My first attempt at a self portrait in collage came as the result of an assignment that I gave one of my collage classes at the Art Center. It was juried into the First Frontier Collage Society National Show in 2005. I did another collage self portrait in 2009 which is included in the profile section of this website.

September 13, 2009
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Collage Self Portrait Number One

My first attempt at a self portrait in collage came as the result of an assignment that I gave one of my collage classes at the […]
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September 13, 2009
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Complementary Lady – SOLD

Well, this collage has an interesting history. It started out as a watercolor of a seabed–fairly abstract. As such it was juried into a local exhibition […]
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September 13, 2009
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Havana Serenade SOLD

This piece was a class demonstration on using connecting geometrics. It took on a life of its own as another rumination on our Cuban experiences. I […]
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September 13, 2009
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Family – NFS

I did this collage to see if I could successfully do portrait collages. This piece depicts my son and his family. I incorporated my grand-daughter’s artwork, […]
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September 12, 2009
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Meta Muse – SOLD

I struggled with this “made up” portrait until I decided to overlay a manipulated photo of the Mona Lisa printed on transparent vellum on top of […]
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September 12, 2009
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Mountains, Mesas and So On-SOLD

This is one of my “layered landscapes” which I built on top of a collaged piece of yupo. I had no reference for this. It is […]
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September 11, 2009
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Old Tulips – SOLD

I love to do floral still lifes in collage. I start with a collaged ground and build the still life on top using many layers. Still […]
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September 10, 2009
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Sheep Sanctuary SOLD

This collage is done on a 12×12 cradled board (it looks like a box). It is part of my forest series and was created with magazine […]
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September 10, 2009
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Wildfire Afternoon SOLD

I painted this experimental watermedia piece on Yupo* several summers ago during an extreme drought in Colorado. There was an almost constant smoky haze and odor […]
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