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I should have taken a photo of the back of my car this weekend... fully loaded with magazines courtesy of artist Leslie Allen and her husband! Lots of beautiful art magazines to sift and sort through, then recycle the unusable portions. (My husband, who was simultaneously trying to clean out the basement, was not too sure about all these incoming materials... but they will be great.) Leslie has been contributing magazines to my cause ever since we met in Dale Chisman's abstract painting class at the Art Student's League.

Check, Please

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I thought it would be fun to show some of my work that has been purchased and is in private collections from time to time. This one came to mind today. The background area is composed of generic order receipts from a restaurant. I envisioned it as a visual conversation that might take place over a meal. The size is 24 x 18".

Rrrrrrrip

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Magazinepile_4I just wanted to thank those of you who save interesting "junk" mail, papers and magazines for me to use in my collage pursuits. My family often teases me about the piles (I'm used to them) and the incessant sound of rip-rip-ripping as I sift through them on quiet winter nights! I have to admit that, on occasion, I am sucked into reading an article on a subject I would never have imagined, in a magazine I would never normally have run across. (Sort of like surfing the web, only more tactile!)