Artist: Sigmar Polke
Date: 1991
Medium: Prints, Edition Prints/Proofs
Size: Unframed 23.5 x 33.25 inches
Institution: Walker Art Center
Accession #: 1994.103

polke is one of the artists that really inspired me to mix and match things on a canvas. materials as well as ideas...

shellac, chalk board spray, marker on a digital print. 36" x 48".

here i was toying with adding text to an image to compliment it, in this case a story that may or may not be true, and then just playing around with differant materials...

Artist: James Henkel
Date: 1986
Medium: Photographs, Photograph
Size: 11 1/4 x 9 in. (28.58 x 22.86 cm) (image)14 x 11 in. (35.56 x 27.94 cm) (sheet)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: 87.8.2

i'm not going to lie, i know Jim personally, but he deserves much of the credit for inspiring me to do more with photography then simply take a picture, print it and forget about it...

tape, marker. 120mm photograph.

for this project i was toying with the idea of user directed art, asking people to leave a phrase or quote on my blog with the promise that i would turn it into art...

Artist: Anselm Kiefer
Date: 1984-1986
Medium: Paintings
Size: unframed 161.5 x 110.75 x 9.25 inches
Institution: Walker Art Center
Accession #: 1990.22

Kiefer really pushes the boundries of what can be put on canvas and has inspired me to always try new things...

35mm photograph.

since i am a terrible painter i really try to take a lot of photos that have a kind of painterly quality to them and reference paintings i enjoy. this photo references Kiefer's Emanation with a strong verticle composition with a hunk of metal running down the middle...

Artist: Anselm Kiefer
Date: 1985-1987
Medium: Paintings
Size: unframed 133.5 x 220.875 x 22.75 inches
Institution: Walker Art Center
Accession #: 1987.11.1-.3

Kiefer also taught me the joys of rocks and metal...

metal, wood, rocks.

where i think Kiefer wants to ground his work in the earth by using natural materials, i am interested how we shape and then discard them. i make these sculptures out of found objects and then leave them to break down...