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I’ve developed my previous career in the field of behavioral ecology and evolutionary biology; this encompasses the study of biodiversity, including its origins, dynamics, maintenance, and consequences. I had a particular interest in risk-taking in animals. I was a technician. In essence, I was observing, looking in, a shadow in the academic process. My artwork has finally allowed me to be the master of the experiment; I now have the power to distort these boundaries.

Sin-Eaters
In ancient times they went from village to village seeking out the dead. Once found they were hired at funerals, to take it upon themselves the sin of the deceased, that the soul might be delivered from purgatory, thus absolving the soul of the person. He would pronounce “the ease and rest of the soul departed, ” for which he would pawn his soul and would typically be rewarded by consuming a ritual meal and drink, to magically take on the sins of a person or household.
Cultural anthropologists and folklorists classify sin-eating as a form of ritual.
My first seven Sin-Eater sculptures were based on the current seven deadly sins of pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath and sloth. 


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