I am a visual artist working in collage, assemblage sculpture and altered books. My practice explores identity, memory and the history of the African diaspora. Vintage and contemporary images collide to convey how the past informs the present.


I have been having quite the day days recently!
It's back to the usual gray today, but we had nearly a full week of real sunshine here in Extremely Blue State! Six days of sun! We usually get half that for the full month of February.

I have to run off to a meeting, but here are a few highlights of what we've been up to around the castle:
I've set up two book signings for Mixed-Media Dollhouses! Two! The first one will be at Everett Artist's Supply & Framing. Tally and I will be signing books and being all expert about our cigar-box house assemblages. I'm so excited that I've been able to set these signings up, I'm practically jumping out of my skin! And I'm also working on adding something to the Artfest goodie bag -- just have to get it into Teesha's hands.
 

The Boy's fifth birthday -- good Lord, five years already! He's big enough for his first skateboard. The Husband had so much fun teaching him to use it, he wanted to get his own.

(A friend of The Husband's reality-checked him and reminded him that skateboards and being over 40 years old only work out well for the producers of "America's Funniest Home Videos.")

Smiles all around me, I tell ya!

The new books are here! The new books are here!

My first big sale!