Bio

I have been a photographer for over forty years and have acquired over a quarter of a million images. That seems like enough. Although I received my MFA in Photography in 2020 from a joint program by the International Center for Photography and Bard College, I rarely take pictures anymore.

Gerhard Richter once said boxes of stored images felt unfinished and although mine are in my computer, I agree with him. As I scroll through my quarter of a million photographs, I think of skeins of yarn and mounds of clay waiting to be made into a sweater or a vase. For me, my vast archives are the raw material I use to create collages and weavings.

My work combines pieces of images that may have been taken eight years or eight thousand miles apart. As I piece them together, I create stories that are a far cry from the intent of the original images. One collage might merge skyscrapers in New York with rowhouses in Baltimore; another fuses a graffiti wall with Central Park trees. My themes are often income inequality and consumerism; glamour and grit; urbanization and suburbia.

Most of my collages and weavings are handmade. I find one photograph that sets the stage much like the set of an opera or a play. I then cut out pieces from other images and arrange them on top. Many collages are three dimensional. Sometimes the collages tell a story; other times I work more subconsciously guided by color and composition much in the way a composer relies on tone and harmony to write music. I also work in Photoshop. My intent is to show how our reality is so easily distorted by photographs. Above all, by working with my archives, I bring together my experiences much as my dreams bring together my memories.

Affiliations: Full-Member, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC

Group and Solo Shows

Studio Gallery in Washington, DC

            2023     Solo show        

2022     Numerous Member Group Shows

Torpedo Factory, Washington DC

            2022     Juried Group Show

International Center for Photography/Bard College

            2020     MFA Thesis show

Michael Foley Gallery, New York City

            2020     Group Show

Art Students League, New York City

2018     Honorable Mention, Group show

Maryland Federation of Art

            2010-2018        Numerous Honorable Mention Awards Juried Shows

            2010                 Solo Show

Residency:

            2023     Kolaj Artist Residency, Scotland