I am interested in the way individuals build their own images, their relationships, and their environments. In portraits, I study the way the face itself portrays the personality of the individual. Along with facial expression, the clothing we wear builds our image. We take elements from our environment and make them our own. I use patterns to represent this weaving together of the individual and their environment.
The environment and the individual are constructed simultaneously. This happens in a unique way at construction sites. At this time, so many construction sites have been abandoned, leaving us to question what we are building. As Tyvek and orange safety fence flutter around the scaffolding, we are reminded that these massive industrial frameworks are suspended in a hand-made process, to be built up or torn down by the power of the individual.
Jennifer Frohwerk
