My New Installation references snap shots I found of the New Orleans World's Fair in a Baton Rouge thrift store. I attended the fair as a teen and immediately recognized the images. The resulting paintings I made merge imagery from the found photos as well as my own memory of the fair. These art works are oil and acrylic on plexiglass with reverse painting. The transparency of the painting surface relates to the photographic process of the source material-- creating both a dissolving quality and visual uncertainty ultimately referencing both history and memory.

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My New Installation references snap shots I found of the New Orleans World's Fair in a Baton Rouge thrift store. I attended the fair as a teen and immediately recognized the imagesThe resulting paintings I made merge imagery from the found photos as well as my own memory of the fair.  These art works are oil and acrylic on plexiglass with reverse painting. The transparency of the painting surface relates to the photographic process of the source material-- creating both a dissolving quality and visual uncertainty ultimately referencing both history and memory.

Installation view
2019
8 panels oil on plexiglass with reverse painting on shelves
vary
Installation view - small paintings
2018
oil on plexiglass with reverse painting on shelves -18" x 24" each
vary
Facade
2018
oil on plexiglass with reverse painting
18" x 24"
Stadium
2019
oil on plexiglass with reverse painting
18" x 24"
Ariel View
2018
oil on plexi with reverse painting
18" x 24"
France
2019
oil on plexiglass with reverse painting
18" x 24"
Ladder
2019
oil on plexiglass with reverse painting
18" x 24"
Hard Hats
2019
oil on plexiglass with reverse painting
18" x 24"
Monorail
]2018
oil and acrylic with reverse painting on plexi
18" x 24"
River view
2018
oil on plexiglass with reverse painting
18" x 24"
New Orleans World's Fair - paintings -Studio view
2017-2018
oil and acrylic with reverse painting on plexi
each painting 36" x 36"
Crowd
2017
oil and acrylic with reverse painting on plexiglas
36" x 36"
Distance
2018
oil and acrylic on plexi with reverse painting
36" x 36"
Chairlift
2018
oil and acrylic with reverse painting on plexiglas
36" x 36"
Chair lift detail
201[
oil and acrylic on plexi with reverse painting
36" x 36"
Half Wheel
2017
oil and acrylic on plexi with reverse painting
36" x 36"
Scaffold
2018
oil and acrylic with reverse painting on plexiglas
36" x 36"
Stroll[
2018
oil and acrylic with reverse painting on plexiglas
36" x 36"
Benches
2017
oil and acrylic with reverse painting on plexiglas
36" x 36"
Above
2018
oil and acrylic on plexi with reverse painting
36" x 36"