fertile creatures (series)
drawing
composting diaper
sapphire pacifier
onesie armor
infant vampire formula photos
belly back
boob shoulder
crows
c-section cut path
preditorXtreme (series)
sculpture
fox gun
baby quail grenades
drawings
coyote sight
fox guns
prairie dog revolver
baby quail grenades
the dead garden (series)
Winter Shack, Brooklyn, NY
High Desert Test Sites, CA
the portable forest (series)
Dumbo Arts Center & Festival, NYC
The Armory Center for the Arts, CA
The San Deigo Museum of Art
Monte Vista Projects, LA
Sunset Blvd. Art Concert, LA
Human Resources, LA
Washington Blvd. Art Concert, LA
Woodbury Hollywood Exhibitions
Sea and Space Explorations, LA
participatory
you are the largest thing on Earth
art of exchange
primal scream painting booth
we
miss
wish
sculpture/installation
data planter
yard
search
loop
blue kiss
island of misfit toys
concept paintings
student waste painting
portal paintings
black holes
LED Paintings
videos
Periphery Murder Mystery
Paradigm Shifts Frighten Small...
A Flat Ontology
born free
performative
Digital Improvisational Ensemble
public art places
organizer, curator, director
sea and space explorations, LA
tree and space, LA
sound in space Festival, LA
100 person solo show, LA
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Student Waste Painting (I Will Not Waste)
9 feet 4 inches wide X 6 feet high (maximum letter height is 12.5 inches).
Recycled acrylic paint scraps, recycled wood panel, natural plant based medium, aluminum mounts, steel screws.
Sept. 2009 - Dec. 2023
Since 2009 I have been collecting paint scraps from students' palettes. Every semester, before we use paint, I discuss how paint can harm our ecosystem and about material waste. I ask students to peel off the paint from their palettes once it is dry to clean them instead of washing the paint down the drain. I then collect these scraps. Over the years my students have used the collected scraps for various projects.
A few years ago, I found a message painted on a scrap of paper on my desk from a student that read "I will not waste". Based on this message, I created this piece by adhering the collected bits of scrap paint collected from student palettes students from 2009 - 2023 to recycled wood panel with non-toxic petroleum free plant-based medium from Natural Earth Paint.
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9 feet 4 inches wide X 6 feet high (maximum letter height is 12.5 inches). Recycled acrylic paint scraps, recycled wood panel, natural plant based acrylic medium, aluminum mounts, steel screws. Dec. 2023
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| Detail. 23" X 11". Recycled acrylic paint scraps, recycled wood panel, natural plant based acrylic medium, aluminum mounts, steel screws. Dec. 2023 |
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Detaill of the period. 3" X 3.5". Recycled acrylic paint scraps, recycled wood panel, natural plant based acrylic medium, aluminum mounts, steel screws. Dec. 2023 |
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| Detail. Recycled acrylic paint scraps, recycled wood panel, natural plant based acrylic medium, aluminum mounts, steel screws. Dec. 2023 |
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Lara Bank with Student Waste Painting. January 2024.
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