This project is based on the idea that every single second of our lives holds meaning. I collected items that are normally viewed as mundane and used them as "canvas" for my artwork. Using self-portraits of people waking up in the morning I printed, drew, and painted faces on my new material and created an installation filled to the brim with the extraordinary of the ordinary.

top Paper Towels

This is a piece from a project entitled the "Morning Picture Project."

top Red Layered Print

This is a print of me waking up in the morning.

top Aluminum Foil

This is a piece developed from the "Morning Picture Project," which was shown in a solo exhibition entitled, "I am a Terrible Morning Person."

top Aluminum Foil (detail)

This is a piece developed from the "Morning Picture Project," which was shown in a solo exhibition entitled, "I am a Terrible Morning Person."

top Pizza Boxes

This is a piece from a project I call "The Morning Picture Project."

It was later shown in a solo show entitled, "I am a Terrible Morning Person."

top Pillow

This is a piece from a project entitled the "Morning Picture Project."

top Trash Bags

This is a piece from a project entitled "The Morning Picture Project" which was shown in a solo exhibition entitled, "I am a Terrible Morning Person."
This particular piece is close to my heart, as the faces are of my mother who was kind enough to photograph herself waking up in the morning for a month. It is an homage to her as I have fond memories of her loving to open the mail each day, even the junk mail, which is what these trash bags have been filled up with.

top Mirror

This is a piece from a project entitled the "Morning Picture Project."

top Clock

Part of the "Morning Picture Project." This participant gave me the exact time she woke up in the morning when she sent me her morning pictures. I thought a clock was the perfect way to make her a part of this show.

top Sponges #3

This is a piece from a project entitled the "Morning Picture Project."