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This is a collage focused on the various associations we have with rabbits and hares. I learned a lot about the symbolism of rabbits in cultures throughout the world. Most of it is collaged tissue paper and newsprint in which I embedded images of the sun, the moon, Venus, etc. I also used stamps. The majority is painted with acrylics.

I am a retired elementary school teacher and my residence and studio are in Fulton, New York where I taught for thirty-one years. After I retired in 2000, I returned to the State University College at Oswego to pursue art. The work which I am exhibiting is the result of mixing various media. My interest is in creating unique surfaces using tissue paper, packaging paper, matte medium, glue, pastels, watercolors, acrylics, etc. My intent is to marry the more intuitive and emotive surface with a technically detailed drawing. I create a drawing and a surface and then begin the task of melding these two elements to create the finished piece. At times, the surface is the instrument of inspiration; at other times it is the image...