Portfolio

Paper Horses or Joss Papers traditionally were either talismans or sacred papers to be burned to honor the deceased. What was represented in the paper was a message or literally the physical thing that will accompany the dead to the afterlife. In my version, I make portraits of conditions of this life. The formats are influenced by traditional papers, however the talismans and communication are for this life.

MEDIUM AND SIZE: Series of works on paper. Drawn, painted, and/or burned on Asian paper.


a. Mixed-media drawing.	b. Mixed-media drawing.	b. Detail.	c. Installed view.

c. Detail	d. Mixed-media drawing.

a. Each Minute 24” x 25½” Gold burned onto paper and paper cut-outs. Format is like Chinese door gods. A portrait of the number of people born and dead each minute.

b. Malnourished 16½” x 18½” Drawing with incense. Multiply the number of dots and holes (6300) by 1,000,000 for the earth’s population. ½ of the world’s population is malnourished. This is represented in the drawing by singed versus burned holes.

c. Tea Vestiges
Used tea bags in a large grid.

d. Water 24” x 54” drawing and print represents that it takes 6.25 gallons of water to produce ¼ pound of wheat and 625 gallons of water to produce ¼ pound of meat (represented by quarter pounder hamburger).