Much of my work has evolved from a unique process of lifting rust, carbon and markings from charred surfaces (mainly bakeware).  The work explores layered and diverse meanings incorporated in everyday, overlooked objects one would find in the home.  The work has moved into the realm of installation incorporating numerous domestic items, primarily items used in the ritual of preparing and serving food. Objects (pans, pot lids, napkins, etc.)  and materials (rust, carbon) used are so common they become symbols in a universal language.  Photography has become a part of the work in the form of manipulated (sometimes layered) Xeroxed images.  Participation in the work involves not just  the visual, but sound, smell, taste and touch.  The viewer is invited to look more closely at that which is and has been experienced on a daily basis.  Objects and images take on multiple, often contradictory, meanings leading to diverse interpretations.

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