Collage & Mixed Media
✧ Therapy Homework: Recovering a Sense of Abundance ✧
origami paper, ink
【 2024 】〔 4” x 6” 〕
This series of postcards came about when working through the Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron with my therapist. Chapter 6: Recovering a Sense of Abundance asked me to look at my life finances and to challenge conventional luxury. One of the homework exercises is to send postcards to people you would love to hear back from — so, these were sent off to 6 friends who live in different cities. I am grateful for the connections I have made in this life, and this was a ritual for remembering to truly cherish this life.
may this good luck charm
bring abundant happiness
to your home always
an omamori
will protect you and bring you
happiness always
the Wheel of Fortune meets
the 5 Chinese elements
木火金土水
bleeding heart flowers
lush blooms with poison petals
ain’t that just the way?
Good Luck, Babe!
featuring silver star confetti from
Chappell Roan’s Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess vinyl
fire rat (1996)
Postcard Series
mixed media, ink
【 2020 】〔 4” x 6” 〕
Created during the COVID-19 pandemic, these postcards were made from various collage materials like stickers, scrap paper, receipts, business cards, washi tape, and candy wrappers. Six of the cards feature hand drawn elements in black ink. This series was sold during the first art market I organized after lockdown. What a time capsule!
Instant Karma
mixed media, ink
【 2019 】〔 6” x 9” 〕
Each piece features a hand written haiku chosen from my KXUA 88.3FM radio show called Instant Karma. I would end each show with a different haiku, however the last line would always be, “It’s Instant Karma!!” I used various collage materials like stickers, candy wrappers, stamps, museum guides, and paint chips.
Haiku
mixed media, ink
【 2019 】〔 5” x 5” 〕
A series of square collages, each featuring an original haiku. Using things I already own as collage material became the basis of my exploration in mixed media. I find it important to utilize text in my work, and I enjoy incorporating poetry. The rigid structure of haiku forces me to choose my words carefully. Writing haiku has become ritualistic for me at this point.
plastic rituals
where we eat our fears for fun
welcome to my world
sun salutation
instant gratification
sad situation
fragile sense of self
always on — never enough
they are watching you