A photo transfer on rectangular-shaped paper pulp with plastic bag inclusions. The photo transfer features a floral-printed couch left outside on a street curb. Yellow brush strokes forming a couch-like shape are painted direct

Utopian Fantasies, 2020 

9” x 12” 

Photo transfer, acrylic, plastic bags, paper pulp 

Image Description: Violet-tinted paper pulp in a rectangular shape features toiletry item inclusions

Self Peel, 2020 

9” x 12” 

Plastic bag, dried cast iron plant leaf, Crest White Strips wrapper, razor cover, plastic seal, tea wrapper, paper pulp 

Collage on handmade paper featuring beachy photo transfers, plastic, leaves, and pizza coupons

Pizza Escape, 2021 

9.5” x 8.75” 

Cast iron plant leaf, colored pencil, mailer coupons, acrylic, photo transfer, paper pulp  

A dark wave-like form envelops a circular impression left in the rectangular piece of handmade sandpaper, as well as two pressed dried leaves. Above this, and to the side, are colored-pencil-drawn-sunset-hues.

Last Impression, 2020 

6.5” x 5.5” x .25” 

Acrylic, money tree leaves, colored pencil, beach sand, paper pulp 

Yellow handmade-paper features fragments of billing statements, a clothing tag, a coffee cup sleeve, an image transfer of a woman taking a selfie in a mirror, and a Sofi loans ad surrounded by a frame of thick rainbow-marbled paint. Text incorporated

You Should Consolidate, 2020  

9” x 12” 

Acrylic, ink, pen, coffee cup sleeve, image transfer, clothing tag, billing statements, paper pulp 

A mossy green painted rag blends into paper pulp
Collage on handmade paper features a painted, phallic shape protruding from a rectangular, shiny form. Pen scribbles on the border of the piece, read: “it’s 5 o’clock somewhere”. Words collaged from a magazine include “Scottish golf courses…expensive

Life’s a B*$&h, John, 2020 

9” x 12” 

Acrylic, magazine collage, ink, photo transfer, plastic bags, and paper pulp 

A handwritten note scrathed on a scrap of handmade paper "living in a retirement community of forever chemicals"

Forever Chemicals, 2021 

4.5” x 6.25” 

Ink, paper pulp, pen 

A mixed media collage on handmade paper showing cut-outs from a sdmall Southern town magazine

Azalea Belles, 2020 

Acrylic, ink, pen, magazine, bottle caps, dried leaves, sticks, ribbon, paper pulp. Side-note: Azalea Belles were teenage girls selected by the Cape Fear Garden Club to pose in historic gardens in Antebellum-era dresses during the Azalea Festival in Wilmington, NC up until this racist tradition ended in 2020.  

Small mixed media assemblage painting in the colors of the American flag, but muddied. A bundle of yarn covered in paint sits in the top left corner of the piece.

What Next? 2021 

4” x 5” x 2.5” 

Acrylic, plastic, paper pulp, yarn 

A mixed media painting layered with muted oil pastel that reveals scratched away, vertical lines. At the center of the painting is a plastic bottlecap surrounded by acrylic paint and paper pulp

Incubate, 2020 

6” x 8” x .5” 

Oil pastel, acrylic, ink, paper pulp, plastic packaging  

A list of expenditures written on lined handmade paper made with a pen and ruler. The lines angle downward. The expenditures are written month-by-month, totaling $70-$100 each month and are interrupted by pieces of gray and tan plastic bag.

Payment Plan, 2020 

9” x 11 

Pen, paper pulp, and plastic bag 

A textured, off-kilter rectangular painting on handmade paper features a roughh but shiny gray surface. Laundry lint, and resulting hair, is embedded in the surface.

How to Weather a Persistent Drizzle, 2020 

9” x 12”  

Acrylic, ink, colored pencil, sticker, laundry lint, paper pulp  

Abstract collage and painting on handmade paper featuuring raoinbow hues, colored pencil, and washy inks in pinks and greens

Dull Memories, 2021  

9” x 12”  

Acrylic, colored pencil, collage, ink, paper pulp