Mixed Media Works

Literally, my work is about the destruction of the environment; from the casual annihilation of life to the effects that encroachments and the destruction of the environment have on wildlife. Layered within the literal is the metaphorical dimensions of the work which have to do with my personal relationships and the treatment of humans by one another. It deals with the struggles within relationships; the disappointments, desire, regret, love, anger, and consequences of choice. Ultimately the work on both levels, literal and metaphorical, deals with the underlying themes of fear, abuse, and control.

The principal interest for me with my work is to gain an emotional response from the viewer. I would like to use my art as a tool to communicate the injustices that I have witnessed and to make viewers conscious of these indignities which have become numb commonalties in our society.

The combination of photography and other media has always intrigued me. I have found it to be a challenge to successfully combine photography with direct media, such as painting and drawing, concluding with a cohesive product. It has been this challenge that leads to my current work, which is a combination of photography, etching, painting, and drawing. Visual layering is an important step in this process and in turn is a reflection of the various messages and intentions of the work. I enjoy the actual and visual textures and layers that result from combining different media. In this manner there is a metamorphosis within each piece that represents the multiplicity of the content of the image