Notes:
- Despite all the effort I expend on them, I think these recent works are just test shots. I'm determining whether I can build the alternative midcentury reality of my dreams, so I tread lightly, not too heavy on the concepts. The visuals, however, are key. That's where I've focused my energy and I guess that's where it should remain until a larger idea comes to me.
- Certain headwear gives me the creeps—a nun's cornette (ugh, imagine seeing that silhouette bouncing around), wigs made of human hair, and even headscarves wrapped like this. It gives the wearer an alien quality. Adding sunglasses adds further mystery. And blood? Now there's no denying there's something wrong in these images.
- I guess there is a concept then: a sense of foreboding, unease, apprehension. I just don't know where to take this theme. Should I "take it" anywhere at all? I've been known to force ideas that weren't meant to be out of fear of someone asking me about my work and being unable to defend it. Reader, do you have any advice?
- Despite all the effort I expend on them, I think these recent works are just test shots. I'm determining whether I can build the alternative midcentury reality of my dreams, so I tread lightly, not too heavy on the concepts. The visuals, however, are key. That's where I've focused my energy and I guess that's where it should remain until a larger idea comes to me.
- Certain headwear gives me the creeps—a nun's cornette (ugh, imagine seeing that silhouette bouncing around), wigs made of human hair, and even headscarves wrapped like this. It gives the wearer an alien quality. Adding sunglasses adds further mystery. And blood? Now there's no denying there's something wrong in these images.
- I guess there is a concept then: a sense of foreboding, unease, apprehension. I just don't know where to take this theme. Should I "take it" anywhere at all? I've been known to force ideas that weren't meant to be out of fear of someone asking me about my work and being unable to defend it. Reader, do you have any advice?