
Collage is an art that operates on three levels: that of the directed awareness, of the deep psyche, and of the living universe, all working together to create.
Available works.
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The Selkie
Selkies are the shapeshifting seals of Celtic folklore. Some are said to come ashore and make lives with humans.
What is it like to be of two worlds?
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The Lovers
The beginning of a tarot series. The Lovers represents lovers, naturally, as well as kindred spirits, love, attraction, and balance.
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Her Guitar
A reflection of the divine feminine, in an array of modalities: fierce, sensitive, regal, humorous, creative . . . she is the instrument of her own spirit.
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How the West was Won - left panel - Grandmother
Part of a triptych depicting how the indigenous wisdom restores the balance of civilization in our world. Here, we recognize the essential, central nature of the Grandmothers in keeping the world, wisdom and tradition alive.
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How the West was Won - center panel - The Lawyer
In this triptych, showing how indigenous wisdom restores our world, we are reminded, here, how using the tools of law to protect and steward our earth is central to our best living.
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How the West was Won - right panel - Ceremony
Crucial to the success of indigenizing our world, as this triptych points to, is ceremony. It is through relating to our spiritual world that we restore our tangible world.
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The Sound of Love
A celebration of Black American love, in its diverse presence, and the wonders of wealth it has given our world.
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Expectation
A vintage flavored remembrance of what it is like to have a new baby on its way.
What is like to know someone is coming into this world?
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In the Culture
What a wonderful thing it is to have the wealth of culture to feed one’s child with. Here, we are looking at what it might be to be born as a Black American in our world.
A visual tour.
To get a sense of the scale and detail of the collage work, here is a video tour through The Proposal, an 88in. x 88in. collage, depicting an entire world, comprised of hundreds of individual, hand-cut pieces.
Enjoy!
The process . . .
Mixing together elements, it is rather like creating a puzzle as one goes, finding pieces, in medias res. Here is clip of that flow, as I work on How the West was Won: The Lawyer,