ARTIST

Series of 4 (18” x 24” – paper, newspaper collage, acrylic, marker)

For months, I’ve been simply taking the Sunday paper from the door to the coffee table and then six days later putting it in the recycling bin without every opening it. I read much of the news digitally or see it on TV. By the time the weekend comes, I just need a break – and by the time I would open the paper – even a day later – the news was already old or I saw the stories online.

In an effort to sit with the paper, I read articles to find images across the pages and sections, clipped them, and then re-arranged them. With no preconceived ideas, I just played with layering, shifting, and overlapping. I then added paint and other materials to experiment and spend time creating.

Each artwork resembles the mixed-up images and ideas constantly coming in this time of what seems like impending doom – pandemic receding (sort of), Russian war against Ukraine, U.S. democracy erosions. The layers, the peeling, and the wiping away gives the sense of posters peeling off of outside walls – which indicates the ephemeral. Perhaps there is something here about recognizing the disorientation of this moment of history while attempting to take a larger perspective of what will remain and what will peel away.