Currently, I am investigating notions of violence and beauty through the links between spiritual symbolism and warfare. This is brand new work and there will be more writing to come on it.

This project analyzes content derived from violent entertainment. By reworking film stills extracted from Hollywood war films and blood-sport entertainment, 24 Frames decontextualizes fast-paced action and addresses our cultural fascination with violence.

Carcass is an exploration into seduction and repulsion in imagery. In this image, various animal parts taken from nature movies are recombined into a roughly hewn digital reconstruction that is delicately embellished with oil paint. This project imbues photographic realism with romantic allure.

Montage shows an experience that requires an explanation. There is, however, no before or after for the viewer and no refuge like that created by one’s conscience. Understanding can only be sought after in the expression of the model’s face, intentionally rendered mute and unexpressive.

This series explores the qualitative difference between a magazine photograph and an established work of art. In this project I identify fashion photographs borrowing motifs from historically prominent paintings and transform them back into a likeness of the original. By repainting the photographs I address notions of authorship and the role the media plays in the distribution and translation of our cultural heritage.