I have always admired the simple, functional design of the egg. Growing up near Topanga Canyon, we lived on a small farm where we raised our own chickens. I loved the ritual of going out to the chicken coop and collecting the eggs. I always admired their simple beauty and often incorporate an egg into my work.
I have always admired the simple, functional design of the egg. Growing up near Topanga Canyon, we lived on a small farm where we raised our own chickens. I loved the ritual of going out to the chicken coop and collecting the eggs. I always admired their simple beauty and often incorporate an egg into my work.
I have always admired the simple, functional design of the egg. Growing up near Topanga Canyon, we lived on a small farm where we raised our own chickens. I loved the ritual of going out to the chicken coop and collecting the eggs. I always admired their simple beauty and often incorporate an egg into my work.
I have always admired the simple, functional design of the egg. Growing up near Topanga Canyon, we lived on a small farm where we raised our own chickens. I loved the ritual of going out to the chicken coop and collecting the eggs. I always admired their simple beauty and often incorporate an egg into my work.
I have always admired the simple, functional design of the egg. Growing up near Topanga Canyon, we lived on a small farm where we raised our own chickens. I loved the ritual of going out to the chicken coop and collecting the eggs. I always admired their simple beauty and often incorporate an egg into my work.
I incorporate Blue Chip stamps in my art quite often. Blue Chip stamps remind me of a time when we would sit together with my mom and lick each stamp, placing them in the empty books until they were full, upon which we would go to the Blue Chip Stamp store and trade them in for a toy or an item for the home. Mass consumerism wasn't as prominant then as it is now and receiving one special item was still pretty thrilling. The whole process was fun and rewarding on a level that is hard to find sometimes with all the stuff we have nowadays. When people see my Blue Chip Stamp pieces, they often relay a story from their childhood to me and we connect for a moment on a certain simple level.
My mother loved tools and we were encouraged to use them. I grew up thinking women could and should use tools in life, whether it be a power saw, a basic hammer, or blue chip stamps.
My mother loved tools and we were encouraged to use them. I grew up thinking women could and should use tools in life, whether it be a power saw, a basic hammer, or blue chip stamps.
I was in my friend's incredible garden in Altadena when I saw the light hit a flower with such a beautiful glow so I took a photo and decided to make that flower be the center of this queen's eye. She is not blind. She is enlightened.
I love the color red so I paired up some red shoes from an old Sears catalogue with a red crown from a loteria card for this piece.
I am fascinated by farming and agriculture books, specifically books with chapter upon chapter dedicated to corn kernel growth. I grew up very Catholic with images of saints everywhere, so I thought it would be fun to mesh my love of Blue Chips, corn, and saints all in one. The background is from a book I found at a flea market in Thailand.
I thought this woman looked clean and fresh so I made her body an Ajax bottle from Germany. She looked like she could have been a war bride, so young and hopeful. The background is from an old Thai book.
I was raised in a household where women could do anything. We were equal to men and were raised to be smart and fearless.....and thrifty too! I have two sisters and we are pretty feisty gals.
I just loved this dress. It was from an old photo I found at a flea market. It reminded me of a Greek play, so I created this woman holding up a house I made from an old Pee-Chee folder. There is a nest behind her and a house in the air.
I love old blue prints and decided the circles reminded me of thought bubbles. I used S and H Green Stamps as a nod to my east coast friends.
This piece was to celebrate the presidency of Barack Obama which began at noon on January 20th, 2009. I used a section of a sun print, an old flashcard, a vintage photo, and corn from a seed catalogue.
This was a piece for an exhibit at the Sturt Haaga Gallery with the theme of gardens and seasonal changes. I wanted to capture how I feel walking through the Camelia gardens at Descanso Gardens. Many of the giant Camelias at Descanso were transplanted and saved during World War Two when Japanese families were interned in camps, as they feared their Camelias would die or be uprooted when they were displaced. This piece is made from vintage flashcards and the bottom of acrylic painting cups I save when my students paint. Rather than throwing away the paint cups, I cut out the bottom and reuse them in my art.
I studied Anatomy in order to attend Nursing School at Johns Hopkins. Although I dropped out of Hopkins, I loved perusing the vintage anatomy books at the library there and later would go on to create collages from old medical books and the bottom of acrylic painting cups I save when my students paint. Rather than throwing away the paint cups, I cutout the bottom and reuse them in my art.
This was made from images I found in a vintage magazine I bought in Thailand and vintage agricultural science books.