Gel Medium Transfers Of Deconstructed Family Photos

My work is autobiographical and oftentimes deal with themes of absence, memory, temporality, the passage of time, and loss. My artistic process starts with identifying my sources; I pull my inspiration from family photo albums dating back to the 1930’s through present day. I then makes photocopies of the pictures and physically cut out pieces of the image to strip it of it’s details, which speaks to absence, the mortality of people/places, and the fleetingness of memories. With some prints, I incorporate excerpts from old family letters through using ink pen or hand sewing. I end my process by transferring the scraps onto a new piece of paper using lacquer thinner, or gel medium. By doing this process, the prints become immensely abstracted from their original start as a photograph, which show the inconsistent but ephemeral side of our memories, while still honoring the past.

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