Before I moved to Florida and found myself painting exclusively in oils, I worked a lot in mixed media. I loved the look and feel of collage in combination with acrylic paint,  something about the juxtapositions and contrast between snippet of flat pattern and the more atmospheric qualities of paint that I found exciting. I worked on  heavy, handmade Indian cotton paper, with very irregular edges.

This painting of Figaro's Pizzeria, a landmark on a corner in the village in NYC. As is so often the case in my work, there is a tension between realism and abstraction, as if reality is breaking apart, or just a thin veneer over a chaotic sub-reality. Often I included a painted border, sort of a frame, around the man image, that interacted with the main image..