Portfolio > Cash Register Portraits

This series of works investigates an innocuous symbol of consumer culture, the cash register. It is a utilitarian object that goes unnoticed which unendingly calculates our debt and is a receptacle for the offering of our earnings. The images of these machines are intended to represent the core of our economic culture, spending and debt. Yet each one conveys a particular expression, with a distinct personality. Each register is painted larger than life, to symbolically emphasize the power they wield over our lives.

oil painting of cash register
oil on canvas
20" x 20"
2012
oil painting of a cash register
oil on canvas
30" x 30"
2012
oil painting of cash register
oil on canvas
36" x 36"
2012
register, cash register, painting
oil on canvas
30" x 24"
2012
cash register, oil painting
oil on canvas
20" x 20"
2011
cash register, register
oil on canvas
30" x 40"
2012
graphite wash drawing of a cash register system
Graphite Wash
52 1/2" x 36 7/8"
2012
graphite wash drawing of a cash register system
oil on canvas
47 3/4" x 44"
2012
cash register, drawing
graphite wash
40 1/2" x 42 1/4"
2012
cash register, register, drawing
graphite wash
48" x 39"
2012
pastel drawing, cash register, register, drawing
pastel
16" x 12"
2011
pastel drawing, drawing, cash register
pastel
16" x 12"
2011