The process of making a collage with my own paper is extremely satisfying and stretches my imagination, vision, and intelligence. The term comes from the French word "coller," meaning "to paste." Most collages are made with "found" materials (postcards, newspaper scraps, cardboard), continuing the tradition introduced by various cubist artists such as Picasso and Braque. Mine continue the exploration of what happens when essentially two-dimensional elements are pasted together on a flat surface to create an image, but I prefer to work with the mysteries in the paper I make with pulp from cotton, abaca, linen, denim jeans, and so forth.
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Birds' Nests
16 inches x 20 inches, $300
Sharing
20 inches x 16 inches, $350
Teach Us to Sing, 2022
20 inches x 16 inches, $350
There are Moons Everywhere You Go
16 inches x 20 inches, $300
Plenty of Fish in the Sea
16 inches x 20 inches, $350
Longing
14 inches x 11 inches, $350
The Last Rose of Summer
20 inches x 16 inches, $350
Caught Red-Handed
20 inches x 16 inches, $350
Rothko's Green Thumb
30 inches by 20 inches, $400
Come on in! The Water's Fine!
16 inches x 20 inches, $300
Glimpsing Possibility
16 inches by 20 inches, $350
Frozen Laughter, 2022
16 inches x 12 inches, $300
Looking at the Bright Side, 2022
16 inches x 12 inches, $300
Dance Me to the End of Love, 2022
16 inches x 12 inches, $300
From a Distance...God is Watching, 2022
21 inches x 23 inches, framed, $225
The Relativity of Beauty, 2022
16 inches x 20 inches, $250
Chatterbox
12 inches by 9 inches, $100
Beloved
19 inches by 23 inches, framed, $300
Bartender Behind the Scenes #1
12 inches by 12 inches, $200
Rooted. Growing. Hopeful.
artist-made paper, paint, 30 x 20 inches, $300
Judge Solely Not by Exteriors
artist-made & found paper, 19 inches by 16 inches framed, $400
Bird Song
artist-made and found paper, paint, 30 inches x 20 inches, $200
None of Your Business Card
artist-made and found paper, paint, 16 x 12 inches, framed, $150
Parallel Dimension
handmade & found paper, tiles, 14 inches x 16 inches, framed, $200
Orange
found and artist-made paper, 8 inches x 10 inches, $100
Lemon
artist-made paper, ink, 8 inches x 8 inches, $100
Point of View
artist-made paper, ink, 8 inches x 28 inches with frame, $200
Pick Me Up!
artist-made paper, 16 inches x 12 inches, framed, $150
Like the Back of Your Hand
16 inches x 12 inches, sold
On the One Hand
16 inches x 12 inches, sold
Hey Good Looking! What You Got Cooking?
16 inches x 12 inches, sold
How Do You Like to go Up in a Swing?
16 inches x 12 inches, sold
Emsley (Commission)
12 inches by 16 inches
Child's Pose, 2022
18 inches by 24 inches
True Wealth: A Child's Gift of Leaves, 2022
12 inches by 16 inches