I photographed hardware, light fixtures, handrails, blank walls, and equipment onboard an ocean going ship - just the mundane things that people usually walk right past without noticing, but are so interesting to me. ​ My practice involves the discovery of ordinary spaces and places and transforming these into wonderful new images through collage techniques.  It's like something very plain blossoming into something worthy of our attention.  These nautical notes are just one example of the many possibilities of ordinary things waiting to shine.

 

 Printed on a polyester weave, vinyl substrate, the works are mounted inches off the wall, unframed, like hanging textiles.  They are not only images, but objects occupying space. 

 

 So far in 2026 my collage photography is featured in four group exhibitions - Untitled 20 , at Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis; 

 Light on Cut Paper, at New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans;  Making Strange, at Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis; and                          A Celebration of Contemporary Photography, at PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT.

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