My current work deals primarily with relationships between the absurd and sublime through the subject of animal portraiture. I am most recently working on a series of painted bird portraits, ranging from the accustomed representations of beauty to the everyday and overlooked. The subjects are set amidst backdrops often representative of landscapes, however they are not fully integrated into their environment, creating a tension between realism and the illusion of a spacelessness. I work with traditional use of oil mediums, glazes, and gilded and carved wood, emphasizing the history of the icon and the use of the gaze. I am proposing an intrigue into the procurement of a fictional identity while drawing reference to imperialist portraiture, and rococo romanticism.
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