I am Santa Barbara's "Paster of Light," best known for my work with recycled magazines in a process I call "photage." The basis of my unique technique is a sensitively built palette of complementary colors and textures from print matter. When the palette appears complete, I try to conjure an organic whole from the cut fragments, organizing according to continuity of content, color, shape and the dynamic and spacial effects created by the play of shadow and light. The resulting image is an intelligent and mysterious micro/macrocosm. The familiarity of the everyday magazine fragments and the traditional measures of beauty such as balance, color harmony, and fluidity found in the artworks serve to evoke reminiscence, making the abstraction very accessible to all viewers.

My work is shown extensively in solo and group exhibits, both in the Santa Barbara area and throughout the United States. I have received several awards, including the Santa Barbara Individual Artist Award for Mixed Media, Collage, and Assemblage in 2004. My work appears in the Honorable Mention section of the 2005 California edition of Kennedy Publishing's Best of Artists Juried Book series, as well as in the Best of Artists National book. I am an award winner in the National Collage Society's 23rd Annual Juried Exhibit and a juried member of the National Association of Women Artists.