Taking Flight

Liberty Arts Gallery, Yreka, CA, 2017

Taking Flight, blue mirror plastic, clear plastic, LED lights, paint, feathers, Liberty Arts Gallery, 2018

Cinderella's Gown or Let’s Just Pretend

Cinderella's Gown or Let’s Just Pretend, plastic sheeting, romance and fairytale books, pearls, LED lights, pieces of furniture, red high heel, 2017

Cinderella's Gown or Let’s Just Pretend detail, plastic sheeting, romance and fairytale books, pearls, LED lights, pieces of furniture, red high heel, 2017

This assemblage sculpture is a comment on two genres of book, the romance novel and the princess-fairytale, both much maligned. There are many reasons, but partially this is because romance as a concept is tarnished and, perhaps, no longer exists. My stand is, but why not pretend?