Slide Paintings

My work uses re-purposed found slides, oil paint, glue and plexi-glass.  The slides are outdated and useless in the contemporary world and yet are useful for holding memories. They serve as historical recordings of how we lived. The content in the slides link us to a shared past in which we are all linked, but still mysterious to each other. I create a grid to emphasize social order, but then counteract that structure with my application of paint and glue. I paint over many of slide to symbolize the hidden layers of our humanity. When I leave a slide unpainted it illustrates our similarities as humans in this world: our love of family, home, nature, beauty and travel.