Gifts of the Magi

Untitled series
Acrylic and cardstock on Bristol board / December 2010

Untitled series
Sumi ink on watercolor paper / December 2010

Please send glue sticks

Sportive Tricks
Paper collage with monotype cutouts / 18 x 24 in. / December 2010

The original monotype I created in class as an experiment was admittedly (though not intentionally) too derivative of my instructor's own work (that of Jenn Erwin). Here I've used collage as a means to deconstruct and reassemble the piece, incorporating colored cardstock along the way. This intervention creates a new aesthetic approach and achieves a more personal narrative quality.

Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall polyptych
Collage (Sumi ink, watercolor paper, cardstock) / 8.5 x 11 in. (ea.) / Nov.-Dec. 2010