Portfolio > Artist Books

Creating one-of-a-kind artist's books allows me to combine in one art form, many of the things that I enjoy most: drawing and painting; writing poetry; conceiving constructs and working with papers, fabrics, beads and threads. Formatting becomes paramount as one delivers a theme or visual idea, sequentially, from one page to the next. But perhaps most intriguing is that a book is something that wants to reveal itself, one person to another. Unlike a painting hung on the wall, a book is a private conversation between the artist and someone who chooses to pick it up and open it. Whether it has writing inside or images, or a combination of both, the reveal is always magic.

rock as book
rock, brass, silver, ebony stone and Italian crayon
2000
Talisman
rock, brass, silver, ebony stone and Italian crayon
2000
Talisman
Rock, brass, ebony and Italian Crayon
2000
Accordian book.
Paste paper, monotypes, stencils, cut paper
9 1/2" x 9"
2008
Book for Squares
Canson Mi Tientes, white text paper
2009
Window View
book cloth, paste paper, text paper, and PVA
2009
Life Cycle
Book board, artist made paste papers, silk book cloth, Canson papers, colored pencil, pen & ink, beads, waxed linen, embroidery threads.
2008
Life Cycle, Book 1
Book board, artist made paste papers, silk book cloth, Canson papers, colored pencil, pen & ink, beads, waxed linen, embroidery threads.
2008
Life Cycle, Book 2
Book board, artist made paste papers, silk book cloth, Canson papers, colored pencil, pen & ink, beads, waxed linen, embroidery threads.
2008
Life Cycle, Book 4
Book board, artist made paste papers, silk book cloth, Canson papers, colored pencil, pen & ink, beads, waxed linen, embroidery threads.
2008
Literary Forest
Altered Book
2010
Amaryllis
silk book cloth, paper, artist made paste paper,paint and colored pencil
2009
Feather Song
artist made paste paper, ink, colored pencil, book board
2009