5,808 ft. Oil on canvas. 40" x 20" (diptych)
4,752 ft. Oil on canvas. 40" x 20" (diptych)
3,696 ft. Oil on canvas. 40" x 20" (diptych)
2,112 ft. Oil on canvas. 40" x 20" (diptych)
1,584 ft. Oil on canvas. 40" x 20" (diptych)
106 ft. Oil on canvas. 40" x 20" (diptych)
Each portrait is modeled on a documentary photograph: one requested from a queer-identified acquaintance while the other is obtained from a government-run sex offender registration website. I am interested in the dynamic of chance and circumstance through which the Internet ties together two individuals who commonly occupy socially and sexually marginal positions.
The relational proximity of their addresses is alluded to in the titles of the pieces.