The law of reflection states that
The front cover of my second grade reader had a drawing of Dick and Jane reading the same book with Dick and Jane on the cover, reading the same book of Dick and Jane and on and on. It was my introduction to the infinite and in a way to the idea of multiple reflections bouncing back upon themselves for as long as the reflected light can hold them.
A suggestion of this phenomenon can be captured on a single plane when it is printed, a shifting moment frozen in time. The reflections have multiple depths, reflections of reflections, shadows of what’s above and below. Layers built upon layers. The idea that an image of a reflection can, at once, show what is above, on and below fascinates me.
Does this reflect the same way in time?
These images are my questions and my exploration of that which we can almost see; reflections, multiple exposures, layering and in camera motion, portals through which light and objects travel, reflections and layers, passages through space and time. Shapes are formed by positive and negative space. Is it in or out? Which is up, which is down? Now and.. is then before or after?
Perhaps I would have had answers to these questions and my path have been straighter if there hadn’t been a mixup my freshman year of high school. The schedule assigned me to physics and boys physical education. It was a year too early in the school curriculum for one and I was biologically unfit for the other. The professor asked me to leave the physics class (it wasn’t a class for girls) and the boys phys ed instructor had me wait in the bleachers during classes for several weeks while they worked it out. I never caught up with Physics, though the switch allowed for a drafting class (another ‘boy’ class, but what could they do?) and my lessons with perspective, line and layers commenced.
photographic artist / designer / colorist
My life as been full of fortunate opportunities that have shaped the course of my life, both artistically and professionally. I have been able to work with and for legends in the photographic art world, some briefly, and others over most of my lifetime. Most important were my mentor and friend Aaron Siskind and Harry Callahan, and for a short time, Minor White, Walker Evans, Paul Krot and Lisette Model. Just as my verbal accent can be attributed to my mother teaching me to speak; their influence upon me is, in some small part, evident in my work.
Aaron Siskind Foundation 1983 - 2021
Director and collection curator
Assistant to Aaron Siskind 1981 -91
Designer / Owner:
Ball and Skein 1991- Present
designer of hand dyed yarns, manual and electric skein winders, various styles of hand spindles and spinning equipment
Plant Interiors 1983 - Present
owner / designer of interior plantscapes
Artisania International 1985 - 91
owner / designer boutique textiles
Faculty / Staff:
Rhode Island School of Design
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Roger Williams University
Rhode Island College
Exhibited in various museums and galleries including
The Fogg Museum
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Rhode Island School of Design Museum
Bristol Art Museum - two person show
Newport Art Museum
Parker Pie Company Gallery - solo
Rhode Island School of Design BFA Photography 1974
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