Artist Statement

How did this collaging project start? I was invited by a friend one night to go to a collaging/poetry

gathering one evening at Leap Coffee Roasters last summer. I almost didn’t go, little did I know it would

end up changing my art-making direction! I was obsessed immediately and spent the rest of the summer

to present day collaging as if there was no tomorrow! It was fun and also a great way to self sooth and

relieve stress – I felt inspired by art making in a way I hadn’t in quite some time. I started out sending

small collage cards to friends for free and for fun - it was great practice and I could see my work

improving. Even without giving pieces away I started building up quite an inventory. I’ve always enjoyed

collaging but I never considered it something I could make for art. It just seemed “too fun”. However,

people began remarking that I should start showing and selling them. I thought “Well why not me? Why

can’t I do that?”

I strive to create and immerse the viewer in universes and worlds that are fantastic and subversive,

beautiful and engaging - places where anything is possible. If an image doesn’t totally make sense in its

surroundings even better! I also love using humor in my pieces, there are many jokes and Easter eggs in

my pieces for people who study them. Mixing “vintage” images with more present day and progressive

photos and surroundings is also something that drives me. It is my goal that people will find something

new every time they look at my art. I hope you find beauty, are challenged (in a good way) and have a

laugh when you look at my art.

Enjoy!