Altar

Altar is a series looking into the culture of worship and how identity is often found or lost in such acts.  An altar is literally a raised edifice used to conduct religious acts of worship. Figuratively it is used to describe a thing that a person attaches great emphasis on, usually at the cost of something else.
We all have altars and we all worship.  Most of them are not literal structures or ceremonies, but instead take the form of pursuits and obsessions mostly having to do with personal glory.  Death, selflessness, humbleness, etc considered useless to our personal altars. As a culture we strive for glory, to be known,  for beauty and in the process lose our true selves.
The images and inspiration for the Altar series took root because of my own personal battling with what I choose to worship or glorify. Often these choices are not easy and often they are misguided and selfish. The series is inspired by my faith as a Christian and from symbols derived from Biblical texts, by the altar of Christ who made the highest claim of all, to be the son of God, and still completely gave himself up for others in a bloody and torturous death. This event causes me to question my own altars and turn to one of complete loss and complete victory.