Here the fantastical, amorphous figures take inspiration from the natural environment. Each assemblage blurs the figurative boundary between the imaginative and the organic world.
In these sculptural paper assemblages, I transformed the flattened 2-dimensional contours of larger drawings and paintings that I have created througout my career, into figural objects that are equally familiar and disorienting. They are created from pieces of dismantled ‘successful’ paintings, recycled ‘failed’ paintings, and trimmings of still existing paintings. Playing with past works, allows me to privledge to return to the memories and places of times before, while recognizing how our memories often blur together - what is real? what is fictious? what is precious? what is now? what is next?
The assemblages are fantasies come to life: tokens of the natural world, deconstructed, reformatted, and presented in a new and intuitive perspective. I strive to evoke the vibrancy and wonder of being in and of the world simultaneously.
Razzle Dazzle
2021
Collage
8" x 8"
Squirreling Away
2021
Collage
8" x 8"
As Above is Below
2021
Collage
8" x 8"
All my Life is a Circle
2021
Collage
8" x 8"
Underland
2021
Collage
8" x 8"
2019
Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
approximately 3" x 4"
2019
Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
approximately 7" x 5"
2019
Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
approximately 7" x 5"
2019
Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
approximately 7" x 5"
2019
Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
approximately 8" x "
2019
Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
approximately 8" x 3"
City on a Mountain
2017
Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
approximately 13" x 8"
Perfectly Balanced
2017
Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
8.5" x 7.5"
No Horizon
2017
Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
9.5" x 5.5"
I Got You
2017
Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
6.25" X 5"
It's Really Quite Simple
2017
Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
7.5" x 5.5"
2017
Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
2017
Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
2017
Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Altered Course
2017
Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
7" x 9"
Crossing the Line
2017
Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
8" x 7.5"
2017
Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Sizzle Vibration
2017
Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
9.5" x 8.75"
A Better Decision than I Want
2017
Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
7.5" x 4"
Field Kitchen2016Paper Assemblage
6" x 4"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Mirro Mirror2016Paper Assemblage
9" x 10"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Bipedalism2016Paper Assemblage
6" x 4"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Disambiguation2016Paper Assemblage
9" x 14"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Common threads2016Paper Assemblage
8" x 10"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Locomotive Capture2016Paper Assemblage
5" x 3.5"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Ailwee2016Paper Assemblage
6" x 9"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Rooted Peak2016Paper Assemblage
11" x 7"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Popple2015Papper Assemblage
7.25" x 5"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Bare Bear2014Paper Assemblage
8.5" x 7"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Clasping and Passing2014Paper Assemblage
9" x 8"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Corners Everywhere2014Paper Assemblage
15" x 11"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Bend It2014Paper Assemblage
8" x 6.5"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Nutmeg22014Paper Assemblage
12" x 8"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Finally Here2015Paper Assemblages created with my Recycled Paintings
10.5" x 6.6"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Fostering2014Paper Assemblage
9" x 5"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Hide Along the Line2014Paper Assemblage
12" x 10"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Open Up2014Paper Assemblage
8.25" x 4"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
The Other Side 2014Paper Assemblage
7" x 6"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Plant and Lead2014Paper Assemblage
10" x 6"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Captive and Protected2014Paper Assemblage
10" x 17"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
The Space was Good2014Paper Assemblage
5.35" x 7.25Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
The Flanks2014Paper Assemblage
8" x 12"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Controlling Borders2014Paper Assemblage
7" x 17"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Through Ball2014Paper Assemblage
13" x 11.5"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Goal - fingers cupping2014Paper Assemblage
16" x 9"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Safety 2014Paper Assemblage
14.5" x 8"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Things I Fear2014Paper Assemblage
17" x 15"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Protective2015Paper Assemblage
11" x 11"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Room with a ViewOur Garden2014Paper Assemblage
12" x 14"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
The In Between2014Paper Assemblage
13.5" x 12"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Slipping Through2014Paper Assemblage
15" x 9"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
This Means You Lift Up2014Paper Assemblage
11" x 10"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
All the Pieces2014Paper Assemblage
13.5" x 9"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Scooped2014Paper Assemblage
10" x 4.5"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
Wrinkled Tips2015Paper Assemblage
19" x 7"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.
You, Me, and the Mountain2014Paper Assemblage
13" x 9.5"Created from pieces of dismantled “successful” paintings, recycled “failed” paintings and trimmings of still existing paintings.