THE DIS/CONNECT SERIES
This series is a single portrait of humanness. The printed image under the paint is from a life-sized full-body woodblock I carved over a period of six weeks. This means that the base of each piece is the same, such that the series can be read as being images of the same woman repeated, experiencing different things. Yet the eyes of each are painted from a different model, allowing each piece to be read individualistically. The eyes are painted shut, dreaming, and these dreams can be seen, floating above their heads. The dream imagery can be contrasted with the image drawn over their hearts, which may or may not compliment the other. The disconnect between what they dream of and what they carry in their hearts is a literal one, with each being on a separate canvas. The relationship between the images reveals a range of contentment, from blissfully ready for life to having given up on life all together. At some point, likely everyone experiences at least a moment of all of these different emotions and stages. Life is a bumpy cycle that we cannot help but participate in.
This series is a single portrait of humanness. The printed image under the paint is from a life-sized full-body woodblock I carved over a period of six weeks. This means that the base of each piece is the same, such that the series can be read as being images of the same woman repeated, experiencing different things. Yet the eyes of each are painted from a different model, allowing each piece to be read individualistically. The eyes are painted shut, dreaming, and these dreams can be seen, floating above their heads. The dream imagery can be contrasted with the image drawn over their hearts, which may or may not compliment the other. The disconnect between what they dream of and what they carry in their hearts is a literal one, with each being on a separate canvas. The relationship between the images reveals a range of contentment, from blissfully ready for life to having given up on life all together. At some point, likely everyone experiences at least a moment of all of these different emotions and stages. Life is a bumpy cycle that we cannot help but participate in.