RAW PAPER ART

Cut paper and acrylic ink. 18x24

Birthday present for my dad. He saw me working on the owl’s head, and remarked that he liked it. Decided to finish it up and send it to him. The tree is one piece of card stock, the owl is a single sheet of rice paper, and the background is painted with acrylic ink.

Cut paper and acrylic ink. 18x24

Inspired by my good friend's first novel. Three layers of glass hold the components.

Cut paper and acrylic ink. Based on my friend's first novel, this is another try at the same composition because I liked it. Whereas the first one used negative space and all birds, this piece uses all sorts of symbols from the book in positive space. The underlay of leaves is cut from a single sheet of paper with a painted sheet of paper over it. Three layers of glass hold the components.

Cut paper and acrylic ink. 2017
Another in the series of pieces inspired by my friend’s novel. The mist portion is oiled rice paper.

Cut paper. 2017

Another bird inspired by my friend’s novel.

Paper, mylar, acrylic ink. 22x28

Hand-cut paper and acrylic paint. 18x24

The title is a reference to the overuse of eagles as symbols rather than just appreciating them as beautiful, wild animals. Funny story: I explained the title to my dad. He said, “I get that…but the eagle does symbolize freedom.”

Paper and acrylic inks. 16x20

Paper. 8x10

Paper. 12x12

Juxtaposition of structured background and organic foreground

Rice paper. 13x6

24 birds cut during the sedge wren series, but never found a home until now.

Paper. 8x10

Part of the Color Block Bird series that attempts to deconstruct birds into their color and form. From the center, the colors to the left and right mirror the major plumage features in both position and percentage of coverage on the bird.

Paper. 8x10

Part of the Color Block Bird series that attempts to deconstruct birds into their color and form. From the center, the colors to the left and right mirror the major plumage features in both position and percentage of coverage on the bird.

Paper. 8x10

Part of the Color Block Bird series that attempts to deconstruct birds into their color and form. From the center, the colors to the left and right mirror the major plumage features in both position and percentage of coverage on the bird.

Paper. 8x10

Part of the Color Block Bird series that attempts to deconstruct birds into their color and form. From the center, the colors to the left and right mirror the major plumage features in both position and percentage of coverage on the bird.

Paper. 8x10

Part of the Color Block Bird series that attempts to deconstruct birds into their color and form. From the center, the colors to the left and right mirror the major plumage features in both position and percentage of coverage on the bird.

Paper. 8x10

Part of the Color Block Bird series that attempts to deconstruct birds into their color and form. From the center, the colors to the left and right mirror the major plumage features in both position and percentage of coverage on the bird.

Paper. 8x10

Paper. 8x10

Cut foil paper and crayon. 5x7
One of three birds in small series. I used foil origami paper for the bird and signature.