The Hair Shirt, from the Searching for Redemption series addressing child sexual abuse by Catholic Priests Installation

Morristown, NJ 1958Works on paper, collage and artist books. Educator and Arts Advocate.I often find small insects, seedpods, or birds nests and collect them as visual references. I study the richness of content and surface texture and emulate them through my varied materials and processes. I use an innovative collage technique that creates ancient-looking, timeworn surfaces. The work is always multi layered both in content and construction. Within this visual context I investigate the elements of human nature, which moves us to ask questions and consider the peculiar and odd, such as the human desire to collect, control and evaluate.Through all this I attempt to transcend the medium, and create a sense of intimate curiosity.