Here are some pictures of my studio and work lately. The tall structure is the first project I started here and it is changing everyday into something else. The other piece, the palette. Well, that palette began as a normal shipping palette and I took it apart and rebuilt every piece of it using the original wood. I even polished the nails. It took me hours and hours and almost drove me insane but it was all about the process. The idea was "obsession with perfection". How much can you possibly work on something to make it perfect? and, in the end it will never be perfect anyway.

I feel like I'm finally letting myself create. The whole time I have been here there has been constant pressure to analyze, analyze, and analyze and I haven't been able to freely make anything. The mental game this school is playing on me is quite a challenge for me to figure out, although I can see that it is going somewhere positive. It is crazy being surrounding by such academia while trying to move forward as an artist but I can see how it's all related and will push my thinking forward. Here are some pictures of my studio and what I've been making lately......