Mashups
I have always enjoyed working with existing materials and combining elements in new and different ways in my work. Collage and assemblage offer a means of reevaluation as well as opportunity to play. Painting back into found thrift store artworks breathes new life into paintings that were abandoned and neglected. And smashing & “repairing” porcelain sculptures allows me to overcome the fear of childhood retribution and engage in wanton destruction in ways that offer benefit as well, crafting humorous & unique hybrid creatures from the wreckage while simultaneously considering deconstructivist discourse.

Menagerie: The Mayor
Porcelain assemblage

Menagerie: Celaeno
Porcelain assemblage

Menagerie: Chork on the Wing
Porcelain assemblage

Menagerie: Maori Xingguan
Porcelain assemblage

Menagerie: Odalisque
Porcelain assemblage

Menagerie: Puppy Love
Porcelain assemblage

Menagerie: Sweet Pea
Porcelain assemblage

Revisitations: Blue Dragon
Nail polish on found thrift store art, original signature illegible

Revisitations: Her Majesty
Nail polish on found thrift store art, original by Jeanette Mull

Revisitations: Troll
Nail polish on found thrift store art, original by R. Lovelace

Revisitations: Ghost Ship
Nail polish on found thrift store art, original unsigned

Revisitations: Fairy Queen
Nail polish on found thrift store art, original unsigned

Revisitations: Krakken
Nail polish on found thrift store art, original by Leonard

Revisitations: The Last Unicorn
Nail polish on found thrift store art, original by T.A. Smith

Revisitations: Mermaid
Nail polish on found thrift store art, original by Joy Gum

Revisitations: Alien Invasion
Nail polish on found thrift store art, original unsigned

The Price of Justice Amid the Joys of War
Book cover from my Taste of War collage series combining Time Life Books WWII The Aftermath: Europe and Joys of Jell-O

The Price of Justic Amid the Joys of War
Accordian book display of pages in the round from my Taste of War collage series combining Time Life Books WWII The Aftermath: Europe and Joys of Jell-O

Taste of War: Tips and Tricks
Collage series combining Time Life Books WWII The Aftermath: Europe and Joys of Jell-O

Taste of War: Two-Way Recipes
Collage series combining Time Life Books WWII The Aftermath: Europe and Joys of Jell-O

At Sea: Feelin Fishy
Fabric fish collage on found thrift store art

At Sea: I Sea You
Fabric fish collage on found thrift store art

At Sea: Reel Groovy
Fabric fish on pour painting

Creepy Comics: The Grave
Comic book collage

Creepy Comics: Toxic Relationship
Comic book collage

Creepy Comics: Werewolves
Comic book collage