Collage

Collage Artist Statement

I enjoy working with mixed media since it gives me the opportunity to combine texture, pattern, layers and line into a cohesive abstract composition.  The typically feminine pursuits of  quilt-making, appliqué and weaving serve as inspiration for my work. 

 Found images such as maps, photographs, book pages and variety of papers are usually arranged with an underlying grid pattern.  Poured paint or ink and embroidery incorporates a visual weaving of transparency and layering.  I am successful if the disparate elements are unified into a cohesive, visually pleasing composition that invites the viewer to touch and take delight in making connections through variety of familiar things used in a surprising manner.