I start with photographs and do pure photography or apply artistic modifications using computer software. Some images are born in my imagination and are created in the computer. However I do it, the final image is printed using pigment ink on canvas or perhaps lustre paper or matte paper. The paper images are framed and the canvas images are put on stretcher bars for hanging in domestic and corporate environments. Some images get further treatment using oil pastels, markers, colored pencils, or other media. i love to experiment and see what happens and often get wonderful surprises!

Through the lens, everyday life is captured and heightened to convey a myriad of moods and impressions. Using varying combination of light, form, motion, and grain, these fleeting moments are edited to offer a view of the mundane, the romantic, the brooding, and the surreal.

These images are captured primarily on film, then printed through traditional process on sepia-or selenium-toned black and white silver gelatin paper, or through converting to digital files and printed with archival pigment ink.

A 2009 review by Michael Yokum for Open Studios can be accessed in the archives of SF Art News http://sfartnews.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/burnt-kettle-the-art-of-rebecc...

My work is meant to stir the intellect and yet be meditative. My pieces are organic or biological in essence, looking like things one would see in nature.  Repetition of form is another theme seen in my work.  The scale of my sculptures range from the intimate to large-scale installations. Some artworks are ceramic paintings, ceramic forms attached to wood panels. Others sculptures are ceramic forms installed directly on the wall.   Most recently I am making freestanding sculptures as well.  My work is hand built, primarily using low fire clay and glazes. Form and color are important elements in my work. The seductive qualities of the ceramic medium of color and surface are used to attract the attention of the viewers so that they will spend time looking at the work, embarking on their individual journey of discovery.

I've continued to expand my Islamic tile series this year in a different shape/format. I've also returned to one of my first loves (sumi ink + watercolor) created both on paper and on canvas.

My show will be part of Hunter's Point on 10/29 and 10/30; hope to see you there!

The effects of light and the sky are intriguing. Light thoroughly transforms an object or a scene. Shadows, at the same time, are evocative and mysterious; they indicate the presence of something not necessarily visible in the image. An allegorical feeling is the result. My work often captures this. Language in all its forms is a great source of entertainment for me. In addition, many things appeal to my sense of humor in unexpected ways. My photographs often contain words as well as incongruous objects.

SERENDIPITY

 - the faculty or phenomenem of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for...