I am a member of Philadelphia’s Dumpster Divers, a group of artists which focuses on re-claiming cast-off pieces of the world around us to make art, as well as to make use of things headed for the trash stream. To me and to many “divers,” art materials are everywhere!
My work is usually figurative, and for more than 6 years I have been moving towards my goal of creating 1000 figures that I call “divas”; for many of them I make an armature for their “bodies” from those ubiquitous plastic grocery and newspaper delivery bags. Three hundred of these figures were exhibited from October 2012 through May 2013 at the Philadelphia International airport.
I love using materials accumulated or inspired by my annual winter pilgrimage to Oaxaca, Mexico. My work reflects the colors of the houses, the food, the street murals, the indigenous clothing, the contemporary art and of course the fiestas. Every day there is a celebration honoring a church’s patron saint, or the baby Jesus, or the Virgen of Guadaloupe and there are whole shops and market stalls dedicated to religious articles.
You can see more of my work at www.inliquid.com and in the book, FOUND OBJECT ART 2, by Schiffer Press.
Are You There?, handmade paper, dominoes, beads, clay, Milagros and found objects, 9.5” x 11.5” x 2”, $140
Three Wise Women, Mexican carving, 12” x 14”, print, paint, $80
Pray for Healing, handmade paper, beads, vintage letter and diary pages, paint, mirrors and found objects, 12” x 14”, $220
