may.twentyfirst.twothousandten

Over a year later. A lot of artwork has been made, but very little photographed. So I figured I'd post the most recent stuff. At the end of last month, my senior show went on display as an installation entitled "A Light in Dark Spaces." The next series of posts will highlight each piece and explain a little about it... but to start out, here is an overall shot and my artist statement:

While at college I have had the privilege of traveling on several mission trips. Over the past four years I have journeyed to the Rosebud Indian Reservation, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Reynosa, Mexico. Though these are of the poorest and darkest places I have been, it is also where I met the people who changed my life.

These are the people who have inspired my senior show.

Whether it was a five-year-old girl with fetal alcohol syndrome, or a 70-year-old woman who gave up everything to smuggle food across the Mexican boarder - they are the people who have shown me what true joy is - no matter the circumstance.

They are the memories preserved in fragile glass jars amidst a world of clutter, chaos, and despair. They, along with the efforts and prayers of those whom I traveled with, are a glimmer of light - a flicker of hope in the darkest corners of the world.