Working in collage has created a new palette, with colors, texts and patterns, that are not available with paint alone. My pieces are created from diverse sources of paper material, which have a variety of textures and surfaces, such as rough and smooth pages, flat and glossy paper, plus a limitless range of colors, values, and hues.

When starting a work, I view printed matter, (such as magazines, newspapers) cut or tear out pages, with colors that appeal to me, and arrange them much like a painter's palette. Then using my own photographs, as a reference, I use scissors, razor blades, and mat knife or tear the paper into different shapes and forms, which relate to the image I am creating.

As a result of using pages from magazines, my work, at times, is mistaken for photographs. However, on closer inspection, the viewer discovers the image is constructed by the juxapostion of different colors and shapes of paper that play on light, shadow, form and content.

In my work, I try to convey a sense of serenity, tranquility and peace. Also, I try to establish a sense of privacy and intimacy, since I invite the viewer into my private moments. ­ Moments where there is silence and quiet.

I am interested in the works of Giorgio Morandi, Edward Hopper, Fairfield Porter and Wolf Kahn, who express a quality of stillness and a sense of the moment, which I share.

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