The
 processes
 I
 employ
 when
 collaging 
are
 homologous
 to
 the
 social
 ritual 
of
 collecting,
 arranging
 and
 displaying;
 as
 often
 the
 impulse
 to
 create
 collages 
has
 less 
to
 do
 with 
the
 meaning
 of
 a
 specific 
work 
and 
more 
to 
do 
with 
the 
seduction 
and 
order 
of
 things.


 While
 some
 collage
 elements 
are 
familiar 
in
 form,
 others
 only 
make
 allusions
 to
 objects,
 however
 what
 the
 fragments
 may
 or
 may
 not
 represent
 is 
immaterial.


 Rather
 each
 collage
 aims 
to reveal
 the 
instinct
 and
 strategies
 to 
decipher.

 The
 elusive
 narratives 
invite the
viewer
 to 
create 
their
 own 
fictions,
 exposing 
a 
liminal
 discourse 
that
 is 
inherent
 in
 the
collaging
 process. 

Generally
 my 
work
 attempts 
to 
explore
 the 
disparate 
ways 
in 
which 
we
 individually / collectively 
encounter 
and
 comprehend 
liminality. 

Ongoing 
research
investigates 
the 
act 
of 
collecting 
as liminal, 
transformative 
both 
in 
temporal 
and
 spatial
terms:
 procuring, 
arranging, 
rearranging, 
and 
displaying.