The mixed-media hand-built frames and images of the Recognitions series speak to the idea of confinement and breakthrough, and recast familiar everyday elements as unlikely symbols.

Possible Worlds, RECOGNITIONS series
1993
Oil on paper, plastic, alabaster, glass, found objects, mixed media
42 1/2” x 16 1/4” x 9”
Fragment, RECOGNITIONS series
1996
Graphite, plaster, mixed media on wood
30” x 15”
Shutting Them Out II
1990
Oil on paper, wood, window screws, foam strips
24 5/8” x 24 1/8”
Private Collection
Silent Strain, RECOGNITIONS series
1990
Oil on paper, Black oil pastel, rubber, mixed media
26 7/8” x 24 1/8”
The Visitation
1990
Black Oil Pastel, yoke, wood
32”x 28”
Private Collection
Strapped, RECOGNITIONS series
1990
Black Oil Pastel, belts, wood
74” x 48”
Collection: Housatonic Museum, CT