Conversations , detail of visual journal pages ( in progress ), 4.5 x 3.5 x 2 inches , 2015
Visual journal pages created with encaustic beeswax , photographic transfer , and word / sketches
I often use my own photography as a foundation for imagery . My camera is a tool to help me gather the beautiful colors and textures of daily life . When I take photographs , even highly abstracted ones , they hold powerful memories of when , where , and why , and from that emerges a symbolic self portrait .