I was given the opportunity to use the entire Project Gallery for my show. It's next door to the main gallery in the art building at Weber State University. When it came time to install, the space seemed bigger than I had imagined. After staring at the room and the work for a very long time, I knew I wanted to do drawings on the walls.
I hope the drawings reinforce the dialogue between the other pieces. Half way through the semester it wasn't clear to me why I was looking at grotesque photos of slaughtered cows and mutilated elephants and then using thread and referencing ribbon and fabric. But now I'm thinking we've always looked for ways to dress up our animals.
I couldn't be happier with the response I got from professors, fellow art students, family and those that were just confused and asked if I was a vegetarian.
If you'd like to check out the piece Motion Mandala click here. For images of the rest of my work from the show go to the 2011 link.
