Passion for Paper: Hand Sewn Constructions

2015 Exhibit

I'm currently exploring dimension with my collage paintings. They are influenced by the textural surfaces found on environmental forms. My work is created by folding, manipulating, gluing and sewing papers, combined with found and discarded materials, onto rods, panels or canvases. I use acrylic paints, pastels and a variety of mixed media. My pieces evoke water in some of its many forms, fluid and solid: Ocean, River, Cloud Vapor and Ice. I have a passion for paper — plain or embellished with paint and mixed media. My work comes together intuitively as I tear and sew the paper. I focus on developing textural contrasts, shadows, and the architectural structures they create. Although my work is made to be hung on a wall, I am constantly subtly pushing the dimensions out from the wall.