“Visual Linguistics” and post millennialist mythologies

Artist statement In my work, “Visual Linguistics” and post millennialist mythologies: the potential manifestations for holiness. I transform everyday people into characters of romantic and fantastical works of modern mythology, collaborating with models from virtually all walks of life–from doctors to sex workers, actors, and other artists. Through extensive post-production, I place them into settings of epic proportion. Most of my subjects are seen through an objectifying gaze, others as archetypes, some being hyper-masculine, others being characters in novels or plays, allowing them to be vulnerable and show emotions. I also like to explore gender and body types and on occasion the idea of alien and cross-species integration into the human form. To form the backgrounds, I combine fragments of paintings with photographs of the models I work with. This blending of elements creates an otherworldly effect and makes the models often appear godlike. Each image has an indeterminate narrative quality, which allows viewers to emotionally connect to the work and give it its final shape. The work exists between painting and photography, influenced equally by artists in both disciplines.