I work in fragments, because of the many lives I live as an artist. My interests and studies vary, and collage has become a means of play and escape into a world I cannot plan. It reveals itself to me in the strangest ways and freely associates things otherwise not combined. I’m constantly breaking down what I see into smaller pieces and together, bit by bit, I let the story emerge, occasionally stepping back from this state of coincidence and faith.
Color, pattern, humor, and the peculiar play crucial roles in my work. I began creating collages in multiple series, from studying etiquette and social codes for Victorian etiquette dance cards, to surrealist French paper dolls, to the fashion-conscious menagerie for Fashion Bestiary. A vehicle of limitless storytelling, collage is capable of communicating very profound ideas, both bizarre and poetic. Finding poetry within the bizarre is the key to most anything.
New Collage: Mustache Cha-Cha, 2013, acrylic and paper
Taj Mahal Tiger, 2011, acrylic and paper
Frog’s New Yo-Yo, 2012, acrylic and paper
Proper Breeding, 2013, acrylic and paper
The Grace of a Flower, 2012, acrylic and paper
Gazelle Manifesto, 2010, acrylic and paper
Happy Homemaker, 2012, acrylic and paper
Flaming Cha-Cha, 2013, acrylic and paper
