About
I am interested in the relationship of visual elements and text. The printed work has an inherent level of symbolic authority. In working with books, and specifically text, I am able to start with an object already rich with symbolic meaning. The dictionaries, maps and religious texts I typically use in my work seem particularly infused with a level of authority. My work in collage involves a deconstruction and the shift from coherence to ambiguity as an important aspect of this process - as words and images once clear are obscured, fragmented and ultimately transformed. My roots in photography continue to influence my artistic process as I remain intrigued by the frame and the relationship it invites between image and viewer. The viewer may be left with an elusive sense that what is missing may be as important as what is visible.
Juried Shows |
2016 Art on Paper, Circle Galery, Maryland Federation of Artists, Annapolis, MD
2015 Art.Therapy. The Institute for Integrative Health, Baltimore, MD 2014 Containment. Maryland Art Therapy Association and Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD 2013 I Feel I Am. Maryland Art Therapy Association and Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD 2012 Small Wonders, Circle Gallery, Maryland Federation of Artists, Annapolis, 2012 Belles Lettres, Altered Aesthetics, Minneapolis, MN 2012 Art on Paper, Circle Gallery, Maryland Federation of Artists, Annapolis, MD 2012 Art and Healing, Towson ARTS Collective, Towson, MD 2011 Coming Home/Lighting Out, Capitol Hill Art League, Washington, DC 2010 Small Wonders, Circle Gallery, Maryland Federation of Artists, Annapolis, MD 2010 Text and Its Discontexts, Towson ARTS Collective, Towson, MD 2009 Un(bound): An Altered Books Competition, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD |