House

Blue Trim, archival pigment print, 24

Blue Trim, archival pigment print, 24" x 30"

Green House, archival pigment print, 24

Green House, archival pigment print, 24" x 30"

Blue Shed, archival pigment print, 24

Blue Shed, archival pigment print, 24" x 30"

Red Brick, archival pigment print, 24

Red Brick, archival pigment print, 24" x 30"

Blue House, Green Hose, archival pigment print, 24

Blue House, Green Hose, archival pigment print, 24" x 30"

Blue and Yellow Slide, archival pigment print, 24

Blue and Yellow Slide, archival pigment print, 24" x 30"

Yellow Slide, archival pigment print, 24

Yellow Slide, archival pigment print, 24" x 30"

Yellow House, archival pigment print, 24

Yellow House, archival pigment print, 24" x 30"

Three Windows, archival pigment print, 24

Three Windows, archival pigment print, 24" x 30"

The Hedge, archival pigment print, 24

The Hedge, archival pigment print, 24" x 30"

Round Bush, Blue House, archival pigment print, 24

Round Bush, Blue House, archival pigment print, 24" x 30"

Pink House, archival pigment print, 24

Pink House, archival pigment print, 24" x 30"

Little Bush, Bundled Car, archival pigment print, 24

Little Bush, Bundled Car, archival pigment print, 24" x 30"

Liberty, archival pigment print, 24

Liberty, archival pigment print, 24" x 30"

In a Row, archival pigment print, 24

In a Row, archival pigment print, 24" x 30"

Honda, archival pigment print, 24

Honda, archival pigment print, 24" x 30"

Red Rocks, archival pigment print, 24

Red Rocks, archival pigment print, 24" x 30"

American Park, archival pigment print, 24

American Park, archival pigment print, 24" x 30"

House is a series of photographs of homes in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The photographs explore the desire and perfection embedded in the Phoenix landscape. Much of the suburban infrastructure is a reference to something else: the lawn is a miniature version of an open pasture; topiaries are “perfected” version of shrubs and bushes. There is a sense of desire built into the idealization of the landscapes and homes within the suburban environment. The House imagery presents simplified scenes enhancing the sense of beauty and perfection embodied in these places. The photographs have a toy-like quality creating tension and ambiguity in scale and place. The result merges fantasy and reality, investigating beauty within the suburban environment. Phoenix, a desert city whose large constructed landscape masquerades its desert location, is a rich subject for this work.