The imagery derived from appropriated picture frames attempts to relate to architecture's function of bordering or delineating one area of activity from another. Sometimes this is accomplished, at other times, not. This suggests a process of attaching varying degrees of cultural value to one activity over another. Viewers are invited to question their initial preconceptions concerning relative value and cultural significance. A middle class, suburban, background has led me to a keen awareness of the cultural significance of boundaries.
Boundaries express ownership and control.
They create hierarchies and are exclusive. Boundaries may be viewed simultaneously as both positive and negative forces preventing society from falling into anarchy or achieving utopia. Process and Materials Images are drawn or collected from mass media sources, digitized, combined, contained, and manipulated with the assistance of a computer. This process, while utilizing technology, embodies the same aesthetic and empirical decision making that is applied to painting or drawing with traditional media. Ink jet or laser prints of the selected images are applied directly to drawing paper.