As a girl growing up in suburban, mid-century America, I was shaped by the womens' magazines that arrived in our home each week. We were in love with all things "modern" -- frozen foods, sprawling homes, leisure time and the sheer array of new products to consume.

As an artist, I am drwan back to my beginnings, to the imagery and cultural milieu of the postwar period through the early 1960s. Using vintage magazines and materials, I scan and compose digital collages. My intention is to blend nostalgia for the past with the darkness beneath the "pleasures of modern living".

Food as an object of desire and comfort is a theme in my work. Being "modern" in mid-century meant getting out of the kitchen. Efficiency was key and fast foods were born -- "instant" mashed potatoes, TV dinners and Jell-O.  As today, the kitchen was aplace of sleek appliances and convenience foods, without much cooking going on.