Since my early 20s I have made my own Christmas cards.
The work you see on this site comes out of a production of Christmas cards in 2012 that essentially never stopped. Made with colored paper found in magazine advertisements, I cut around any text, product or figure, arriving at pure color.
I cut out the desired shape and adhere it to heavy-weight, Canson watercolor paper pre-cut into rectangular forms approximately 4 x 9 inches.
At core, I work with found color, sifting through the endless possibilities of shape and color within a very specific size range and format.
The subject matter is usually a reflection of my immediate environment: landscapes, interiors, things I come across that I find amusing or interest me in so much as I ask myself: Can I make that?
I travel frequently, so the scale of the work (small, easily transported), its mode of production (any table will do), and the materials necessary for the work are all convenient.
I find magazine color wherever I go—while waiting at the dentist’s office, visiting friends, or abandoned in a train.
All I need is glue stick and a sharp pair of scissors to make my art. The original works are fragile but they are not fussy; each card shows the hands that made it.