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Hunt Triptych (I'm home)

Finally back on desert ground in Albuquerque, which means I can finally start going through my images from the trip. All 5000 of them! I've only started into my first few days of photos, but I was ...

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Atmus gets caught

Last night I finally had a chance to look through the images from a shoot I’d been planning for months. In addition to making tons of props for these images, I had already spent a day down in Flo...

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Disney Meltdowns

I’m sitting now in Old Pecos Bill’s, an eatery in FrontierTown. I came here to find some AC to sit in while I eat a stupid-sweet dessert from the nearby Sleepy Hollow Bakery; an ice cream sandw...

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Disney cops

One of the first things you encounter when you get to Disney World is the bag check and security officers. When I saw the first officer I figured I was looking at police, and at that I thought “W...

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Pride at Disney

This is maybe the second year that Disney World has sold Pride merchandise. None of the gear actually says anything about pride or LGBTQ people, but apparently a small portion of sales on the items...

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My first time at Disney

(Image: Me with Minnie and Mickey, private character meet-and-greet)

It’s the day after my first trip (and the day after my birthday!). Robin and I woke up around 7am, were in the park by 9...

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Day 2—Disney and Florida weather, workday in the studio

Image: Mallory’s desk, Disneyland Engagement buttons. A few weeks back I roomed with Robin and Mallory at Biggest Little Fur Con, a big Furry convention in Reno, NV. The two drove cross country t...

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Airport travel thoughts. Also, I’m here!

(Image: Whiskey begging for attention while I write a grocery list)

After flying out of Albuquerque Tuesday morning, I have a two hour layover in Houston Airport. Most of my travel in airport...

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Sally: former Disney-Mom, expert trip-planner

I'm posting this today on the eve of my departure to Florida. June 11th–July 1st I'll be in Orlando, FL, living with two Furry friends—Robin and Mallory—while I spend as much time at Disney W...

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Performance outfit


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Crop tops for Atmus


Some new clothes for Atmus to use in performances. Later today I’ll be performing for a fi...

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PDF Portfolio

Did you ever wish you had a PDF of my work? No? Well too bad!

I just compiled this for some self-promo and forthcoming exhibition applications. It feels good to see a lot of the work I've ma...

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Performance for UNM Arts Unexpected

Whew! I’m hot! I just got back to the studio after a day of walking around campus for a performance. I was out today in conjunction with a program at UNM called Arts Unexpected. It’s what it so...

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Hoof sandals!

When I took my suit out to the forest in Washington, I was definitely impeded by my delicate hooves on the muddy forest floor (ironic). Today in the studio I’m working on some sandals to help me ...

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Studio day

Working on finishing up a ribcage today in the studio. Also in this photo is the foam base for a liver.. slowly amassing my innards pile. Looking forward to playing around with these for photos and...

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Hey Tony (Install image)

I just finished this piece up for an exhibition at my graduate program. Really happy with how everything turned out! It was a lot of fun to play around with all the imagery I could find on the cere...

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Atmus as the hero of time

The first finished portrait coming out of my shoot in the incredibly beautiful forest up in Olympia, WA. More to come later, but this was one I was most happy with. The tree moss!!!

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Heading back from Olympia, WA

Today I’m traveling back from Washington after a visit to my partner over my spring break. I shot a ton of new work while I was there, I’m looking forward to processing it in the coming weeks! ...

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"Tony meets my family for the first time"

Part of my series working with Tony the Tiger, pulling images from the Tony Tiger twitter account and incorporating them into an imagined relationship. This work is going to be displayed in an inst...

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WIP Zelda Tunic

Been working on this since I got my fabric in on Monday, just finished the final seams today! I’ve still got to make a cap, Which is going to have some modifications needed to account for the ant...

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Screen testing

first test with the blue screen. This was just a few minutes of work. It's definitely going to be a learning process but I'm excited by the possibilities this is gonna bring about for work!

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Studio modifications

Painted a bluescreen on my wall to use for some new works. This should work just like a greenscreen and let me key it out in photos and video. Excited to experiment!

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Muslin test for Link’s tunic

Baby’s first Garment! I am testing the pattern for a cosplay tunic of Link from the legend of Zelda. The cosplay is going to be used in future photos videos and performances, I’ll be sharing mo...

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Makin some guts 🙃

A little work in progress from the studio this semester. I’m building a set of plush entrails to use in various performance works and photographs with Atmus. This is also my first foray into sewi...

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(Contact Sheet) Lost Antler

Going back in the archive, I liked looking at this contact sheet from my photoshoot for an image of Atmus having an antler fall off. I have an extra loose antler for my suit, but as you can see I h...

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Lazy morning with Tony

Here is a snap from one of my current projects in progress, where I am inserting Tony the Tiger into a fantasy relationship with Atmus. Numerous images are in the pipeline for the project, I will b...

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Big moves!!

Image from Atmus' appearance at the opening for "Censored!" at Ellsworth Gallery, Santa Fe.


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Atmus in the Museum

Some sketches from a project that I ended up changing direction on. Still, worth sharing I think! Atmus contemplating conceptual art, trying to relate to Ryman and Hamrick. Full set of 5 images in ...

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"Shooter Anxiety" Performance at CFA Downtown Gallery

Password for the video is "atmusdeer"

Video documentation for performance at CFA Downtown Studio Gallery, on December 8th as part of performance event "Feeling Much Better Now". Song is "Turn the Li...

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KD as Atmus (contact sheet)

Some photos from the last time my partner visited. Been thinking about playing with Atmus as a character/identity; thinking about how he is a version of myself, but one that others can embody, and als...

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