Evictions...Portfolio research

A couple of years ago I was a property preservation specialist for foreclosed bank owned homes. 

I created a brief video of photos from two evictions we did. These were evictions that did not involve the people still living there. I did not include all photos but enough to get the idea. We would enter the property with a cop photograph personal belongings and their removal. We would then place personal belongings on the curb and have to return 2 days later and remove any items that were still on the curb. We also would do a complete damage report and bid to fix damages and bid to remove hazardous materials. 

Transparent...

I arranged bottles from transparent to opaque.

I made my ear transparent by putting a straw in it.

I dressed in transparent clothing, fishnets and lace, for class.

Portfolio progress...

So far I am in the process of locating and sorting photos from my past job as a property preservation specialist. In that job we did evictions, lock changes, cleaning and maintaining foreclosed bank owned properties.  I have found some pictures and am still sorting to create a mini digital journey of some of the things I experienced in that line of work.

What I want to experience is the process of making art. It is vital in my work and the reason I make art is that moment or span of time when the work consumes me and all things, problems, stress, worries in the world fade. I am less concerned with the final product but it becomes a pleasant surprise in the end if the final result is aesthetically pleasing or conveys a message.

I enjoy making organic forms as well as using natural and industrious materials. As far as what I want my work to visually communicate I am not sure.

Things, people, places I feel connected to:


The Ocean- (photos I took in Key West) 

Artist- (all images from google images)

Tara Donovan-

Andy Goldsworthy-

M.C. Escher- 

I also feel very connected to Florida. Being Florida native and Spending my whole life here Florida is a part of me. I love nature, natural things, the ocean, and helping protect it. I try to live by the motto my dad always said when we went camping: "Leave it cleaner than when we got here." 

  

 

Making a mark with scratching....using Dogs!

Making a mark using gravity...

My previous works

 This was a tower built of toothpicks, 19" tall. Made of Toothpicks and  wood glue.

 Abstract screen print on black paper.

 Jellyfish screen printed on abstract spray paint background on paper.

 Abstract sculpture made of wood and wire touching base of nature vs. industrial.

 Altered book sculpture, Books dipped in house paint stacked together held by wooden dowels and drizzled with clear epoxy.

 close-up of one of the books.

Close-up of structure of bottle cap painting. 

Bottle cap painting/replica of Van Gogh's Starry Night, bottle caps and hot glue on wood panel, in proportion to the original painting.

Another close up of bottle caps.