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  • Tangled in a loving heap, 2013
  • Don't take this heaven, 2013
  • This is the time and this is the record of the time, 2013
  • I was sitting in the field, feeling the grass, 2013
  • Not even time for birds to fly to southern skies, 2013
  • All the sins of the moon, 2013
  • Feels like a dream and we are the moon, 2013
  • Show me where you've failed, 2013
  • I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail, 2013
  • When you get free, come home to me, 2013
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  • PageImage-509790-4850834-_MG_5029.jpg
  • PageImage-509790-4850824-_MG_5030.jpg
  • Setting suns and lonely lovers free, 2013
  • It's just one in a million hearts that feels the way I do, 2013
  • You said I was a dreamer—that all I did was sit and stare, 2013
  • Take me round again, 2013
  • You may be a lover (But you ain't no dancer), 2013
  • Sweet beginnings, 2011
  • You say this hill's too steep to climb, 2012
  • The desire and pursuit of the whole, 2012
  • I don't believe I have a single enemy, 2011
  • If everyone was happy there would never be a love song, 2011
  • I was supposed to be having the time of my life, 2012
  • There is no silence, 2013
  • Stay and fight, 2011
  • Mountainsides put their hands around unsuspecting cities, 2012
  • I don't want no part of this crazy love, 2013
  • I've lived like a beggar but I've loved you like a king, 2013
  • Are you my delicious game?, 2013
  • A little psychic research before diagnosis, 2012
  • One second of love, 2012
  • The wild side of life, 2012
  • French exit, 2012
  • You have to play the way you feel, 2011
  • An accidental touch, 2011
  • Take heart, 2012
  • Silver shuttle, 2012
  • Last dance, 2012
  •  Ours is Not an Easy Age (We are like tigers in a cage)
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  • On the heels of where you’ve been, 2012
  • I thought of you as my mountaintop, 2011
  • As they pulled you out of the oxygen tent, 2012
  • Be gentle with that notion, 2012
  • The eclipse has come, 2012
  • These are the things we carry, 2012
  • Like the warmth of the sun, 2012
  • If the stars won't shine for you tonight, 2011
  • Starlight, 2012
  • Ripe with possibilities, 2012
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  • We Are All Just Doing the Best We Can
  • The musical nature of your voice, 2011
  • My arms are useless, 2011
  • You have to start somewhere in your mind, 2011
  • Steps in a ceremony they didn't understand, 2011
  • Just be still with me, it's been so long, 2011
  • Want to be where you are, 2011
  • A fixed set of obsessions, 2011
  • Why do I always see the ending at the beginning, 2011
  • Everyone is afraid of a slow death, 2010
  • They were uttering the names of gods, 2011
  • Tangled in a loving heap, 2013

    Tangled in a loving heap, 2013

    Gouache, house paint, acrylic, acetate, colored paper, vinyl, and found images on museum board
    5 x 7 inches

  • Don't take this heaven, 2013

    Don't take this heaven, 2013

    Gouache, house paint, acrylic, acetate, colored paper, vinyl, and found images on museum board
    12 x 9 inches ✺

  • This is the time and this is the record of the time, 2013

    This is the time and this is the record of the time, 2013

    Gouache, house paint, acrylic, acetate, colored paper, vinyl, and found images on museum board
    7 x 5 inches

  • I was sitting in the field, feeling the grass, 2013

    I was sitting in the field, feeling the grass, 2013

    Gouache, house paint, acrylic, acetate, colored paper, vinyl, and found images on museum board
    7 x 5 inches

  • Not even time for birds to fly to southern skies, 2013

    Not even time for birds to fly to southern skies, 2013

    Gouache, house paint, acrylic, acetate, colored paper, vinyl, and found images on museum board
    7 x 5 inches

  • All the sins of the moon, 2013

    All the sins of the moon, 2013

    Gouache, house paint, acrylic, acetate, colored paper, vinyl, and found images on museum board
    7 x 5 inches ✺

  • Feels like a dream and we are the moon, 2013

    Feels like a dream and we are the moon, 2013

    Gouache, house paint, acrylic, acetate, colored paper, vinyl, and found images on museum board
    9 x 9 inches

  • Show me where you've failed, 2013

    Show me where you've failed, 2013

    Gouache, house paint, acrylic, acetate, colored paper, vinyl, and found images on museum board
    12 x 9 inches

  • I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail, 2013

    I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail, 2013

    Gouache, house paint, acrylic, acetate, colored paper, vinyl, and found images on museum board
    7 x 9 inches ✺

  • When you get free, come home to me, 2013

    When you get free, come home to me, 2013

    Gouache, house paint, acrylic, acetate, colored paper, vinyl, wax and found images on museum board
    15 x 11 inches ✺

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    Winter 2013 Installation shot from Lawndale Art Center-Houston, TX

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    Winter 2013 Installation shot from Lawndale Art Center-Houston, TX

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    Winter 2013 Installation shot from Lawndale Art Center-Houston, TX

  • Setting suns and lonely lovers free, 2013

    Setting suns and lonely lovers free, 2013

    Gouache, house paint, acrylic, acetate, colored paper, vinyl, wax and found images
    Site specific installation
    38 x 39 inches

  • It's just one in a million hearts that feels the way I do, 2013

    It's just one in a million hearts that feels the way I do, 2013

    Gouache, house paint, acrylic, acetate, colored paper, vinyl and found images
    Site specific installation
    49 x 49 inches

  • You said I was a dreamer—that all I did was sit and stare, 2013

    You said I was a dreamer—that all I did was sit and stare, 2013

    Gouache, house paint, acrylic, acetate, colored paper, vinyl and found images
    Site specific installation
    60 x 48 inches

  • Take me round again, 2013

    Take me round again, 2013

    Gouache, house paint, acrylic, acetate, colored paper, vinyl and found images
    Site specific installation
    46 x 48 inches

  • You may be a lover (But you ain't no dancer), 2013

    You may be a lover (But you ain't no dancer), 2013

    Gouache, house paint, acrylic, acetate, colored paper, vinyl and found images
    Site specific installation
    46 x 48 inches

  • Sweet beginnings, 2011

    Sweet beginnings, 2011

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    7 x 5 inches

  • You say this hill's too steep to climb, 2012

    You say this hill's too steep to climb, 2012

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    7 x 5 inches ✺

  • The desire and pursuit of the whole, 2012

    The desire and pursuit of the whole, 2012

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    5 x 7 inches ✺

  • I don't believe I have a single enemy, 2011

    I don't believe I have a single enemy, 2011

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    7 x 5 inches

  • If everyone was happy there would never be a love song, 2011

    If everyone was happy there would never be a love song, 2011

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    5 x 7 inches ✺

  • I was supposed to be having the time of my life, 2012

    I was supposed to be having the time of my life, 2012

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    7 x 5 inches

  • There is no silence, 2013

    There is no silence, 2013

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    5 x 7 inches

  • Stay and fight, 2011

    Stay and fight, 2011

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    5 x 7 inches

  • Mountainsides put their hands around unsuspecting cities, 2012

    Mountainsides put their hands around unsuspecting cities, 2012

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    7 x 5 inches

  • I don't want no part of this crazy love, 2013

    I don't want no part of this crazy love, 2013

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    5 x 7 inches ✺

  • I've lived like a beggar but I've loved you like a king, 2013

    I've lived like a beggar but I've loved you like a king, 2013

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    7 x 5 inches ✺

  • Are you my delicious game?, 2013

    Are you my delicious game?, 2013

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    7 x 5 inches ✺

  • A little psychic research before diagnosis, 2012

    A little psychic research before diagnosis, 2012

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    7 x 5 inches ✺

  • One second of love, 2012

    One second of love, 2012

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    7 x 5 inches ✺

  • The wild side of life, 2012

    The wild side of life, 2012

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    5 x 3.5 inches ✺

  • French exit, 2012

    French exit, 2012

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    3.5 x 3.5 inches ✺

  • You have to play the way you feel, 2011

    You have to play the way you feel, 2011

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    7 x 5 inches

  • An accidental touch, 2011

    An accidental touch, 2011

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    5 x 7 inches ✺

  • Take heart, 2012

    Take heart, 2012

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    7 x 5 inches ✺

  • Silver shuttle, 2012

    Silver shuttle, 2012

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    7 x 5 inches ✺

  • Last dance, 2012

    Last dance, 2012

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    5 x 5 inches ✺

  •  Ours is Not an Easy Age (We are like tigers in a cage)

    Ours is Not an Easy Age (We are like tigers in a cage)

    Fall 2012 Installation shot from Olive Vintage

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    Fall 2012 Installation shot from Olive Vintage

  • On the heels of where you’ve been, 2012

    On the heels of where you’ve been, 2012

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    5 x 5 inches ✺

  • I thought of you as my mountaintop, 2011

    I thought of you as my mountaintop, 2011

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    5 x 7 inches ✺

  • As they pulled you out of the oxygen tent, 2012

    As they pulled you out of the oxygen tent, 2012

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    5.25 x 5 inches ✺

  • Be gentle with that notion, 2012

    Be gentle with that notion, 2012

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    9 x 9 inches ✺

  • The eclipse has come, 2012

    The eclipse has come, 2012

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    5 x 5 inches ✺

  • These are the things we carry, 2012

    These are the things we carry, 2012

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    3.5 x 5 inches ✺

  • Like the warmth of the sun, 2012

    Like the warmth of the sun, 2012

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    5 x 5 inches ✺

  • If the stars won't shine for you tonight, 2011

    If the stars won't shine for you tonight, 2011

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    7 x 5 inches ✺

  • Starlight, 2012

    Starlight, 2012

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    4.25 x 3.5 inches ✺

  • Ripe with possibilities, 2012

    Ripe with possibilities, 2012

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    3.5 x 4.25 inches ✺

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    Summer 2011 Installation shot from SOFA Gallery ✺

  • We Are All Just Doing the Best We Can

    We Are All Just Doing the Best We Can

    Summer 2011 Installation shot from SOFA Gallery

  • The musical nature of your voice, 2011

    The musical nature of your voice, 2011

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    5 x 7 inches

  • My arms are useless, 2011

    My arms are useless, 2011

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    7 x 5 inches ✺

  • You have to start somewhere in your mind, 2011

    You have to start somewhere in your mind, 2011

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    5 x 7 inches ✺

  • Steps in a ceremony they didn't understand, 2011

    Steps in a ceremony they didn't understand, 2011

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    7 x 5 inches ✺

  • Just be still with me, it's been so long, 2011

    Just be still with me, it's been so long, 2011

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    6" x 9" ✺

  • Want to be where you are, 2011

    Want to be where you are, 2011

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    5 x 7 inches

  • A fixed set of obsessions, 2011

    A fixed set of obsessions, 2011

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    7 x 5 inches ✺

  • Why do I always see the ending at the beginning, 2011

    Why do I always see the ending at the beginning, 2011

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    5 x 7 inches

  • Everyone is afraid of a slow death, 2010

    Everyone is afraid of a slow death, 2010

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on paper
    10 x 9 inches

  • They were uttering the names of gods, 2011

    They were uttering the names of gods, 2011

    Gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board
    5 x 7 inches ✺