It marks my return to verbalizing after a lengthy attempt to make my art strictly visual.
It depicts my concern for the Earth, my increasing awareness of mortality, and my delight in the graphics of daily life from ticket stubs to foliage.
My work begins as collages constructed in Photoshop from snapshots and found objects. Papers and inks are archival, as are mats and backing; the glass is conservation white. All work not signed on the front is signed verso. (As I began to apply calligraphy directly onto the picture surface, I became unwilling to distract from the composition with a signature.) There are no editions of these pieces.

This collection of images "discusses" my preoccupation with ephemera and essentials. It marks my return to verbalizing after a

 Since 2001 I have felt an obligation to speak up as never before; having always loved filmstrips and funny papers, I resolved to put words and pictures into one frame, to storyboard my concepts. My heroes in this effort are Ben Shawn and Corita Kent as well as countless cartoonists including Nicole Hollander. lengthy attempt to make my art strictly visual. It depicts my concern for the Earth, my increasing awareness of mortality, and my delight in the graphics of daily life from ticket stubs to foliage.

Since 2001 I have felt an obligation to speak up as never before; having always loved filmstrips and funny papers, I resolved to put words and pictures into one frame, to storyboard my concepts. My heroes in this effort are Ben Shawn and Corita Kent as well as countless cartoonists including Nicole Hollander.
Monotype artists.
It is just human nature, you know, wanting to make things happe. That can-do spirit, that is what raises us above the animals.
Human Nature.
First Place Award - Florence OR Arts and Crafts 1996.
Joyce Keener.
Best of Show - Florence Oregon Arts and Crafts Council 1997.
AWARDS & HONORS

First Place Award: Florence OR Arts & Crafts Council 2000
Second Award: Professional Art Annual, OR State Fair, Salem OR 2000
Best of Show: Florence OR Arts & Crafts Council 1997
First Place Award: Florence OR Arts & Crafts 1996
Best of Show: Florence OR Arts & Crafts Council 1995
Christopher Award for film "The Silence At Bethany" 1989
National Endowment for the Humanities grants 1985 & 1986

EDUCATION

B.A. Bennington College: language & literature, visual arts
Burbank Art Center, Everywoman's Village, Sitka Art Center
National Collection of Fine Arts: Smithsonian internship
National Portrait Gallery: Smithsonian internship
Awards, honors and education, Joyce Keener, Monotype Artist.There are no editions of these pieces.




This collection of images discusses my preoccupation with ephemera and essentials.Click to hear a reading from the Chapbook.
First Place Award - Florence OR Arts and Crafts Council 2000.