Tooth Fairies is an homage to artist and teacher Richard Kehl (http://www.richardkehl.com/). I don’t know how or when I first discovered Richie’s work, but I remember being fascinated by the elegance and energy of his deceptively simple compositions. His images recall the work of Dada artists Joseph Cornell (if Cornell had dealt in two dimensions instead of three) and Hanna Hoch. One of Kehl’s great conceits was the addition of butterfly wings to people in vintage photographs - a gesture that simultaneously changed perspective and scale.
