The Power of Symbols challenges the power symbols have on our psyche — specifically, the power of religious symbols. I power-clashed heavily loaded imagery with Christian imagery to make my viewers think about what we value as a society: perhaps how we value religion and money, a human construct, over the preservation of planet earth.

The back of the figure, entirely covered in rows of yellow and black corn kernels Genetically Modified Mary

A devotional print of Christ, a Kit Kat wrapper collaged into his hands Kit-Kat Christ

A small standing figure wrapped in dollar bills, a coin halo behind her head, set in a shrine on a black base What We Really Worship

A framed devotional print of the Madonna and child, a Snickers wrapper collaged across the mother's arm and shoulder