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 I create art in a variety of media, including: sculpture, prints, handmade paper, installation and bookarts. Overall themes addressed in my work are emotions: fear, dread, insecurity and anxiety. My paper work references images of childhood with transfer prints based on old family photos, old sewing pattern images, and domestic details. The images are of a bygone era, dating back to 50 years ago or more. I often incorporate domestic items such as pins, thread, hangers, buttons, scissors and needles. Some of this work is three dimensional paper sculptures and most recently, hanging paper houses with images of children trapped inside. The houses confine these memories of childhood in a claustrophobic interior. I’ve created paper installations with diminutive furniture and life size children, and I’ve created installations in alcove and closet spaces on these themes. My sculpture vary, some combine natural forms such as branches with added lead foil, confined in wood boxes. Others incorporate found metal objects: scissors, chains, knives, etc. Some of my sculptures refer to the structure of human body with parts resembling backbones and nervous systems. They require the viewer to approach and view the work’s secrets but reveal an ominous, repellant presence. |