“Double Portrait” Series (ongoing)
My new “Double Portrait” series is based on the resin sculptures I create, then light and stage inside dollhouses. I make silicone rubber molds of vintage porcelain figurines, then fill the molds with tinted resin and insert miniature figures into the wet resin casts. The resulting translucent sculptures host opaque originals within their bodies. These metaphorical composites can be interpreted as mother and child, the “true self" or "child self," parasitism, spiritual possession, or other complicated psychologies. And the varying levels of expression and presence in these painted faces create a wide range of appearance regarding cognizance and action: the figures on display in these narratives inhabit an uncanny valley between conscious agency and inanimate objectification.
My new “Double Portrait” series is based on the resin sculptures I create, then light and stage inside dollhouses. I make silicone rubber molds of vintage porcelain figurines, then fill the molds with tinted resin and insert miniature figures into the wet resin casts. The resulting translucent sculptures host opaque originals within their bodies. These metaphorical composites can be interpreted as mother and child, the “true self" or "child self," parasitism, spiritual possession, or other complicated psychologies. And the varying levels of expression and presence in these painted faces create a wide range of appearance regarding cognizance and action: the figures on display in these narratives inhabit an uncanny valley between conscious agency and inanimate objectification.
