Artwork > MISSING PERSONS

Amelia, 2010, East Meadow
Pencil and collage on vellum and paper
12 x 9 inches
2015
Jennie, Maurice, Betty Doll, Louis, Martha, 1945, Fayetteville
Pencil, pen, and collage on vellum and paper
9 x12 inches
2014
Joan and Peter, 1982, Los Angeles
Pencil, pen, and collage on vellum and paper
9 x12 inches
2013
Lelia and Mary Rachel, 1941, Carolina Beach
Pencil, pen, and collage on vellum and paper
9 x12 inches
2013
Cynthia, 1969, Oakdale
Pencil, pen, and collage on vellum and paper
10 x 8 inches
2012
Joan, 1961, Lincoln
Pencil, pen, and collage on vellum and paper
10 x 8 inches
2012
Dennise, 1961, Moab
Pencil, pen, and collage on paper
10 x 8 inches
2012
Georgia, 1947, Fort Atkinson
Pencil, pen, and collage on paper
10 x 8 inches
2013
Evelyn, 1953, La Crosse
Pencil, pen, and collage on paper
10 x 8 inches
2013
Audrey, 1956, Laplace
Pencil, pen, and collage on paper
10 x 8 inches
2012
Beverly, 1951, Cleveland
Pencil, pen, and collage on paper
10 x 8 inches
2012
Gertrude, 1944, Inglewood
Pencil, pen, and collage on paper
10 x 8 inches
2012
Amelia, 1957, Joliet
Pencil, pen, and collage on paper
10 x 8 inches
2012
Carla, 1987, Wadena
Pencil, pen, and collage on paper
10 x 8 inches
2012
Paula, 1946, Bennington College
Pencil, pen, and collage on paper
10 x 8 inches
2012
Ruth, 1937, Ohio, Wesleyan University
Pencil, pen, and collage on paper
10 x 8 inches
2013
Barbara, 1973, Bath
Pencil, pen, and collage on paper
10 x 8 inches
2012
Leichia, 1985, Pierce Arrow Restaurant
Pencil, pen, and collage on paper
10 x 8 inches
2012

This series of drawings, which incorporates an element of collage, is dealing with female missing persons. The missing person is the subject in my drawings and they are always paired with a collaged animal. I am drawn to the idea of paying tribute to these lost humans from decades past, to acknowledge that they existed on this earth. I am also perhaps drawing myself, or all of us, as we have all felt "missing" or "lost" throughout the journey of life. The animals exist in my drawings as witnesses to whatever may have happened, as animals are witnesses to many events throughout all of our lives, but remain voiceless. They also serve the purpose of providing comfort to us, or an unconditional love and understanding that gets lost on being human.