Senior Thesis Installation in Jewett Gallery at Wellesley College. Installation included four life sized photographs of my body, two cyanotypes on canvas, two videos, and a narrative poem titled “Standoff.”
Close up of cyanotype diving boards from Between Control and Letting Go thesis installation.
Narrative poem from thesis installation, Between Control and Letting Go.
One of four photographs in the series, “Marked” from thesis installation, "Between Control and Letting Go.”
Experimental piece that was pivotal to my thesis in connecting the conceptual questions I was asking and my art practice.
Stills from the 25 minute video documentation of the creation of the piece "Approach: Priming 1." Each still shows a motion of the approach as they built up over time. After this piece was complete I coated it in cyanotype and did the same action of my approach, this time sticking my feet in a bucket of water rather than gesso as it is how cyanotype is deactivated. Results of that experiment in previous slide.
This installation was set up in a little landing at the bottom of a staircase in Jewett Art Center at Wellesley College. This building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and is open going up to the 4th floor, so the reflections of the projection didn't stay contained in the stairwell. Video documentation of installation in sample reel.
Sample Reel includes documentation from thesis installation "Between Control and Letting Go", clips from the two videos played during thesis installation (2019), and documentation from installation "Breaking the Surface" (2017).
Dimensions:
green: 22.5 in × 30.25 in
black: 24.25 in × 15.5 in
blue: 24 in × 54.25 in
Pieces were made to reflect off each other and thus paint in the space of the other paintings themselves.
Dimensions:
green: 22.5 in × 30.25 in
black: 24.25 in × 15.5 in
blue: 24 in × 54.25 in
Arrangement of the paintings from the piece "In Space" so that the entirety of each piece can be seen.
Painting was the culmination of a semester long independent study.
First painting I made when I returned from my first climbing trip to Moab, Utah.
Painting that began my investigation into diving and water.