Vanity of the Senses

My work aims to directly engage prevalent images of consumption drawn from our popular media culture, especially as they relate to gender, beauty, and material desire. Sources for these paintings include magazines such as, “House Beautiful”, “Better Homes and Gardens”, “Vogue”, “Cosmopolitan”, and “Glamour” to name a few. In assembling fragments from these sources into complex compositions and ultimately reconfiguring these images, I hope to stage an experience that calls into question the messages these media images perpetuate including the seemingly insatiable appetite for all to be happier, save more money, be more beautiful, appear more fashionable, and live in a more splendidly appointed environment.