Artist Statement on Installation

One day, after teaching a class in mixed media, I came to my studio and started to work. 
Talking to my students, helping them to paint with their hearts and not with their eyes, had triggered my own thoughts and creativity. I needed to remember, to heal, and to deal with my own memories no matter how happy or sad they were.
In this Installation, each memory bundle tells a story. It is an ongoing installation; as time passes, I continue to add bundles. 
The materials I use and the images I paint are symbols of my past. The objects are encased in aluminum mesh so that they can be seen at present, but cannot be touched, since they are the past. 
The Installation was exhibited: Gallery One, San Francisco, CA, 2006
Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque, NM, 2007
Materials used: acrylic paint, ink, woven material, photographs on positive film, paper, feathers, burned photos, canvas pieces, nylon thread and various other objects. 
The title of the Installations is: “Left Behind….”
Commissions are accepted, through a one-on-one interaction using the client’s stories, memories, personal materials; etc.