Beginner Nudes
In Beginner Nudes, I transform discarded student figure paintings into immersive installations and still-life photographs that continue the original creative idea of painting — moving an abandoned impulse forward in time and giving it new life, meaning, and value.
About My Process
In this series, I reclaim and interpret the paintings and combine them with large-scale photographic prints, paint, fabric, natural elements, and hand-built wooden shapes that expand the paintings' narrative and context. Next, I construct an in-studio installation from the elements that is finally photographed.
The final presentation of the work integrates the built installations, paintings, and photos created in the process to illuminate the evolution of the image through a range of perspectives.
