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Though technical
precision is an important component of my photographically-generated
screen-prints and collages, I want the work to express my
joy in Nature, color and design above all else. Using layers
of transparent color with strong contrasts, I focus on imagination,
variety, energy, rhythm, repetition and symmetry. I search
for subjects that feature unusual patterns, textures and forms
in nature. From a skeletonized leaf I discovered years ago,
I have created many different compositions, all from repeating
and overlapping this one image. (See example - "Upstairs/Downstairs.)
I sometimes combine the subject with marbling or moiré
patterns or geometric shapes. In "Off they Go,"
from my current series of American chestnut leaves, I integrated
a marbling pattern to achieve the effect of wind whisking
a cluster of leaves away. With abstract patterns, I have also
integrated realistic drawn images, as pictured in "Eyes
Spy."
My educational background spans three
schools: Syracuse University, the University of Delaware (B.A.
degree with Honors in Art and Education,) and The George Washington
University (M.F.A. in Graphics.) I have taught art in many
centers and schools in the area, including Montgomery College
in Germantown, Maryland. Currently, I teach for Arts for the
Aging in daycare and senior centers in the Metropolitan area.
Since 1979 I have been a regular contributor to the Original
Print Calendar, sponsored by the Washington Area Printmakers.
I have been affiliated with the Torpedo Factory and the Art
League for 28 years.
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