Van Dyke- Narrative

Artist Statement:
 The Van Dyke narrative sequence project allowed me to tell a story about my childhood. When I was young, my siblings & I would play games including guess who, cherries, and cards. The only game that we did not play was chess. But yet we had this beautiful chess set that even included animals as the props.  I wanted to show how this game was set up and displayed, but yet we never played it and therefore was afterthought to the many games we did play.  I would say Eduard Muybridge inspired me with his series of galloping horses.  I wanted to express that even when something is not used or put of to the side, it is still beautiful and  can tell a story in some way.