Dreamscape, xerox, stitching on paper, 13" x 12" - 2004
Exposed, xerox, stitching, staples on paper - 10" x 7.5" - 2004
Girl with Coffee - xerox, artist tape, stitching on paper - 7.75" x 9" - 2004
Kitchen Table - xerox, stitching on paper - 8" x 10" - 2004
I use a combination of techniques influenced by Freud’s theories, the Surrealist movement and the Dadaist Poets.
Using a typewriter I compose pages of uninterrupted, ‘automatic’ writings, opening creativity and accessing unconscious thoughts. I cut phrases from the pages of writings and pick them at random to create Dadaist, chance poetry. In my collage work I combine my writings with my ‘automatic drawings and images from my everyday life.
Through this process, I translate internal fragments of thoughts, images, and words into a visual format of layered text and collage.