My Art Portfolio Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story

Please read before viewing my portfolio (link at the bottom).

My Relationship(s) With Collage

I first found collage in my best friend’s living room in Portland Oregon, cutting up old Playboy magazines. The piece I made was silly and scrappy. We weren’t trying to make anything beautiful—just playing. These days, I have two very different relationships with collage.

On one hand, I make refined, carefully composed pieces that take hours or weeks of experimentation and precision. These pieces are made with aesthetics and an audience in mind. I let my perfectionism be a part of this process.

On the other hand, I have my more personal, intuitive collage practice. These pieces are for processing, grounding, and letting things move through me. They help me soften, zoom out, and set down the perfectionism. This is the kind of collage I offer to others in one-on-one sessions and group workshops.

Why I’m Sharing My Portfolio

Yes, I’m a Leo and like to share things I’m proud of. But more importantly, I want to show that you can have multiple, different relationships to creative expression. You can channel your perfectionism into focused, intentional masterpieces and you can set it down when it’s time to let something messy and meaningful move through you. The collage facilitation that I offer is about the messy, soul-to-paper version.

You Don’t Need to Be “Artistic” to Explore Collage

If you choose to look at the more curated pieces of my portfolio, please remember that these are just ONE side of my creative life. Look at the other tab! If you choose to try out a collage session with me, we will not be making fancy curated pieces!

Collage is one of the most forgiving, accessible mediums I know. It asks you to notice what speaks to you. To cut it out. To move things around. To follow the part of you that feels, not the part that’s trying to impress. It’s low-pressure and low-cost. It can be silly or sacred. We’re not making products—we’re making meaning.

So if you’re curious… Come messy. Come skeptical. Come tender. Come creative or blocked or unsure. Come with or without art experience. You’re welcome in the collage space, exactly as you are.