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Collage 246, “Charlotte, Emily, and Mary,” 2024. My cyanotype, black and white, and Van Dyke Brown photographs with graphite, colored pencil, and watercolor. Glass bottle with tree remnants, number and date printed in yellow, 7.75 x 10.75 inches.

Collage 245, “Emily and Charlotte,” 2024. My cyanotype, black and white, and Van Dyke Brown photographs with graphite, colored pencil, and iridescent and regular watercolor. Glass bottle with tree remnants, number and date printed in yellow,, 5.5 x 19 inches.

Collage 244, “Emily,” 2024. My cyanotype, black and white, and Van Dyke Brown photographs with graphite, colored pencil, and watercolor. Glass bottle with tree remnants, number and date printed in yellow, 6 x 9 inches.

Collage 243, “Emily and Mary,” 2024. My cyanotype, black and white, and Van Dyke Brown photographs with graphite, colored pencil, and watercolor. Glass bottle with tree remnants, number and date printed in yellow, 7.5 x 11 inches.

Collage 242, “Charlotte,” 2024. My black and white and Van Dyke Brown photographs with graphite, colored pencil, and watercolor. Glass bottle with tree remnants, number and date printed in yellow, 6.25 x 6 inches.

Collage 241, “Streaming,” 2024. Cyanotype and Van Dyke Brown photograph of an Apsara from Japan, Nanbokucho period, 1357 found at the MET. Amida, the buddha of limitless light. has in his retinue flying protective beings called apsara or hiten, this one a musician. Below is yellow mono-print on cotton, a gigantic red sequin, cast plastic, three colors of thread, tape from a bunch of bananas, and colored pencil. Date print in blue, 6 x 6.5 inches. Title is arbitrary.

Collage 240, “Summer Soldier,” 2024. Cyanotype and Van Dyke Brown photograph of apple slices. Red and peach mono-print of dried slices of apples with colored pencil. Date print in red, 5.5 x 11.5 inches. Title is arbitrary.

Collage 238, “Thought Objects,” 2024.  All mono-print of oranges - silver on blue paper, black on pink paper, black and green on white rice paper. With thread and colored pencil. Date print in red, 7 x 6.25 inches. Title is arbitrary.

Collage 237, “El Caganer,” 2024.  Blue mono-print, cast blue and yellow plastic with embedded paper fasteners, paper fasteners, cyanotype of thread, my black and white and cyanotyped photograph of hands, yellow mono-printed quilting cotton, and a trinket RL picked up in the street.  Date print in blue, 3 x 9 inches. Title is arbitrary.

Collage 236, “Cingulomania,” 2024. Yellow and orange mono-print, black and white print of a photograph of hands, mono-print in green on quilting cotton, black beads, red paper fasteners, cast blue and black plastic with black beads, and thread, Date print in blue, 3 x 9 inches. Title is arbitrary.

Collage 219, “Megatherium,” 2023. My self-portrait in black and white with four “X” letter beads. Over red rice paper, with cream mono-print, and red mono-print circles on rice paper, green rice paper with gold. Above melted Crayola and gesso and cast plastic circles, over pink foil from the lunch at the MET and a pink bead. Title is arbitrary.

Collage 218, “Baedeker,” 2023. Painted and stenciled mono-print in grey and yellow, mono-print of packing plastic strapping in black, two images of one saint on white and colored paper with her rosary from the @SpeedMuseum star grommets. Title is arbitrary.

Collage 217, “Resurgame,” 2023. White mono-print on green paper, mono-prints of plastic cast labels on pink hand-made paper, and grey paper, 6 plastic cast labels, watercolor and colored pencil. Title is arbitrary.

Collage 216, “Hurkle Durking,” 2023. Black and dark green mono-prints, decorative grommets and thread. My self portrait printed in black and white, three “X” letter beads, mono-print of packing plastic strapping, white sprayed splattered watercolor and colored pencil. Title is arbitrary.

Collage 215, “Simply,” 2023. Blue and gold mono-print of a pear slice on grey and blue paper, cyanotype of same pear slice. Pink and red rice paper, thread, colored pencil, pink beads, watercolor. Title is arbitrary.

Collage 214, “Rodeo Clown,” 2023. Color print of three red pears in a white bowl and red napkin. Sprayed watercolor with stencils, blue mono-prints of pear slices, thread and colored pencil. Title is arbitrary.

Collage 213, “Nyad,” 2023. Cyanotype photogram of an orange slice, white, green, and yellow mono-print of a n organ slice. Cast plastic in white and peach, each with a red bead. Red and green mono-print, colored pencil, watercolor and grommets. Title is arbitrary.

Collage 212, “Not on the list,” 2023. Color pint of white cup splattered with watercolor spray paint. Grommets, melted Crayola, gesso, grommets, and red mono-print. Title is arbitrary.

Collage 211, “Non-Essential,” 2023. Cyanotype of Brooklyn Bridge and myself in a half-tone spiral over melted Crayola and gesso. Sequins, thread, jewelry fasteners, watercolor, yellow and green mono-print Title is arbitrary.

“Fond.” A set of mini collages just to get over a block.

Collage 208, “Chide,” 2023. My black and white photograph and cyanotype of Rattlesnake Master flowers from @YewDellBontanicalGardens in Crestwood, Kentucky. Over gold mono-print, with watercolor and jewelry wires, 8 x 6 inches.Title is arbitrary.

Collage 207. “Duck Clams,” 2023. These are my black and white photographs of the circular side vault windows of Fort Pulaski (1847) on Cockspur Island, near Tybee Island. The “monument has one of the best preserved nineteenth century masonry fortifications in the United States and is the site of a major artillery duel during the Civil War.” They are printed on three colors of paper over brown mono-print of sea grass. Below a silver mono-print of sea glass over cyanotype on red paper, with silver painted sea grass and a large red painted sequin, 9 x 6 inches. Title refers to type of the area’s shells. This collage is influenced by a trip to Savanah with the family in early October and the signifier is the red, blue and teal mono-print of a shell gathered from the local beaches.    

 My Collage 206: “Snowflakes, Serenity, Snuggle, Slush,” 2023. At top is a blue cyanotype photogram of snowflake charms on dark blue paper symbolizing the short days, my black and white photographs of the frozen landscape flashing by the car on the Pennsylvania Turnpike , a buddha found on a hike along the Overlook Mountain Trail, my self-portrait in a sleet storm, and bare trees reflected in a frozen pond. Over a blue mono-print, blue rice paper, a silken bag, cast numbers in white plastic, counting out the interminable length of winter, and a few colored grommets over black glitter.  

Collage 205: “Pen Shell,” 2023. These are my black and white photographs of the circular side vault windows of Fort Pulaski (1847) on Cockspur Island, near Tybee Island. The “monument has one of the best preserved nineteenth century masonry fortifications in the United States and is the site of a major artillery duel during the Civil War. They are printed on three colors of paper over brown mono-print of sea grass. Below is brown and red mono-print of sea glass with silver painted sea grass beneath teal tiles, 9 x 6 inches. Title refers to type of the area’s shells. This collage is influenced by a trip to Savanah with the family in early October and the signifier is the red, blue and teal mono-print of a shell gathered from the local beaches. 

Collage 204: “Self Portrait Darkness Series,” 2023. I don’t sleep. The hours, especially between 3:30 am and dawn, are spent watching the traffic headlights dance across my walls, then the blush of the new day filtering through the leaves of my Philodendron Giganteum. This is my black and white photographs printed on four colors of paper and in cyanotype. In poured plastic is beads and grommets. Blue mono-print and graphite, 9 x 4.5 inches.

Collage 203: “Razor Clams,” 2023. These are my black and white photographs of the twisting stairs of the Fort Pulaski (1847) on Cockspur Island, near Tybee Island. The “monument has one of the best preserved nineteenth century masonry fortifications in the United States and is the site of a major artillery duel during the Civil War. It is surrounded by a substantial moat and saltwater marsh.” The photographs are touched with watercolor and colored pencil. Below is dark blue mono-print and grommets. 8.5 x 6.5 inches. Title refers to type of the area’s shells. This collage is influenced by a trip to Savanah with the family in early October and the signifier is the red mono-print of a shell gathered from the local beaches.    

Collage 202. “Conch,” 2023. This is my black and white photograph of Max’s stair printed on white, red and grey paper. Blue mono-print beneath. Title refers to a type of the area’s shells. This collage is influenced by a trip to Savanah with the family in early October and the signifier is the black on yellow paper mono-print of a shell gathered from the local beaches.   

Collage 201. “Firmament.” This is the November prompt “SKY” from @contemporarycollagemagazine Some times a collage fights you to the end. I tried this topic three times and I have a pile of torn paper to show for it. This is a photograph of the sky I shot over the George Washington Bridge printed on rice paper, a gold leaf square, two color printed stolen images of airplanes. Below that is a strip of handmade paper made from old jeans with star charms sewn down, another cloud image I shot over New York harbor printed on another type of rice paper, and a cyanotype photogram of seed pods. Below that mono-printing in gold and a black and white photograph of Sarah and Jeff, hand colored.

Collage 200. “I remember July 28, 1969.” My black and white photographs of surveyor circles along 3rd Street, stolen images of the moon printed on white and grey paper, gold leaf, white mono-print on turquoise paper, gold mono-print, photograph of Sarah and Jeff at Tybee Island, with watercolor, colored pencil, and seed beads, 9 x 5 inches.

Collage 199. “Sand Dollars,” 2023. Three images of my black and white photographs of the surf a Tybee Beach, two printed on white and grey paper and one a cyanotype touched with watercolor and colored pencil. Liquid plastic at the top with black beads painted white. Title refers to type of the area’s shells. This collage is influenced by a trip to Savanah with the family in early October and the signifier is the teal mono-print of a shell gathered from the local beaches.    

Collage 198. “Scallops,” 2023. My black and white photograph of the column outside Max’s apartment, printed on two colors of paper touched with graphite and white pencil. White mono-print of a shell on green rice paper with three green faceted dots. Title refers to type of the area’s shells. This collage was influenced by a trip to Savanah with the family in early October and the signifier is the red mono-print of a shell gathered from the local beaches.    

Collage 197. “Angel Wings,” 2023. This is my black and white photograph of Max’s stair printed on rice paper, as well as pink and green paper. Green and chartreuse mono-print, red painted paper., cyan-type photogram. Touched with graphite and watercolor. Title refers to type of the area’s shells. This collage is influenced by a trip to Savanah with the family in early October and the signifier is the teal mono-print of a shell gathered from the local beaches.    

Collage 196. “Lucine,” 2023. When you travel with architects they find the most interesting nooks and crannies. This my black and white photograph up a smoke stack of a repurposed power plant that is now a huge Marriott Hotel. It is printed on white rice paper laid over purple paper. Turquoise mono-print, a dried ginkgo leaf, pink beads, red detail, grommets. Touched with watercolor and pencil. Title refers to type of the area’s shells. This collage was influenced by a trip to Savanah with the family in early October and the signifier is the teal mono-print of a shell gathered from the local beaches.    

Collage 195. “Coquinas,” 2023. My black and white and color photograph of the surf line at Tybee Beach printed on three colors of paper. Green and blue mono-print. Touched with graphite, pencil and watercolor. Title refers to type of the area’s shells. This collage was influenced by a trip to Savanah with the family in early October.

Collage 194. “Tenterhooks,” 2023. My black and white photograph of the city through the arch of the Brooklyn Bridge. Blue green and peach mono-print with numbers, red paper painted, grommets. Title is arbitrary.

Collage 193. “Petrichor,” 2023. Each spring RL plants cascading petunias in flower boxes facing the street. My black and white photograph of our side windows printed on three colors of paper, hand colored in pencil and watercolor. Mounted on cards with scattered gold leaf. Title is arbitrary.

Collage 192. “Abandoning our warm bed, he left me with a quilt of memories,” 2023. This was created from a prompt from curator @alwayslookingatart with the theme of “Absence.” This is my black and white photo of our bed printed, then collaged with cyanotype photographs, and other snippets of my black and and white and color photos, mixed media - caution tape from the street, a zipper, seed beads, buttons, colored paper, mono prints, gold leaf, heart trinkets, colored pencil, watercolor and thread.

Collage 191. “Whelk,” 2023. These are my black and white photographs of the perfectly formed light filtering tunnels of the Fort Pulaski (1847) on Cockspur Island, near Tybee Island. The “monument has one of the best preserved nineteenth century masonry fortifications in the United States and is the site of a major artillery duel during the Civil War. It is surrounded by a substantial moat and saltwater marsh. In the front is a “demilune” (half-moon shaped) fortification that contained four powder magazines and passageways connecting gun emplacements.” The photographs are touched with watercolor and colored pencil. Below is green mono-print with jewelry loops sewn in with pink thread to reflect dappled water. Size 6.5 x 8.5 inches. Title refers to type of the area’s shells. This collage is influenced by a trip to Savanah with the family in early October and the signifier is the red mono-print of a shell gathered from the local beaches.    

Collage 190. “Self Portrait Darkness Series: Persephone’s Journey, dyptych, 2023. Each fall in as the days get shorter and the sun hangs lower in the sky, long shadows form under the elevated train platforms in The Bronx. Spatters of sunlight trickle down but they are few. 7.5 x 3.5 inches, my black and white photographs, cyanotype prints, colored paper, beads, mirror, colored pencil.

Collage 189. “Self Portrait Darkness Series,” 2023. Each fall in as the days get shorter and the sun hangs lower in the sky, long shadows form under the highway in Red Hook. 8.5 X 4 inches, my black and white photographs, cyanotype prints, colored paper, beads, mirror, colored pencil.

Collage 188. “Self Portrait Darkness Series,” 2023. Each fall in as the days get shorter and the sun hangs lower in the sky, long shadows form under the highway in Red Hook. 8.5 X 4 inches, my black and white photographs, cyanotype prints, colored paper, beads, mirror, colored pencil.

Collage 187. “Self Portrait Darkness Series,” 2023. I don’t sleep. In the hours, especially between 3:30 am and down, is spent watching the traffic headlights dance across my walls, then the blush of the new day filtering through the leaves of my Philodendron Giganteum 7 x 4.5 inches, my black and white photographs, cyanotype prints, colored paper, beads, mirror, colored pencil.

Collage 186. “Self Portrait Darkness Series: Persephone’s Journey, diptych, 2023. Each fall in as the days get shorter and the sun hangs lower in the sky, long shadows form under the elevated train platforms in The Bronx. Spatters of sunlight trickle down but they are few. 9 x 9 inches, my black and white photographs, cyanotype prints, colored paper, beads, mirror, colored pencil.

Collage 185, “Flatbush, 1, 2, 3, 4,” 2023. Mono-print, cyanotype, cast plastic, grommets, torn paper, mixed media, 3 x 3 inches. Title is arbitrary.

Collage 183, “Magic Bullet,” my black and white image of a hibiscus from @yewdellgardens in Crestwood, Kentucky, hand colored. Under flap my black and white photograph of a 4-H rabbit from the @KYStateFair, orange, cream and blue mono-print, three large red sequins sewn down with red thread, red painted dots, stolen image of a bee cyanotype and a burrowing owl (signifier) printed on colored rice paper. Size 6x6 inches. Title is arbitrary. Collages 158-184 influenced by trip to Louisville.

Collage 182, “Major,” image of three stumps from @yewdellgardens in Crestwood, Kentucky, printed on red, green, yellow handmade paper, blue mono-print of purchased stencil, red paint dots. On flap cyanotype of same stump and stolen image of two burrowing owls (signifier) printed on colored rice paper. Size 6x6 inches. Title is arbitrary. Collages nos. 158-184 influenced by trip to Louisville.

Collage 181, “Legerdemain,” orange mono-print, three images of a 4-H rabbits from the @KYStateFair printed on white and joss paper, brown tape, silver metallic paint dots, two earring wires connected to white string and red ribbon held by electronics clip, stolen image of three burrowing owls (signifier) printed on colored rice paper over pink paper sewn down with red thread. Size 6x6 inches. Title is arbitrary. Collages 158-184 influenced by trip to Louisville.

Collage 180, “Kerfuffle,” red dots of paint and red thread, stolen image of a burrowing owl (signifier) printed on colored rice paper, pink and orange mono-print, my black and white photograph of one of @SacSix marvelous “zen gardens.” Under-flap cyanotype of a pile of carnival beads. Size 6x6 inches. Title is arbitrary. Collages 158-184 influenced by trip to Louisville.

Collage 179, “Interlocking,” orange mono-print, turquoise paper mono-printed with white, green hand-made paper, red paint dots, stolen image of butterflies and three burrowing owls (signifier) printed on colored rice paper. Size 6x6 inches. Title is arbitrary. Collages 158-185 influenced by trip to Louisville.

Collage 178, “Inevitable,” orange mono-print, pink paper, my photograph in cyanotype and black and white prints of large fern from @YewDellBontanicalGardens in Crestwood, Kentucky, blue and silver metallic paint dots, stolen image of three burrowing owls (signifier) printed on colored rice paper. Size 6x6 inches. Title is arbitrary. Collages 158-184 influenced by trip to Louisville.

Collage 184, “Lollygag,” my black and white photograph of Outsidepride Eryngium Rattlesnake Master flowers watercolored in green, joss papers cut into squares and sewn down with read thread, a dozen gold grommets and red paint dots, stolen image of two burrowing owls (signifier) printed on colored rice paper. Size 6x6 inches. Title is arbitrary. Collages 158-184 influenced by trip to Louisville.

Collage 177, “Harpers Ferry,” white mono-print on pink rice paper, four giant red sequins, red thread. Under flap magenta mono-print, my black and white photograph of Lion felling a bull, from a marble pediment Greek, Attic, ca. 525-500 B.C. Edwin Dickinson, “Lion,” from @METMuseum printed and cyanotyped, blue and red watercolor, silver paint dots, stolen image of three burrowing owls (signifier) printed on colored rice paper. Size 6x6 inches. Title is arbitrary. Collages 158-184 influenced by trip to Louisville.

Collage 176, “Haram,” gold, green, silver mono-print, cyanotype of cucumber slices over printed with a lemon slice in white, my black and white photograph of Outsidepride Eryngium Rattlesnake Master flowers, black thread, stolen image of two burrowing owls (signifier) printed on colored rice paper. Size 6x6 inches. Title is arbitrary. Collages 158-184 influenced by trip to Louisville.

Collage 175, “Flummoxed,” green watercolor mono-print background, cyanotype of dried vines from the @YewDellGardens in Crestwood, Kentucky, on red paper, color bar from the edge of a bag of potatoes, red paint dots, stolen images of butterflies, of two burrowing owls (signifier) printed on colored rice paper. Size 6x6 inches. Title is arbitrary. Collages 158-184 influenced by trip to Louisville.

Collage 174, “Flibbertigibbet,” bright pink paper, mono-printed with grey-blue and gold, three images of a 4-H rabbits from the @KYStateFair printed on brown paper, red paint dots, colored pencil, stolen image of three burrowing owls (signifier) printed on colored rice paper. Size 6x6 inches. Title is arbitrary. Collages 158-184 influenced by trip to Louisville.

Collage 173, “Eschew,” orange mono-print background, cyanotype of two cucumber slices with lemon mono-print in black and gold, red and silver paint dots, pink paper hinge, stolen image of a bee printed on white and pink paper, and three burrowing owls (signifier) printed on colored rice paper. Under flap blue monoprint with graphite. Size 6x6 inches. Title is arbitrary. Collages 158-184 influenced by trip to Louisville.

Collage 172, “Elegy,” and black and white print of a marble sculpture of little girl holding a petunia from @SpeedArtMuseum red mono-print, green watercolor, stolen image of three bees cyanotyped on pink, white and blue paper, red thread, blue metallic dots, and two burrowing owls (signifier) printed on colored rice paper. Size 6x6 inches. Title is arbitrary. Collages 158-184 influenced by trip to Louisville.

Collage 171, “Doohickey,” cyanotype and black and white print, hand colored, of large fern from @YewDellBontanicalGardens in Crestwood, Kentucky, black beads, water-colored with red paint dots, red thread, stolen image of a burrowing owl (signifier) printed on colored rice paper. Size 6x6 inches. Title is arbitrary. Collages 158-184 influenced by trip to Louisville.

Collage 170, “Discover,” blue mono-print of lemon slices on grey paper, silver grommets, red paint dots, cyanotype and black and white print of a marble sculpture of little girl holding a petunia from @SpeedArtMuseum , pink paper, stolen image of three burrowing owl (signifier) printed on colored rice paper. Size 6x6 inches. Title is arbitrary. Collages 158-184 influenced by trip to Louisville.

Collage 169, “Diamonds,” pink paper, red paint dots, found “E” letter on plastic, black watercolor, cyanotype and black and white print of a mill wheel from @YewDellBontanicalGardens in Crestwood, Kentucky, black thread, stolen image of a two sets of three burrowing owls (signifier) printed on white paper. Size 6x6 inches. Title is arbitrary. Collages nos. 158-184 influenced by trip to Louisville.

Collage 168, “Defenestration,” blue mono-print of a blue flower stencil, my photograph of a mill wheel at @YewDellBontanicalGardens , colored pencil, graphite, stolen image of a three burrowing owls (signifier) printed on colored rice paper. Size 6x6 inches. Title is arbitrary. Collages 158-184 influenced by trip to Louisville.

Collage 167, “Constant State of Becoming,” blue mono-print background and white wild pokeweed, my black and white photograph of the same weed, gold envelope, silver and blue metallic dots, colored pencil, stolen image of a burrowing owl (signifier) printed on colored rice paper. Size 6x6 inches. Title is arbitrary. Collages 158-184 influenced by trip to Louisville.

Collage 166, “Codswallop,” blue mono-print cut into squares, colored pencil, red thread, stolen image of a burrowing owl (signifier) printed on colored rice paper, blue metallic dots, graphite, my photograph of the roadway from the @TheHighline – Moynihan – Connector Bridge. Under flap – orange mono-print. Size 6x6 inches. Title is arbitrary. Collages 158-184 influenced by trip to Louisville.

Collage 165, “Codex,” four of my photographs of Green Lantern Tree pods, Golden Rain Tree (Koelreuteria oaniculata), cyanotype mono-prints of same pods, colored pencil, watercolor. Under flap golden mono-print and stolen image of two burrowing owls (signifier) printed on colored rice paper, graphite. Size 6x6 inches. Title is arbitrary. Collages 158-184 influenced by trip to Louisville.

Collage 164, “Cloche,” cyanotype photograph of dried Queen Annes Lace flower, same dried flower, pink and silver mono-print, colored pencil, my black and white photograph of the traffic circle leading to the Holland Tunnel from above, blue metallic paint dot. Snapped down under flap – metallic blue mono-print, stolen image of a burrowing owl (signifier) printed on colored rice paper, red string. Size 6x6 inches. Title is arbitrary. Collages 158-184 influenced by trip to Louisville.

Collage 163, “Catastrophizing,” my black and white photograph of wild pokeweed from my garden printed on joss and turquoise paper, watercolor, blue metallic paint dots, graphite, chalk, stolen image of a burrowing owl (signifier) printed on colored rice paper. Title is arbitrary. Collages 158-184 influenced by trip to Louisville.

Collage 162, “Birthday,” orange mono-print beneath cut joss paper, stolen image of a three burrowing owls (signifier) printed on colored rice paper, cyanotype photogram of a dried Queen Anne’s Lace flower. Under flap – silver mono-print of same flower. Size 6x6 inches. Collages 158-184 influenced by trip to Louisville.