A NOTE FROM THE ARTIST ABOUT MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUE: "Intrinsic Collage paintings are abstract mixed-media paintings composed of paper, paint, and sprays that often portray a relationship, or a specific subject matter (anniversary, favorite musician, song, experience, place, etc.). Special artifacts relating to your subject (ticket stubs, newspapers, program booklets, love letters, children's art, clothing, toys, etc.), along with magazine clippings/typefaces, and paint/sprays form one painting that is intrinsic to the theme. It is a painting, a collage, a story. It can be a broad view into a relationship, or a symbolic memory of a certain year, moment, event, or person. "