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"untitled#2"
collage 2009

I couldn't think of a name for this one. Sometimes they immediately come to me, in this case no. I started an entire series on dolls and our cultures fascination with them, in particular with Barbie, and how that plays on our self image. I created faceless, misshaped dolls and let my nieces play with them. I was surprised by their seeming lack of response, theatrical acting, and exaggerated display of emotion. In some cases, this collage displays these aspects of my experiment.

"Marry This Type"

Collage, monotype

2009

One more recent.  In this one I found some text from a book unrelated to the subject matter in this piece.  It's great how thing can be taken out of context and distorted.