Fine Art

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 My sense of mortality and morality have been shaped by my studies of forensic anthropology. From these studies I learned the sensitivity of handling human remains and how to find the person within the bones. Therefore my bone works are crafted like a love letter to the people they once were. On the other hand, my figurative pieces are closer to an inner monologue describing my personal endeavors. My figurative and osteological pieces are meant to compound on each other - the toils of living to give stories back to the dead, and the resoluteness of death to give meaning to the adversities of life.

Trying to find the boundaries of what it means to be human influences my portrayal of both bone and the body.  If the vulnerable parts of someone are exposed, how much do you need to strip away before they are no longer considered a person? How much do you need to cover before someone is granted empathy?  I hope to bridge that gap between who ‘are’ people and who ‘were’ people.