One Hour Paintings

At Night I Wake Up With The Sheets Soaking Wet (ref. Bruce Springsteen), mixed media on cardboard 9 x 12 in.

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Between a Hard Place and a Hard Place, mixed media on cardboard,  13 x 13 in.

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Creamy Dreamy Sort of Nightmare, mixed media on cardboard, 5 x 9.5 in.

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Comes In Waves, ink and collage on cardboard, 4.5 x 7.5 in.

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Tell Me That, Tell Me Something (a.k.a Building Up To Nothing), ink and collage on cardboard, 9.5 x 11 in.

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To Me, mixed media on cardboard, 4.5 x 11 in. 

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Still Life with Bear, mixed media on cardboard, 5 x 11 in.

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#8, ink and collage on cardboard, 3.75 x 4.5 in.

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Shot in the Dark 12 x 12 in., mixed media on plywood

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Often Misunderstood  12 x 12 in., mixed media on plywood

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LifeLight, 5 x 8 in., mixed media and digital collage on cardboard

Old Favorite

At Least I Still Have My Teeth, 2006, 1.5 x 1.5 in., cut paper and x-ray

I just came across this old work, realizing that, this may have been my first true mixed media collage.  The stories behind my collages are usually kept behind the scenes unless asked about, but every time I look at this and others from the series I am reminded of my parents car accident.  Even though they had to remain still with injuries, for what seemed like forever I will always remember my Mom saying "At least I still have my teeth, if those were knocked out - that would have been really bad."  During what was a real life nightmare, she was still haunted by that familiar nightmare we all have had of our teeth falling out.  Shudder.

Don't ask me why I have several of my dental x-rays.  Sort of morbid I guess.  Surprise, surprise.

Outside In, 8 x 12 in., mixed media on cardboard

Inside Out, 12 x 13 in., digital collage and mixed media on cardboard