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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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Frank Browning and Baldwin Cook 20x16x1.5” photo collage, encaustic and mixed media Beloved Arlette 20x16x1.5” photo collage, encaustic and mixed media Audrey Knows Exactly What She is Looking For 20x16x1.5” photo collage, encaustic and mixed media Rose Dreams of That Last Day in August 20x16x1.5” photo collage, encaustic and mixed […]

Notable Inhabitants of Beacon Falls

Arlette at Dawn 13×10” archival pigmented print Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 308 gsm, 16×12” Edition of 4 Arlette at Midday 13×10″ archival pigmented print Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 308 gsm, 16×12” Edition of 4 Arlette at Dusk 13×10″ archival pigmented print Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 308 gsm, 16×12” Edition of 4 Theo Contemplates […]

Moon Phase Gardening

New Moon Garden40x15x2”photo collage, solar etchings, encaustic and mixed media Full Moon Garden40x15x2”photo collage, encaustic and mixed media First Quarter Moon Garden40x15x2”photo collage, solar etchings, encaustic and mixed media

We All Belong Here

We All Belong Here Paeonia24x18x2”photo collage, archival pigmented print, encaustic and mixed media Velutina24x18x2”photo collage, archival pigmented print, encaustic and mixed media Lisianthus 24x18x2”photo collage, archival pigmented print, encausticand mixed media

The Longford Sisters

The Longford Sisters The Longford Lighthouse was built in 1857 on the Arthur Dewey Longford family farm on the Massachusetts coast. During the 1940’s, the Longford sisters were both the Longford lighthouse keepers and dance troupe. In the years following the Great Depression, the Longford Lighthouse became a gathering place […]

Concanon Coal Mine String Trio

Melody Hitchcock24x42x2”archival pigmented print, encaustic and mixed media Victoria Pullen24x24x2”archival pigmented print, encaustic and mixed media Violet Carmack24x24x2”archival pigmented print, encaustic and mixed media

Fellow Travelers

The Ipswich League of Women Voters Arriving on the 11:45 Ferry18×18”Archival Pigment Print Edition of 3Edition of 3 The Choreographer, The Poet and Their Family18×2.5” Archival Pigment PrintEdition of 3 Ernesto Centano’s Nephew18×18”Archival Pigment Print>Edition of 3 Harmony and Grace18×12”Archival Pigment Print>Edition of 3 Sunday Morning in Lakeville18×18”Archival Pigment Print>Edition […]

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 […]

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