Santa Barbara Studio Artists

My recent artworks are the product of two types of layering processes. I start with a well-constructed paper collage and push it beyond the limitations of paper fragments through photographic manipulation and layering. Though my work is abstract, I am interested in creating the illusion of space and movement. Harmonious color, light and shadow, and balance of both masculine and feminine elements, sharpness and softness, curves and angles are present in my work in an attempt to grasp an idealized and cooperative totality.

My work has been shown locally, nationally, and internationally and appears in several publications, including the Honorable Mention section of the 2005 California edition of Kennedy Publishing's Best of Artists Juried Book series, as well as in the 2005 Best of Artists National. I have also been invited to appear in the upcoming Best of Worldwide Genre book. I have received several awards, including the Santa Barbara Individual Artist Award for Mixed Media, Collage, and Assemblage in 2004. I am an award winner in the National Collage Society's 23rd Annual Juried Exhibit and have been a juried member of the National Association of Women Artists.
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