The ultimate recycler, I make elegant collages with salvaged materials, collected from my daily life and wanderings —  mostly everyday papers that yield great color, texture or shape.

Each element is ripped out (not cut) and thus liberated from its original context/story. Selected pieces of paper are then combined to form fresh, layered imagery with new associations and meanings.

I often use a wet-working technique to adhere the papers — a process that is the result of many influences and years of experimentation.

Rearranged reality, assembled moments, and constructed views materialize as I work on these puzzles of my own making.