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Using a symbolic
language of precisely cut photographic fragments, unusual
papers and small bits of cloth, I create inner and outer landscapes.
These simple bits come with their own identity and history
but tell a new story as they are arranged and rearranged into
pleasing compositions before being glued down.
While some collage series start by an
exploration of the natural world and relationships between
humanity and other living creatures, others begin with icons
both old and new.
In the end, most reveal a reality that
goes beyond the natural world we perceive, because of the
atypical juxtapositions of elements within each composition:
writing fragments and cacti or animals and altars for instance.
The fun is in trying out unusual combinations
of forms and solving the mysteries of the links between them.
These narrative compositions, archetypal representations,
and complex mixed media expressions evoke the histories that
inform and anchor our lives.
I piece my life together as well, working
in my studio, teaching at the Art League School, gardening,
grandmothering and exhibiting work in the many places that
form the landscapes of our country: including the National
Museum of Women in the Arts, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center,
Catholic University (Washington, DC), Hoyt Institute of Fine
Art (PA), Grounds For Sculpture (Hamilton, NJ), Woman Made
Gallery (Chicago), Visions Gallery (Albany, NY) and Touchstone
Gallery, Washington, DC.
2-D work ranges in price from $80
to $1500. Sculptures range from $350-$2000
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