I
have worked seriously in collage since 1985. It was (and still
is) a commitment to expressing visual imagery in paint and
paper. I love working with paper, creating with paper, and
touching, tearing and gluing paper.
My
earliest collages included paper fragments appropriated from
periodicals like National Geographic magazine. I called these
puzzle pieces because of the incredible detail. In 1990, my
collages became painterly abstract grids. I love the geometry of
the grid, and always return to grids after any foray into semi
abstract figuration. In addition to squares in grids, I like to
work with square-shaped canvases and paper substrates.
In
1995 I began to create my own inventory of hand-painted papers
– a palette of collage papers with the color, detail and
surface texture necessary for larger collages. Some works have
been as big as 7 feet tall and needed a lot of collage papers
– so I became the source for the papers.
The
most recent collages have become more intimate in scale, more
textural and, again, more abstract with more mixed media
(collage, pencil, oil, wax, and ink).
My
studio is now located at Media Loft in New Rochelle, NY. It’s
a wonderful space with work tables for collage, a large easel
for the oils, a printmaking press, and jazz music playing while
I'm working – total inspiration for all the works in progress.
My
paintings, prints and collages have been exhibited nationally
and internationally in museum and gallery shows and are included
in public, corporate and private collections throughout the
United States, Canada, Mexico, England, Austria, India, Japan,
New Zealand and the Republic of Singapore.
