ARTIST'S BOOKS

Statement by the artist:

"I have been creating artists books since 1982. Experimenting with the book format was a natural outcome of my work in collage and printmaking. In my artist's books I express my ideas on memory, travel, language and nature. I use traditional structures as well as sculptural and innovative forms. I incorporate disparate materials such as handmade, oriental and painted papers, maps, objects, photographs, sheet music, script, drawings, book cloth, boxes, beads and string. These materials are fragile yet durable. Some of the books are totally abstract; however, memory—both visual and personal—is a significant element in the content of my work."

Except as noted, all works are unique artist's books.

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MORE ARTWORKS

LANDSCAPE COLLAGE
LANGUAGE COLLAGE

Images of early paintings

available on request.

2013 - present

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Died

2020 – 10" x 7.50" x 1.50" closed

In the collection of the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Seattle, WA.

Those We Have Lost

2020 – 10" x 8" x .5" closed

In the collection of the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Seattle, WA.

More Looking at Language

#B189 – 2019 – 8.3” x 8” x 1.3”

Memorable Letters

#B188 – 2018 – 10.5 “ x 7.5” x 6” closed; 10.5 “ x 42” open

Reflections on the Past

#B187 – 2018 – 9.5” x 7” x 2” closed; 9.5” x 38” open

Unclaimed Scrolls

#B186 – 2018 – 8” x 8” x 2”

Words of Wisdom

#B184 – 2018 – 9.5” x 7” x 1.3”

Female Faces

2017 – 11" x 9" closed; 26" x 50" open

In the collection of the Montana Museum of Art and Culture, Missoula, MT. May be viewed by request in the museum’s flat files.

Don't Shut Up

#B182 – 2017 – 6” x 9” x 2”

Recycling, Recalling

#B178 – 2017 – 9” x 10” closed; 21” x 40” open

Memory Bank

#B177 – 2016 – 9” x 10” closed; 26” x 41” open

Undocumented Scrolls

#B176 – 2016 – 7” x 9” x 1.3”

The Golden Year

#B175 – 2016 – 8” x 8” x 1.9”

Included in “Fulbright Stories,” the 75th anniversary publication of the Fulbright program.

Touch, Somatosensory

#B174 – 2016 – 14” x 10"

Unconventional Stamp Album

#B171 – 2015 – 10” x 7” x 2”

Unorthodox Stamp Album

#B170 – 2015 – 10” x 7.5” x 2”

Contemplating the Journey

#B169 – 2015 – 12.5" x 10" x 1"

Multilingual Scrolls

#B168 – 2015 – 8" x 9.5" x 2"

In the collection of The Brooklyn Museum, NY.

Time Capsules

#B927 – 2014 – 6" x 6.5" x 2.5"

Self Portrait

#B905 – 2014 – 7" x 7" x 3"

In the collection of the Smithsonian American Art & Portrait Gallery Library, Washington DC.

Asemic Figures

#B166 – 2014 – 10” x 7” closed; 10” x 52” open

In the collection of University of North Carolina.

Edited Thoughts

#B165 – 2014 – 10" x 1.3" x 1"

Language Variations (Edition)

#B164 – 2014 – 10” x 7” x .5" closed; 10” x 57” open – Edition of 6

In the collection of University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Script, Text, Language, Symbols

#B161 – 2014 – 11" x 7" x 1.5" closed; 11" x 56" open

In the collection of Médiathèque Marguerite Duras, Paris, France.

Script, Text, Language, Symbols

Detail – Front cover

Censored Thoughts

#B157 – 2013 – 8.5" x 6.5" x 1.5"

Hidden Thoughts

#B156 – 2013 – 6.3" x 6.5" closed; 6.3" x 37" open

Multiple Scrolls

#B897 – 2013 – 7"x 11" x 2"

Censored

#B153 – 2013 – 6" x 5" closed; 6" x 37" open

Protect and Preserve

#B151 – 2013 – 11" x 7"

In the collection of Bank Street Arts, Sheffield, UK.

2012 AND EARLIER

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Undecipherable Scrolls

#B148 – 2012 – 11" x 7" x 2"

In the collection of the Center for Book Arts, NY.

More Trees

#B147 – 2012 - 11" x 8" x 2"

In the collection of Rutgers University, NJ.

Alphabet Fonts

#B145 – 2012 – 8.5" x 8" x .5"

In the collection of the Children’s Literature Museum, Staatsbibliothek, Berlin Germany.

Babble

2011 – 9" x 10" x 2" closed

In the collection of the Grolier Club, New York, NY.

Branches and Leaves

#B142 – 2011 – 10" x 8" x 2"

In the collection of University of North Carolina.

Past, Future

#B138 – 2010 – 8.5” x 8” x .5" closed; 36" x 17” open

Past, Future

Detail – Front view, closed

Keep Talking

#B137 – 2010 – 9" x 7" x 2"

In the collection of Columbia University, NY.

A is for Alphabets

#B136 – 2010 – 8.5" x 9" x 2" closed; 8.5" x 18" x 2" open

Memories

#B132 – 2008 – 13" x 17"

The Blue Book

#B124 – 2009 – 10” x 7.5” x 1”

In the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, NY.

The Blue Book

Detail – Front cover

Wish You Were Here

#B122 – 2009 – 9.5" x 7.5" x 2"

Words and Fragments

#B121 – 2009 – 10” x 6”

Reasons for Concern

#B117 – 2008 – 6" x 8"

Farewell

#B115 – 2008 – 9" x 9" closed; 9" x 31" open

In the collection of The Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, Washington, DC.

Dialogue

#B100 – 2005 – 13" x 9" x 1"

Glorious Sounds

#B99 – 2005 – 13" x 13" x 1" – In private collection

Remapping

#B96 – 2005 – 13" x 13" x 1” closed; 13" x 97" open

Altered Places

#B85 – 2001 – 7" x 7" x 1" closed – 7" x 64" open

In the collection of Lafayette College, PA.

Seeing, Hearing, Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing

#B77 – Edition of 8 – 2000 – 6" x 9"

In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Watson Library, NY, as well as six other collections.

Trees

#B76 – 2000 – 11" x 8" x 2" closed; 11" x 56" open

Alphabet Book

#B66 – 1998 – 7” x 6” x 3”

In the collection of Rutgers University, NJ.

Italian Places

#B45 – 1992 – 8" x 5" x 7"

In the collection of the Center of Book Arts, NY.