Hanging in the Balance Collage

I have always been an artist but I have not always made art. It has taken me a lifetime to gather my wits, time, and experience, put them together and finally express myself through my artwork. I was born and raised in the American Midwest. I married young, had two children and supported my husband throughout his professional studies. Iowa has been my home for the last 40 years or so. As an undergraduate and graduate student in painting I was trained in traditional methods and my early work was oil on canvas. After working as a digital graphic designer for twenty years at the public library, I developed methods for combining and layering digital images in my computer with the eye and sensitivity of an oil painter. In my images I am exploring the idea that many realities exist simultaneously. I use objects, buildings or landscapes that are traditional and familiar with others that are imaginary. This in turn creates new ways of thinking about things, creating new possibilities. I invite you to join me in seeking to see our world in a new way in order to create new possibilities for all of us.