The main material I use is paper pulp, a very basic substance which can be strong and at the same time fragile, transitory and light . Paper soaked in water returns to its essence, its fibers.When the fibers have dried, their form, shape and purpose become my medium.The pulp lends itself to expressing life's base force, its movement and rhythm. Pulp has flowing qualities, inner movement , an ability to record and a purpose to retain the memory of imprints. I cast, mold and imbed with paper pulp, working with texture, relief and three dimensions, layering and scraping, stripping and adding. Other mediums such as plant matter and collected objects are imbedded in surfaces. I paint with layers of washes using acrylics and pigments. For example, in “Renewal”, the fragile shell form suggests the individual seeking to merge with the infinite. In “Tree cycles”, symbols and bones are painted in acrylic over layers of dyed pulp. In “Waterfall”, I have shaped pulp and imbedded long banana fibers into waves painted and imprinted with acrylics.
I also use many printing methods, often directly into the wet pulp, printing with rollers and natural materials. In the painting, “Ant’s World”, this technique was applied to different colored pulps, the central panel being the lightest and the focus.