Madonna and Chad, 25" x 32", Oil on Canvas
56 Weeks (2016)
Sometimes in your late 20s you fall in love, get married, and have a baby. Sometimes you fall in love, discover you have an ectopic pregnancy despite your $800 IUD, get relentless BV because you paid good money for that IUD and are not using condoms, take an insane amount of antibiotics to get rid of the BV, end up destroying your gut instead, become increasingly moody, get dumped, and spend the following year bloated, constipated and alone.
56 Weeks, 42" x 60", Oil on Canvas
Not Born in the USA (2015)
A self portrait of artist referencing Bruce Springsteen's or Boss' iconic album cover from his 1984 album. The portrait reflects Americanization of the artist in the strength and ambition of a 'boss' combined with contradicting pressure of femininity and physical objectification.
Shower Boss, 24" x 24", Oil on Canvas
Eat It or Beat it (2014)
A series of self portraits created from stills of a video of the artist receiving head. The video was a response to the "Looking for Mr. Goodsex" series where the artist consciously takes control of the camera, changes perspective, and creates a more direct relationship with the audience. It was also a response to a break up.
Eat It or Beat It #1, 15" x 32", Oil on Canvas
Eat It or Beat It #2, 15" x 32", Oil on Canvas
Eat It or Beat It #43, 15" x 32", Oil on Canvas
Artist as Famous Jews (2013)
A series of self portraits of arist as famous jews as an exploration of identity.
Artist as Anne Frank, 19" x 24", Conte on Paper
Artist as Einstein, 19" x 24", Conte on Paper
Artist as Freud, 19" x 24", Conte on Paper
Artist as Barbara Streisand, 19" x 24", Conte on Paper
Artist as Woody Allen, 19" x 24", Conte on Paper
Artist as Drizzy, 19" x 24", Conte on Paper
Artist as Jesus, 19" x 24", Conte on Paper