Often, my images response to the need for calm seas and company.  After decades of experimenting with many media, I find that mixing media and the practice of collage removes any limits on my imagination and so I blend many materials to create substrates and textures on paper or canvass. My favourites are acrylic ink, black and white photos, coffee and salt.  These hand painted backgrounds are photographed and become the habitat for whatever happens next. 

I become absorbed in a kind of ’time travel’ while gathering images from different decades and placing creatures in interesting situations.   Lately, I get to create characters who will strike any kind of pose in order to stay afloat. Sometimes it’s graceful. Sometimes it’s absurd.  It’s always about survival.

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