book arts
Using collage, paint, ink and pencil, the book form provides an intimate enclosure in which to gather and contain. Turning the pages or unfolding is a quiet and tactile experience through time, a small journey from here to there. And the art of altering existing books is rich with possibility.
image 1: detail Shelter in Place
2: Death Book 3: detail Synthesis
4-8 mixed media books
9: Second Thoughts Encyclopedia
Vol M, altered book, gouache
10: Chakra Tree, wall hung accordion book 60"x15"
11: Hell's Handbasket, Dante's Inferno pages, waxed linen 14"x10"
12: detail Unified Field Theory accordion book