Bas-Relief Tiles
outsider africa
On
a working trip to Tanzania in 2005, I was inspired by a unique, traditional
painting style known as Tinga Tinga that depicts colorful village
and safari scenes within a black border. In this series I have borrowed
and transformed the Tinga Tinga format to illustrate my own African
adventures in clay.
Living Architecture
Barcelona's
architecture and thriving metropolis was the muse for these constructions,
as I began dreaming of a joyful, sustainable balance of buildings and
wild creatures flourishing together.
Holding
This
series grew out of some unusual images I had collected of people holding
animals. I began to consider the relationship between the hold-er
and the hold-ee. What does the gesture of dominance, or
compassion, or control look like? What is it to be held?
Amani Kids
Inspired
by the stories of AIDS orphans cared for by the Amani Childrens' Home
in Tanzania, I became eager to animate them and share their plight. To
find out more, visit www.amanikids.org