As I dive deeper into my Collage practice, what interests me is using elements from very disparate sources. In this piece, there are many elements that have been seamlessly woven together to make a tapestry of unrelated images that tell a story, or many stories, while they are connected here, on this picture plane.
I’ll elaborate a bit:
Moving from the upper left, if we look at this piece in 3 columns, the top ‘chunk’ consists of a red-orange gradated band, then a piece from a digital collage, that’s layered with 2 painted figures. Next to that is a strip from a sketch-painting called “Sparkles & Cups” because it was of the contents of a drawer that had spilled glitter and cups in it.
Directly under that is a clip of a photo that I took of John Singer Sargent’s signature, from when I saw his show at the Met, ‘Sargent & Paris’—this is the ‘John’ part of the title.
Below that is a clip from a New Year’s Eve invitation that I had sent out in 1983, that had a photo on it of snow on a window at night + real spangles.
The 2nd and 3rd columns are straddled across the top with a photo that I took of a lovely floral tablecloth that I saw in an artist’s studio.
Then ‘JERRY’—the Jerry from the title—this is a scan of an ad from Jerry Hart, who used to design really great jeans in New York City in the early 80s. This was his Happy Holidays add and it had a Christmas tree made of silver beads in black & white. I silhouetted the 3 yellow flowers from the tablecloth over it, and the hand from the figure on the right, which is from a Sargent portrait, dips into that area.
Under that is a scan of a cut-paper collage, made with Coloraid paper, from the late 80s.
To the right of that is an overly of a mailing label from a package that I received while working at Avenue magazine, from 1982-1985.
And as an endcap at the bottom is a detail from a recent collage, with some of the underpainting.
All this is to say that tales can be woven in so many ways. It’s my intention to provide inspiration to the viewer by seeing things that they’ve never seen before, that are completely unique in how they’re put together and where they’re from (their provenance), that this view, this picture, provides points of ignition for their own stories—from the past, the present and the yet to be told.
Giclée print, digital collage, 2026. 18”x24”.
Print & Frame Details
Giclée prints are produced using archival pigment inks on museum-quality Archival Matte Art Paper.
Framed prints feature handcrafted 100% wood frames (made in the USA), acid-free 4-ply matting and backing, and UV-protective acrylic glazing. Arrives ready to hang with all necessary hardware.
For details on shipping and returns, please visit our Shipping & Returns page.
As I dive deeper into my Collage practice, what interests me is using elements from very disparate sources. In this piece, there are many elements that have been seamlessly woven together to make a tapestry of unrelated images that tell a story, or many stories, while they are connected here, on this picture plane.
I’ll elaborate a bit:
Moving from the upper left, if we look at this piece in 3 columns, the top ‘chunk’ consists of a red-orange gradated band, then a piece from a digital collage, that’s layered with 2 painted figures. Next to that is a strip from a sketch-painting called “Sparkles & Cups” because it was of the contents of a drawer that had spilled glitter and cups in it.
Directly under that is a clip of a photo that I took of John Singer Sargent’s signature, from when I saw his show at the Met, ‘Sargent & Paris’—this is the ‘John’ part of the title.
Below that is a clip from a New Year’s Eve invitation that I had sent out in 1983, that had a photo on it of snow on a window at night + real spangles.
The 2nd and 3rd columns are straddled across the top with a photo that I took of a lovely floral tablecloth that I saw in an artist’s studio.
Then ‘JERRY’—the Jerry from the title—this is a scan of an ad from Jerry Hart, who used to design really great jeans in New York City in the early 80s. This was his Happy Holidays add and it had a Christmas tree made of silver beads in black & white. I silhouetted the 3 yellow flowers from the tablecloth over it, and the hand from the figure on the right, which is from a Sargent portrait, dips into that area.
Under that is a scan of a cut-paper collage, made with Coloraid paper, from the late 80s.
To the right of that is an overly of a mailing label from a package that I received while working at Avenue magazine, from 1982-1985.
And as an endcap at the bottom is a detail from a recent collage, with some of the underpainting.
All this is to say that tales can be woven in so many ways. It’s my intention to provide inspiration to the viewer by seeing things that they’ve never seen before, that are completely unique in how they’re put together and where they’re from (their provenance), that this view, this picture, provides points of ignition for their own stories—from the past, the present and the yet to be told.
Giclée print, digital collage, 2026. 18”x24”.
Print & Frame Details
Giclée prints are produced using archival pigment inks on museum-quality Archival Matte Art Paper.
Framed prints feature handcrafted 100% wood frames (made in the USA), acid-free 4-ply matting and backing, and UV-protective acrylic glazing. Arrives ready to hang with all necessary hardware.
For details on shipping and returns, please visit our Shipping & Returns page.
