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Sunshine Daydream (Gold Tinsel)
Digital Print on Metallic Paper
30" x 40"
2013
Sunshine Daydream (Ball)
Digital Print on Metallic Paper
20" x 30"
2013
Sunshine Daydream (Cupcake)
Digital Print on Metallic Paper
20" x 30"
2013
Sunshine Daydream (Swan)
Digital Print on Metallic Paper
20" x 30"
2013
Sunshine Daydream (Dice)
Digital Print on Metallic Paper
20" x 30"
2013
Sunshine Daydream (Wings)
Digital Print on Metallic Paper
20" x 30"
2013
Sunshine Daydream (Purple Tinsel)
Digital Print on Metallic Paper
30" x 40"
2013
Sunshine Daydream (Camouflage Ball)
Digital Print on Metallic Paper
20" x 30"
2013
Sunshine Daydream (Rotten Teeth)
Digital Print on Metallic Paper
20" x 30"
2013
Sunshine Daydream (Football)
Digital Print on Metallic Paper
20" x 30"
2013
Sunshine Daydream (Silver Tinsel)
Digital Print on Metallic Paper
30" x 40"
2013
Sunshine Daydream (Drink)
Digital Print on Metallic Paper
20" x 30"
2013
Sunshine Daydream (Crown)
Digital Print on Metallic Paper
20" x 30"
2013
Sunshine Daydream (Imitation Rubrik's Cube)
Digital Print on Metallic Paper
20" x 30"
2013
Sunshine Daydream (Plastic Pear)
Digital Print on Metallic Paper
20" x 30"
2013
Sunshine Daydream (Gold Tinsel 2)
Digital Print on Metallic Paper
30" x 40"
2013

Sunshine Daydream (Dedicated to Jerry G.) is my most recent project. This project consists of large-scale colorful 30” x 40” and 20"x 30" digital prints on metallic paper. In Sunshine Daydream, I continue to photograph such 99 cents store finds as tinsel, fake fruit, a princess crown and plastic balls. Somehow, I find a real connection to these things; some in a concrete way (such as the princess crown) and others (like the tinsel) in a more abstract sense. This project also considers ideas related to the natural and artificial, high art/low art and to personal taste. My interest in pop art happened at a very young age. When I was about three, I went with my family to see a Pop Art survey show at MOMA in 1967. I can recall my parents pointing out a sculpture of French fries and a painting of a piece of cake. When I got back home to New Jersey, I painted a picture of a piece of cake with a cherry on top. I thought it was great that you could look at everything as art. I still believe this idea. Of course, now, I acknowledge the layers and complexities of meaning(s) that create Western culture on both a personal and larger field.The title of the project, Sunshine Daydream (Dedicated to Jerry G.), pays homage to one of my favorite Dead songs.