What themes do we see in art? What clichés? How might the art of Art History be re-imagined to re-contextualize our understanding of the art, and of ourselves? In these images I have appropriated the art of the past & composited it with my own photographs of nature. I have done this to look at artworks in new ways, to look at my own photography in new ways, and to seek out new relationships between each.

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“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” (Cesar Cruz)

“The question is not what you look at, but what you see.” (Henry David Thoreau)


Paradise in Transition (2018) [appropriated artwork is Édouard Manet’s 1863 Luncheon on the Grass]

Paradise in Transition (2018)

[appropriated artwork is Édouard Manet’s 1863 Luncheon on the Grass]


Rest (2018) [appropriated artwork is Vincent Stiepevich’s ca. 1900 Reclining Beauty]

Rest (2018)

[appropriated artwork is Vincent Stiepevich’s ca. 1900 Reclining Beauty]


Michael Strikes (2018) [appropriated artwork is Luca Giordano’s 17th C. Archangel Michael Hurls the Rebellious Angels Into the Abyss]

Michael Strikes (2018)

[appropriated artwork is Luca Giordano’s 17th C. Archangel Michael Hurls the Rebellious Angels Into the Abyss]


Fool’s Gold (2017) [appropriated artwork is Artemesia Gentileschi’s ca. 1612 Danaë]

Fool’s Gold (2017)

[appropriated artwork is Artemesia Gentileschi’s ca. 1612 Danaë]


Ariel’s Rapture (2018) [appropriated artwork is Henry Singleton’s 1819 Ariel on a Bat’s Back]

Ariel’s Rapture (2018)

[appropriated artwork is Henry Singleton’s 1819 Ariel on a Bat’s Back]


Dying Metaphor (2017) [appropriated artwork is Albrecht Dürer’s 1507 Eve …as excerpted from Adam & Eve]

Dying Metaphor (2017)

[appropriated artwork is Albrecht Dürer’s 1507 Eve

…as excerpted from Adam & Eve]


Bloom (2017) [appropriated artwork is Edouard Degas’ ca 1899 The Dancers]

Bloom (2017)

[appropriated artwork is Edouard Degas’ ca 1899 The Dancers]


The Sting of Spring (2017) [appropriated artwork is Pierre Auguste Cot’s 1873 Spring]

The Sting of Spring (2017)

[appropriated artwork is Pierre Auguste Cot’s 1873 Spring]


Defense Mechanisms (2017)[appropriated artworks are Francisco de Goya’s 1823 Saturn Devouring His Child & an unknown photographer’s 1966 photograph of F105 Thunderchiefs]

Defense Mechanisms (2017)

[appropriated artworks are Francisco de Goya’s 1823 Saturn Devouring His Child & an unknown photographer’s 1966 photograph of F105 Thunderchiefs]


Obscenity (2021) [appropriated artwork is Pedro Berruguete’s ca 1500 Virgin and Child Enthroned  & a 2021 auction photograph of a Walther PPK  semi-automatic pistol]

Obscenity (2021)

[appropriated artwork is Pedro Berruguete’s ca 1500

Virgin and Child Enthroned

& a 2021 auction photograph of a Walther PPK semi-automatic pistol]