A Thousand and One Nights
I have long been fascinated by Scheherazade as a woman who had to use all the tools at her disposal—her sexuality, her cunning, her mind, and above all her creative artistry—to survive and overcome the male power that sought to subdue her. I have returned to this theme many times. What better way to interpret the master storyteller than through the medium of a book? From this came my first large scale installation. Like Scheherazade, the superficial fragility of the paper is belied by the scale of the work and the power of the imagery.
The Stories of Scheherazade (12 Panels)
The Diary of Scheherazade, mixed media artists book, 8½ x 5½ inches, 1996 - 1999, Collection of the University of Miami, Miami, FL
Enough Seen, charcoal, collage, tempera on glassine and paper, 77 x 33 inches, 1997
Enough Heard, charcoal, color pencil, tempera on glassine and paper, 77 x 34 inches, 1997
Enough Hurt, charcoal, collage, tempera on glassine and paper, 76 ½ x 35½ inches, 1997
Enough Said, charcoal, colored pencil, tempera on glassine and paper, 74¾ x 42¾ inches, 1997
Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
Mirage, mixed media and collage on paper, 16 x 70 inches, 1999
Queen Izabella's Back Pain, mixed media on paper, 16 x 70 inches, 1999
I’ll Grant Anything You Wish or Desire, mixed media on paper, 16 x 70 inches, 1999
Labyrinth, mixed media, and collage on paper, 16 x 70 inches, 2000
Sueno, mixed media and collage on paper, 16 x 70 inches, 2000
Aquarius, mixed media and collage on paper, 16 x 70 inches, 2000
Mysterious, mixed media and collage on paper, 16 x 70 inches, 2000
The Ticket, mixed media and collage on paper, 16 x 70 inches, 2000
Crash, mixed media and collage on paper, 16 x 70 inches, 2000
S, mixed media and collage on paper, 16 x 70 inches, 2000
Her Story, mixed media and collage on paper, 16 x 70 inches, 2000
The Thousand And One Nights #1, acrylic on glassine paper, 55½ x 49⅜ inches, 1996
Night After Night, acrylic on glassine paper, 98 x 70 inches, 1998