Zoological Works
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I was fortunate to have access to an antique specimen collection from the Biology Department where I taught. Specimens were taken to my studio to be photographed and in most cases exist as a tribute to their magnificence and to the sacrifice they made to satisfy human curiosity and study.

Group 1-Stills

Group Two- Nobilis-in-Morte. This series was informed by the tradition of still life painting where game was often employed for Romantic effect. Here, I am attempting to create tensions between life and death, horror and beauty.

Group 3- ​Man and Beast. This series explores the often uncomfortable relationship between humans and other species and humans' willingness to rule over nature for convenience and profit. Skeletal remains came from a burial area at a zoo.