogan, polyurethane
17” x 24” x 7”
2017
‘Pop-Up’ collage on hand cut wood
15” x 29 ½” x 6”
A PROMISE WELL KEPT
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A GROWN MAN CRY?
2017
‘Pop-Up’ collage on hand cut wood, plastic, new and found wood, repurposed ad slogan, polyurethane
12” x 10 ¼” x 4”
2016
‘Pop-Up’ collage on hand cut wood, plastic, metal, image transfer, new and found wood, repurposed ad slogan, polyurethane
17 ½” x 18 ½” x 5 ½”
The Difference Between Wondering and Knowing
The Elements of Anxiety
2013
‘Pop-Up’ collage on hand cut wood, plastic
44” x 41 ” x 8”
2013
‘Pop-Up’ collage on hand cut wood, plastic, wood frames, repurposed ad slogan, polyurethane.
10” x 5 ¼ ” x 10” x 4”
IT’S WORTH A DOUBLE TAKE
KEEP LIFE SIMPLE
2012
‘Pop-Up’ collage on hand cut wood, plastic
17” x 24” x 7”
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2011
‘Pop-Up’ collage on hand cut wood
15” x 29 ½” x 6”
What are you made of?
Live Beautifully
2010
‘Pop-Up’ collage on hand cut wood
9 ⅜” x 5 ⅛” x 6”
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2010
‘Pop-Up’ collage on hand cut wood
10 ½” x 12” x 5”
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Actually, falling in love is quite easy
Appropriately Complex
2009
‘Pop-Up’ collage on hand cut wood
10 ¾” x 20 ¼” x 6 ¼”
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2009
‘Pop-Up’ collage on hand cut wood
31" x 41 ¾“ x 6 ½”
Master of Complications
We Can do What Others Cant
2007
‘Pop-Up’ collage on hand cut wood
33" x 27 ½” x 4"
2006
‘Pop-Up’ collage on hand cut wood
10 ½” x 22" x 6 ¼“
I Am Unique
LIFE IS TICKING
2007
‘Pop-Up’ collage on hand cut wood
6 ¾” x 10” x 4 ½”
2005
‘Pop-Up’ collage on hand cut wood, clock
8 ½” x 9" x 4”
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