Joee Vee

SCANDAL: This body of work comes from the child still within and my love of the classic board game CLUE. It started off as a six piece series of paintings. I find it ironic that as young kids we play a game based on a murder mystery. This concept hardly seems appropriate for children. With this in mind, I decided to add sex appeal to the characters and make them my own. I have given Mr. Green, Ms. Scarlett and the other suspects a gateway into the twenty-first century, creating an adult version of this already mature game. My love of the game and excitement over my character paintings encouraged me to bring these new modern day players to life through photography. In both mediums I pay great attention to detail. I wanted the paintings to have a sense of realism. My goal was to give the paintings movement. As for the photographs, I wanted to have complete control over the images. I achieved this through controlled sets,lighting,props and models. Dramatic lighting was a vital piece of this process. One of the concepts I love most about photography is being able to bring to life the visions that I create in my head; I was able to do just that with Scandal.If these photos have a mission, it is this: Life is like a board game, keep it fun, but choose your moves wisely, you never know who will stab you in the back…with the knife…in the kitchen.