Pictures In Our Home
2015Pictures In Our Home is a series of small, one-to-one replicas of photographs that my partner and I have framed in our home. The photographs retain memories of past moments that once framed become objects in a home, much like furniture. These intimate objects become artifacts to a life lived with the drawings activated by materials like clear gloss medium and gold leaf to suggest their original references. In particular, these materials sentimentally signify queer memories in a liminal state of suspension. These references to archived materials further illustrate the emotive states we find ourselves in around nostalgia and memory.
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When We Got Drunk The Night Before My Graduation in 2012, 2015, Graphite, gold leaf, and acrylic on paper
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When We Went To Austin, TX in 2013, 2015, Graphite, gold leaf, and acrylic on paper
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When We Went To The Ft. Worth Modern Museum in 2014, 2015, Graphite, gold leaf, and acrylic on paper