Verbal - Visual Puns
 
 
Nail Clipper
    What drives me in this series of artwork is delivering a verbal - visual pun. An Image that is informed by it's title and vise versa. Sometimes the title come first and inspires an image, while other times it is an image or subject that directs the title.
   

While the humorous"One liner" approach can be gotten in an instance, many of the pieces are subtle metaphors referencing serious issues in my art making or life.

This method of creation has infused itself into many different artworks. The
Verbal - Visual Pun has predicated and inspired the creation of many of my installation works, like The Knockout Artist and Pencil Pusher Pushing Pencils.

 

Uppercut
   

                        Images (on right)                               
fig 1.......Double Edged Circular Hand Saw for
                Cutting Corners,     10/1998
fig 2.......Artificial Lightness,     11/1998
fig 3.......Hot Pants,     11/1998
fig 4.......High Maintenance Nail Trimmer,   9/1998
fig 5.......Wind Instrument,     9/1998
fig 6.......Rocking Chair,     5/1999