Dream Sequins is the product of experimentation and a myriad of experiences. Each component of the ideation, construction and presentation calls on countless memories, moments in time, and my own understanding of the world around me. I sought to create a show that is both personal and accessible to others, while experimenting with materials in a sensually provocative way.
I build the initial foundations of my paintings out of party favors, discarded clothing, sequins, silk flowers, human hair, chicken bones, and whatever else I can get my hands on. I collect those objects and obsessively stitch them together into jam-packed assemblages that hang from the wall. I then coat the constructions with resin, syrup, and plastic, allowing those materials to further transform the paintings. Through this slow process of accumulation I create pieces that exist somewhere between painting, drawing and sculpture.
I am interested in making work that challenges those boundaries while exploring consumption, excess, and the strange relationship between attraction and repulsion. I am influenced by commercials from the 90s, Toddlers in Tiaras, dollar stores, and county fairs. It is my hope that this work, with its oozing, fleshy surface and shiny, pointy bits of plastic, hair, and bone seduces viewers into feeling that they are looking at something they shouldn't.