"Discarded bits of cultural ephemera, lost artifacts, corroded materials and time-worn weathered surfaces and patinas, evidence of nature's ravaging effects-- these are the particularly romantic and exotic sources that inspire my work. Many of my pieces are nostalgic and reminiscent of once-significant objects, often from my own childhood; a Cracker Jack toy ?surprise,? a discarded lead soldier or a fragment of foreign paper currency. The aesthetic criteria for a found object's inclusion in my assemblage or collage is its venerable sense of time, wear and use with a feeling of origins from another time or far-away place. I'm after a sense of familiarity mixed with a feeling of rebirth and even a reaction of challenge or mystery with that which we would otherwise feel comfortable... that, and a purely aesthetic combination of materials, objects, and original artwork."

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