Archetypes: Journey to Self (2009)My current work is personal, with an interest in exploring things that have remained unspoken, secret or denied. The book arts as medium offers abundant opportunities to experiment with tactics to reveal some secrets and keep others.
Betsy Davids offers advice for working with personal work, encouraging book artists to create structures that can accommodate what can’t yet be said alongside what one has to say. Layers, translucency, boxes, hidden compartments, storytelling, images, and staged revelation are my current forms of expression.
Inspired by Davids' lead, I challenge myself – and by extension anyone who interacts with my work – to risk saying what we most deeply want to say, while respecting the need for privacy when it matters. Journey, choices, recovery, redemption and forgiveness are current themes.
I also love to create interesting projects that make a difference for the arts organizations and artists with whom I collaborate. You can find my work at these upcoming shows and exhibitions, and on my blog, Designing a Life. The pieces you see on this site represent a sample of my work. If you're looking for something special, let me know!