My collages utilize printed ephemera to serve as a time machine. The look and ephemeral nature of old books, brochures and documents are fascinating to me, and help to inform...
My collages utilize printed ephemera to serve as a time machine. The look and ephemeral nature of old books, brochures and documents are fascinating to me, and help to inform my work. These bits and pieces have been stuck in the dark in these places, and I get to uncover them and combine them to give them new life. As I'm combing through these materials, or observing the world around me, the seeds of ideas are planted. I then create thumbnail sketches, trying to make sense out of them. Patterns start to emerge, then images and their stories rise to the top as I’m working. Themes that I explore include the Cold War, military defense, space travel, as well as human and mechanical relationships, and patterns. An ongoing conversation between past, present and future.