I'm a multi-disciplinary visual artist based in St. Paul.  My decades long practice includes video art, filmmaking, and now collage photography.   

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 For this series, I began with photographs of the roots of toppled trees that line the banks of the Mississippi River near my home.   The roots were washed and eroded by years of rising/falling flood waters that exposed rich colors and deep textures.  I start with a single photograph that is generally quite plain all by itself.  But when mirrored and multiplied in intricate patterns through collage, it blossoms into a new and beautiful image.​​

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 Printed on a polyester weave vinyl substrate these works assert a physical autonomy like free hanging textiles.  They are not only images but objects occupying space. 

 

 Most recently my collage photography is included in the 2026 Untitled 20 exhibition at Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis; and the 2026 Light on Cut Paper: Photography and Collage at New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery, New Orleans.

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