Art

mixed-media, botanicals, collage, and fiber art. mostly foraged/found/repurposed materials.

greeting card collages – botanical collage with cards sent to me during the initial stages of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

a black and white greeting card with a photo of the waxing crescent moon, slightly askew in the middle of a piece of royal blue paper with gold stars, planets, moons, and constellations. Six blue delphinium blossoms encircle the card, like orbiting moons.
a white greeting card with rainbow foil serif text reading "Happy HoliGays! to You and Yours" is positioned slightly askew and off-center on a large piece of marbled paper with maroon, cream, and green streaks. Three large, dried catalpa leaves surround the card. The stem of one leaf is partially covered with an "x" of golden washi tape.
a postcard with white handwritten text "miss your face" on background of light pink mums centered on a large piece of burgundy lokta paper. light pink and cream-colored peony petals of various shapes and sizes are scattered all over the lokta paper.

1. “orbit” (delphinium blossoms, greeting card, paper)

[image description: a black and white greeting card with a photo of the waxing crescent moon, slightly askew in the middle of a piece of royal blue paper with gold stars, planets, moons, and constellations. Six blue delphinium blossoms encircle the card, like orbiting moons.]

2. “holigays” (catalpa leaves, greeting card, marbled paper, washi tape)

[image description: a white greeting card with rainbow foil serif text reading “Happy HoliGays! to You and Yours” is positioned slightly askew and off-center on a large piece of marbled paper with maroon, cream, and green streaks. Three large, dried catalpa leaves surround the card. The stem of one leaf is partially covered with an “x” of golden washi tape.]

3. “miss u” (peony petals, greeting card, lokta paper)

[image description: a postcard with white handwritten text “miss your face” on background of light pink mums centered on a large piece of burgundy lokta paper. light pink and cream-colored peony petals of various shapes and sizes are scattered all over the lokta paper.]

A selection of these pieces was published in The COVID Logs, a multimedia collection of art by disabled and chronically ill people.