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About the Work…

The integration of orphaned, vintage photographs, digital photography, abstract drawings and encaustic paint in my work occurs simultaneously as a dialogue develops among these elements. The mixed media approach to my work is both additive and subtractive; employing many subtle layers to form an amalgam of biographical texture. The facial expression and posture of the figure in the photographs influence my palette, the lines and marks that I make to create the narrative abstract drawings and paintings. As I work, these disparate elements transcend the physical attributes of the materials and become one brush for me to paint these portraits of strangers.

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The Clarksburg Decision Deconstructed

The Clarksburg Decision Deconstructed The Clarksburg Decision Deconstructed, One 40x40x2” photo collage, encaustic and mixed media The Clarksburg Decision Deconstructed, Two 40x40x2” photo collage, encaustic and mixed media The Clarksburg Decision Deconstructed, Three 40x40x2” photo collage, encaustic and mixed media The Clarksburg Decision Deconstructed, Four 40x40x2” photo collage, encaustic and […]

Wish You Were Here

Wish You Were Here Wish You Were Here, Monday 3:57 pm 36x36x2” photo collage, encaustic and mixed media Wish You Were Here, Tuesday 11:10 36x36x2” photo collage, encaustic and mixed media Wish You Were Here, Thursday 3:20 pm 36x36x2” photo collage, encaustic and mixed media Wish You Were Here, Sunday […]

The Understudies

The Understudies I have expanded my studio practice to create images that are “photographic”. While I am very excited and pleased with the results of this new work, I have continued to make my photo collage, encaustic and mixed paintings. I will always need to get my hands dirty in […]

Mermaids

MERMAIDS Roxy 40x48x2” photo collage, encaustic and mixed media Leilani 40x48x2” photo collage, encaustic and mixed media Laurali 40x48x2” photo collage, encaustic and mixed media

The Broadacres Society

THE BROADACRES SOCIETY Billie 40x48x2” photo collage, encaustic and mixed media Jewel 40x48x2” photo collage, encaustic and mixed media Lily Moon’s Sister 40x48x2” photo collage, encaustic and mixed media Opal 40x48x2” photo collage, encaustic and mixed media Pearl 40x48x2” photo collage, encaustic and mixed media Lola 40x48x2” photo collage, encaustic […]

The Poet’s Encampment: A Conversation

THE POET’S ENCAMPMENT: A CONVERSATION The Poet’s Encampment is a conversation among human figures, abstract forms and other echoing counterparts. These disparate images both inform andcatalyze one another, engendering an evocative dialogue sometimes between the animate and inanimate, the part and the whole or the far and familiar. One can find […]

The Hobby Horse Literary Guild

The HOBBY HORSE LITERARY GUILD The Hobby Horse was the first African American book store in the United States, established in Harlem in 1930 during the Harlem Renaissance. This rich intellectual and cultural period in African American history occurred in the Harlem borough of New York City during The Great Migration. From 1915 […]

The Olshan Ballet

THE OLSHAN BALLET Impresario of the Olshan Ballet diptych: 60×32″ top panel: 48×32″, bottom panel: 12×32″ photo collage, encaustic and mixed media Odette 60x32x2” photo collage, encaustic and mixed media Rosamond 60x32x2” photo collage, encaustic and mixed media Simone 60x32x2” photo collage, encaustic and mixed media