Reciprocal , encaustic , oxidized copper , copper print , oil pastel on panel , 24 x 18 inches , 2014
As I am responding to the color and process of working with rust , I am also finding a deeper meaning in each new piece . My father was a blue-collar worker in a tool and die shop while I was growing up in Detroit . As the city undergoes a rebirth out of its industrial decay , rust has become a metaphor for my childhood roots and memories . And it gives me pleasure to reuse rusty objects I find tossed aside on the road .