Ideal Consumer: 2020
Comprised of archival LIFE magazines and watercolor collage papers, this series isolates the idealized white consumer targeted by midcentury American advertising and questions the absurdity of consumer leisure culture that excludes the majority of the American public. The thousands of hand cut paper pieces that make up the patterns of this body of work were cut while I sat in hundreds of hours of Zoom meetings throughout the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The repetition and opportunity to explore collage in a new way gave me purpose in what felt like a purposeless time.
Ice Cream Daze, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 23”x29”
Orange Inflatables, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 14.75”x22.25”
Surf Juleps, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 14”x9”
Crimson Chevy, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 14.75”x21.75”
Lemonade Dance, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 10”x13.5”
Ocean Kelp, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 14.75”x20”
Cornflake Dive, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 14.75”x22”
Green Dreams, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 16.5”x14”
Coffee in the Sun, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 19.75”x14.25”
Orange Peaches, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 14”x17.75”
TV Tea, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 14.75”x22.25”
Ocean Crowns, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 24”x18.75”
Pineapple Reflections, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 14.75”x22.25”
Ice Cream Modernism, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 19.25”x14”
Pearl Rain, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 24”x18.75”
Grass Marimekko, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 14.75”x21.75”
Peaches and Schlitz, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 10.25”x14”
Watermelon Summer, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 22.25”x14.75”
Beer for Here, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 14”x10”
Coffee in the Sun, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 19.75”x14.25”
Measuring the Lake, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 10”x14”
Half Sandwiches, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 20”x15”
Panama Hotdogs, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 19.75”x14.5”
Pill Cookies, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 10.25”x13.75”
Labor Day, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 22”x14”
Diamond Seltzers, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 13.75”x22”
Full Moon, 2020 Watercolors and Archival LIFE Magazines, 21”x15”