As a practicing collage artist, I feel a strong inclination toward the visual. I am drawn to pattern, color and texture which reminds me of the fabric work of my Mémère Drouin. Just as my grandmother made quilts from old clothes, I make collages with junk mail, discarded magazines, tissue paper and old coffee cups.
First Art Publication: My art accompanies accompanies this display of poetry: “Rejecting Despair: Poems of Lament, Rage, and Resistance” which showcases the work of fourteen women poets, including Tess Gallagher and Alicia Ostriker. https://persimmontree.org/special-issue-2022/poetry/
During the first months of the 2020 pandemic I was working in my studio almost everyday. My purpose was to create intuitively and freely. Here are some of those quick collages:
red flower 3/20/2020
I created these small pieces quickly in 6×9 books of heavy-duty (140 pound) art paper. I used a glue stick on my palette of colors-made up of New Yorker pages, bits of tissue or cardboard, and pieces of junk mail.
I tried not to overthink each creation and found the practice peaceful and meditative.
These collage portraits, both done with live models in Martha Miller’s Continuing Ed. Portraiture class at Maine College of Art. 2010-11. I’ve done some others, but these are my favorites. Both of these are anchored in narrative.
I’ve done a number of “cityscapes” which are meant to confront the dissonance of urban life. “Fractured City” originates from a 1970 National Geographic spread on Rome.
Fractured City
