Collage - I seek to free select images from the tragic fate of being bound and neglected, then eventually destroyed, to breath life into something given up for lost. The process involves identifying a suitable page and liberating it from its binds, folding it into a small square, and rubbing that vigorously on an oil pastel color swatch to give the image some color and depth, then mounting the unfolded page on construction paper and brushing and splattering acrylic and latex paint as if to add life drama to the page, then sealing the layers and depth with a coat of laquer.
I also take like objects from a common historical backdrop and arrange them on construction paper which I then paint with light acrylic washes and infuse with gold, ink stamps, glitter, and lacquer in an attempt to create a living document that evidences a past epoch.