Art form: 2-D, 3-D

Medium: Acrylic paint on metal

Year created: 2006

Description of work: 5 and 1/2 feet by 5 feet by 16 inches. It is a portrait that is meant to be hung on the wall and to be seen as an average painting from your first glance when viewed from the front. As you walk to the side of the painting you begin to see that this "whole" portrait is in fact 92 pieces that each stand separately away from the wall at different distances. The topmost left corner being only one inch away from the wall. As your eye moves diagonally to the bottom right corner each piece comes out one inch more, ending with the farthest piece being 16 inches away from the wall. The whole piece is constructed on a metal framework, which itself is broken into 16 separate pieces so that the weight of the piece is not difficult to support.

Work statement: A play between 2D and 3D art as well as between construction and destruction of image. The 92 pieces that come together only when the viewer's mind perceives them to be parts of a whole image, are also in reality never physically touching each other. Upon closer examination and walking from one side to the other, this falling apart of image becomes more clear, and individuality of the pieces become more prominent, than when directly in front of the work and a whole portrait is seen.