Guerrilla Vision, 2018

I was told to find something in my bag that meant something to me.

At the time, I had only brought my laptop and wallet to class, carrying nothing of significant or creative importance to me. Instinctively, I moved my glasses back up on to the bridge of my nose, and then ahhh... idea. My glasses are important to me, a shield from the world and and yet, an aid to see it. Taking the idea of vision and glasses, I morphed this into a magazine spread, and from there, a wearable canvas. 

Incorporating all of my interests, I created a two-sided painting, and made it into a colorful, eye-catching poncho. The poncho is put together with clasps, so the wearer is able to take it completely apart and hang the individual paintings on the wall if so desired. This encompasses the daily experience of a glasses-wearer, taking off your "eyes" and becoming vulnerable. 

Hanging with the greats.

There is nothing more a painter wants than to be featured in a high recognized museum. And, if you are still in college and still undiscovered, you must take action into your own hands. Utilizing what was around me, I employed my roommate, who just happens to be a semi-professional model, to wear my painting to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the largest museum in the United States. 

Without paying, without clearance, and definitely without permission, my art was featured in the Met. Using the idea of a guerrilla fashion show or guerrilla art piece, I simply had my model, acting as a pedestal, walk around the Met on a sunny, and busy, Friday morning while I snapped pictures. I wanted the pictures to have an editorial and artistic feel.