When I first moved to Providence, my friend Art Middleton asked me to make a poster for the Tiny Hawk CD release party, which was also a Books Through Bars benefit. Art was the genius behind the idea of having hands that made a bridge, referencing their record titled “Fingers Become Bridges”.
Category Archives: Portfolio
No News is Good News
This is an early print collage from 2004/2005. A woman with a bear head and a clock face reads crumpled over the morning news at a breakfast table on the middle of a hill. This piece is about feeling isolated in a society which is crumbling within itself. The original print was made from aContinue reading “No News is Good News”
Untitled Print Collage
Small Harvest
This is a linoleum block, spray paint, and wood block print collage. 2011. 12″ x 14″.
Our Bodies, Our Rights
This is a one color linoleum block print. Available for purchase here. We can not afford to allow the extreme radical right wing define the discussion around a woman’s reproductive rights. Since the legalization of abortion and contraceptives, women have had to fight to maintain dignity around our reproductive health. We have faced endless attacksContinue reading “Our Bodies, Our Rights”
For Hannah Hoch
This image is an homage to German Dada artist Hannah Hoch. She was the lone woman in the Dada Berlin Group. Her feminist work critiques the rise of the mass culture beauty industry that was booming in the early to mid 20th Century. Much of my own collage work began through cutting up fashion magazinesContinue reading “For Hannah Hoch”
The Stage Is Ours
This is a linoleum and woodblock print collage. 2011. One mouse lovingly sings to another. The ground (or stage) below them is a crumbled world, while above them in the sky is the bright light of future possibility. This is a collage inspired by the Buenaventura Durruti quote, “The bourgeoisie might blast and ruin itsContinue reading “The Stage Is Ours”
Bird Ladies
This is an early print collage from 2004.
Cooperation Cats
This is a five color reduction linoleum block and woodblock print. This is also a part of the mutual aid series starring anthropomorphic cats. Other prints in this series include “Mend”, “Harvest”, “Moon Garden”, and “Foraging for Food”. This image is out of print.
Cut Against the Contour
Another early collage from 2004/2005. This is a simple geometric exploration of the female form through collage. The soft contours of women cut from a fashion magazine are juxtaposed with the hand printed, rigid, geometric print patterns that allude to torso, head, feet, and shoulders. The accompanying maps allude to the idea of Body MappingContinue reading “Cut Against the Contour”