My thesis show was on display from
December 7-11, 2012, at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art in New Paltz NY.
It took 4 1/2 years but I am finally graduating. The work in this album
took a year for me to create.. going through trial and error to finally
execute everything as I envisioned them in my head. The death masks are
symbolic of remembrance and were a way for me to document some of the
animals I work with. The coyote and deer display the cyclical connection
between life and death and growth from decomposition; displaying mosses
and ferns growing from the bellies of the animals. The word cannulated
references cannulated cows or cows with windows in them. Cannulation is a
process in which surgical incisions are made into the cow's stomach in
order to study the animal's digestion. It is commonly done at colleges
and universities with agricultural studies programs. Recreating this
process in my own way, I was able to create an internalized structure to
house the mosses and ferns. Literally having it growing and thriving
inside the mounted animals.
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