Handmade paper is very versatile and can be used in making artist books, sculptures, crafts and in this case a painting. This is created with fragments of handmade paper.
The process of deconstructing the paper and then re-integrating many pieces, to create something completely new, is an intuitive and ongoing visual experiment. Each collage begins with a premise or simply a piece of paper. Like a puzzle, the composition evolves one piece at a time. I continue to cut, rip or otherwise manipulate possible elements, making decisions about what works and what is needed next to complete the composition.
