"she looked at me oddly", collage on paper, 4 x 6 inches In this series of collages I am exploring the relationship between discrimination, color and age by using the pages from Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, superimposing the "invisible" bodies of the highly...

"she didn't feel like smiling", acrylic on photopaper, 2.25 x 2.25 inchesSee more of the series on flickr.

"he forgot me", acrylic on photopaper, 2.25 x 2.25 inches

"money matters", acrylic on canvas, 6 x 6 inchesTo push the abstraction of the small clann paintings I want to blow them up to six inch canvases and repaint them, and after that further experiment with a large rectangular zoom repainted with larger brushes. This is...

"eleanor", acrylic on canvas, 6 x 6 inches Here is the final painting of Eleanor on canvas. I used the original photo, did a quick study and then did a more detailed final (see progression below).

"she waited a long time", acrylic on photopaper, 2.25 x 2.25 inchesNew series featuring images found in the same photo album from upstate New York. Today I painted these two small images and two larger versions (of previously painted miniatures) on 6 x 6 inch...

"she always knew" collage on photopaper, ink, acrylic paint and vintage paper. 6 x 4 inches. Portrait of Mary C. Leto. Things that are pertinent: pieces of wallpaper, parts of books, library stamps, wooden letters, 40s cross stitch, hollander beater,  and...

  "just one push", acrylic on photopaper, 2.25 x 2.25 inches "it was an accident", acrylic on photopaper, 2.25 x 2.25 inchesSee more paintings in this series on flickr.

 "she always knew" (detail), acrylic on photopaper, 6 x 4 inches This piece is not yet finished. I would like to do some collage with it. Things that have some meaning for us. This will take some thought.

 "they left the dust bowl behind", acrylic on photopaper, 2.25 x 2.25 inches"she dreamed of being in a movie one day", acrylic on photopaper, 2.25 x 2.25 inchesSee more paintings in this series on flickr.

"Over Cs" collage on cardboard, ink, acrylic paint and vintage paper. 7 3/4 x 5 inches.I found some wonderful manuals from an Italian correspondence school that serve as my background and inspiration to this latest collage and painting. An old map of Rome, an Italian...

accordion book, collage on paper with colored pencil, 6 x 6 inches23 Sandy Gallery in Portland is exhibiting Uncommon Threads: The Handicrafts in Book Arts from September 23 through October 29. The call for entries is open until this Saturday. As the name indicates...