I have always been inspired by the mobiles of Alexander Calder, and I try to capture the same lightness and grace in my own work. My kinetic sculptures are abstract and geometric, ranging in size from miniature wall mobiles to room-filling installations, and I employ a variety of materials: metal, wood, stone, polymer clay, paper, and recycled objects. My digital compositions are scenes of everyday life, deconstructed and reassembled into images that are both intriguing and familiar.
Recently, I have been incorporating digital images into my mobiles, which are now made from fine art paper with archival inkjet prints. I aim to create three-dimensional objects that are both organized and flexible, with a hint of instability. Indeed, it is this balance between order and chaos, control and movement, that animates my work and my imagination.
Exhibitions and Juried Shows
2011:
- Holiday Artists' Market, Women's Community Building, Ithaca, NY
- Annual Open Show, Community School of Music and Art, Ithaca, NY
- Arcades Project Showcase, Ithaca, NY
- Regional Juried Show (group exhibition), State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY
- Art Trail Preview Exhibit (group exhibition), State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY
- Art on the Grounds (group exhibition), The Plantsmen Nursery, Groton, NY
- Ithaca Artists’ Market, Steamboat Landing, Ithaca, NY
- Greater Ithaca Art Trail Group Show, CAP ArtSpace, Ithaca, NY
- Selected Prints, Gimme Coffee, Trumansburg, NY
- Arcades Project, Spring (W)rites Literary Festival, Ithaca, NY
- Fragments in Flight,The Gallery at FOUND, Ithaca, NY
2010:
- Holiday Artists’ Market, Women’s Community Building, Ithaca, NY
- 1864 to 2060: Your Library Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (group exhibition), Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca, NY
- Art on the Grounds (group exhibition), The Plantsmen Nursery, Groton, NY
- Art Behind the Scientist, Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca, NY
- Ithaca Artists’ Market, Steamboat Landing, Ithaca, NY
- Suspension of [Dis]Color, The Corners Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2009:
- Art on the Grounds (group exhibition), The Plantsmen Nursery, Groton, NY
- Ithaca Artists’ Market, Steamboat Landing, Ithaca, NY
- Everything is a Map (group exhibition), The Upstairs Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2008:
- Gifted (group exhibition), Thou Art Gallery, Groton, NY
- Ithaca Artists’ Market, Steamboat Landing, Ithaca, NY
- Wing Thing (group exhibition), Spirit & Kitsch, Ithaca, NY
2007:
- Seeing Color (group exhibition), Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca, NY
