After a hiatus of nearly twenty years, I recently returned to collaging. I now mainly use papers I have textured and colored myself, but I also incorporate pieces of my old gouache and pastel paintings and intaglio prints.
"What-Not"
Printed & painted paper, bark
“Insanity, 2025”
Painted & printed papers
"Untethered"
Painted, printed & plain papers
“Fractures”
Painted & printed papers
"...gently down the stream"
Painted & printed papers
"Jumble"
Painted & printed papers, bark
"Rock On"
Paper on mat board
"Let's Get Together"
Painted paper, photo
"Sweet Spot"
Painted & printed paper & photo
"Trump 2.0"
Painted papers on mat board
“Turbulence”
Painted paper, photo
"Circle of Life"
Painted & printed paper, photo
”Life’s a Basket”
Painted paper, fiber, photo
“Swimming Downstream”
Painted paper and photo
"Grotto"
Painted paper, photo, netting
“Autumn Bouquet”
Painted paper, fiber, photo
“Window on the World”
Painted paper, photo
“Birds Eye View”
Painted paper and photo
“Perspectives”
Painted papers, photo
“Caw of the Wild”
Painted papers, photo
“A Murder at Midnight”
Painted papers, photo
“Here’s Looking at You”
Painted paper, plastic net, photo
”Fantasy Cave”
Painted foil & paper, yarn
“Falling”
Painted paper & foil
“Burst”
Painted paper & foil
“Bouncing”
Painted papers
“Bibbity Bobbity Boo”
Painted papers & foil, yarn
“Landscape”
Painted papers
Untitled
Painted paper & aluminum foil
“Muddled Seasons”
Painted papers on paper
“Cascade”
Painted papers on paper
"Night and Day"
Painted foil & papers on paper
"Storm"
Painted aluminum foil & papers on paper
"Jungle Cruise"
Painted papers on paper
"Secret Garden"
Painted paper on wood panel
"Duet"
Painted papers on paper
"Coffee Blues"
Paper on wood panel
"Pearls of the Universe"
Painted paper, etching on wood panel
"Undersea Treasure"
Painted paper, etching on paper
"Shrimping"
Painted paper, plastic netting on paper
"Monochrome 2"
Paper and yarn on paper
"Life's a Boat"
Painted paper
During a Saturday workshop in San Francisco in 2006, I created the five 9"x12" Soul Cards shown above. Without reflection, we selected images that appealed to us from piles of magazine photos spread on the floor, then took them to a quiet corner and arranged them on construction paper until they somehow felt "right."