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.


Work-in-progress: lots of little steps

Work-in-progress: lots of little steps

I'm tackling four big ol' collages (36" x 48" each) simultaneously. Which means lots of little bitty steps that have to be done four times over.

I've had the images printed out on a large scale at the copy shop...

They know me a little too well here. Surprised they don't run and hide. ©Lisa Myers Bulmash

They know me a little too well here. Surprised they don't run and hide. ©Lisa Myers Bulmash

then I age the paper...

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and realize some of them won't work for what I have in mind...

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aaaand go back to the print shop. Aaaggghhh. Fortunately, the fun part is yet to come. It involves railroad spikes!

The last gasp of summer art

The last gasp of summer art

New art: "Was It Something I Said?"