Happy Birthday to my big bro!

Go Pape Panthers!, hand-cut paper, 5 layers, 8 x 8 inches, 2015

Untitled (cadet), hand-cut paper, 5 layers, 4.25 x 3.5 inches, 2014

Untitled (shrine), hand-cut paper, 5 layers, 3.5 x 4 inches, 2014

1911

1911, hand-cut paper, 6 layers, on wood panel, 30 x 24 inches, 2013

1911, hand-cut paper, 6 layers, on wood panel, 30 x 24 inches, 2013

(detail)

Ape study

Ape Study, hand-cut paper, 4 layers,
on wood panel, 8 x 10 inches, 2013

Been thinking about different imagery for my Dawn/Dilapidation project, and the various directions in which this theme can deviant... ideas are blossoming...

Muse

Muse, hand-cut paper, 4 layers, diptych, 50 x 19 inches (each panel 25 x 19 inches), 2013

Crâne de chèvre au crépuscule (Goat skull at dusk)

Crâne de chèvre au crépuscule (Goat skull at dusk),
hand-cut paper, 3 layers, 19 x 25 inches, 2013

Baphomet Taraxacum

Baphomet Taraxacum, hand-cut paper, 4 layers, 19 x 25 inches, 2013

Baphomet Taraxacum, hand-cut paper, 4 layers, 19 x 25 inches, 2013 (detail)

This piece is a tribute to Georgia O'Keefe. Goat skulls and flowers, ever more. 

Doily #3 (Owls and Arrows)

Doily #3 (Owls and Arrows), hand-cut paper, 19 x 19 inches, 2013 

Doily #2 (Howling Wolves)

Doily #2 (Howling Wolvea), hand-cut paper, 19 x 19 inches, 2013

A New Piece!

Untitled (mountain goats), hand-cut paper, 5 layers, 25 x 19 inches, 2013

World's Fair #4

World's Fair #4, cut-out on vintage wrapping paper, 40 x 15 inches, 2013

New addition to the World's Fair series. This piece was made specifically for a private collector. Good times!

Doily #1 (Trees and Crows)

Doily #1 (Trees and Crows), hand-cut paper, 8 x 8 inches, 2012

It has often crossed my mind that the craft of my work resembles that of a handmade doily. So, that is another territory that I wanted to play with --what would my rendition of a doily look like? For now, this piece is 8 x 8 inches, in an edition of 7. I am currently working on a 19 x 19 inch version. I want to make a really large doily, because I am fancy like that. 

JUMP

Jump, hand-cut paper, 3 layers, 8x8 inches, 2012

Auschwitz (2)

Untitled (Auschwitz 2), hand-cut paper, 4 layers, 30.5x18 inches,
2 panels (left panel 22x18 inches, right panel 8.5x 18 inches), 2012

This is another piece based on a photograph that I took at Auschwitz. The panel in this room reads as follows: The police prisoners (polizeihaftung) who were to be judged by the summary court, were put on the ground floor of barrack 11. They were not the inmates of the camp but of gestapo from Katowice, the victims of Nazi terror in occupied Poland. Most frequently they were sentenced to death, rarely to be put in KL Auschwitz.

Mother Superior

Mother Superior, hand-cut paper, 4 layers, 20x16 inches, 2012

Double Crane

Double Crane, hand-cut paper, light source, 13x13 inches, 2012
(This paper was initially folded into a paper crane, then unfolded and flattened to create the cut-out)

This is an idea that I first came up with following my residency in Holland last year. During that time away, I became more fascinated with the intrinsic qualities of paper, and wanted to accentuate the material attributes of paper: its texture, its fragility, and as demonstrated in this piece, the creases that can be created. I wanted to push the potential of beauty in what is naturally found in a piece of paper. 

I am thinking about making a series of folded paper cut-outs, and am currently in the process of getting a custom lightbox built for this piece. 

Pretty birdy

I'm Hungry, hand-cut paper, 5 layers, 8x8 inches, 2012

Made this piece for the "Put a Bird on It!" show at Hashtag Gallery. The exhibition opens tonight.

AWK

AWK, hand-cut paper, 3 layers, 8x8 inches, 2012

I lived in New York from 2001-2002. I moved there after getting an internship with the Starn Twins. I was a young eager thing then, and met lots of people at different art functions and other random places, including a person of importance for Vice Magazine. He told me to come by the office with my portfolio. In preparation, I scoured through all the recent issues, and one article stuck out in particular --Andew W.K. In Vice's review of his record, it wrote something along the lines of "asking Vice to review AWK is like asking Christians to review God." I noted that he was playing in town that weekend and I was determined to get into that sold-out show, and take phenomenal photos and impress the hell out of the magazine. This cut-out is based on a photo that I took from that show. Haha. 

Mushroom Cloud

Atom Bomb, hand-cut paper, 3 layers, 8x10 inches, 2012