Contemporary Drawing and Painting with Collage Elements

                “CROSS POLLINATION I”   20” X 66”  Brush and ink drawing . Painting with silk dye . Handmade papers from Tonga and Japan . Camel hair weaving from Iraq

                 Given that the world is moving toward a global community and cultural identities are slowly dissolving, I became curious to explore ways of making art as global
                 "collaborations”. The title of my newest body of work was spawned from this line of thinking as “Cross Pollination”. What do cultural identities mean, and what
                  function do they have, in a world where diverse populations embrace a New World citizenship without geographic boundaries?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ...More...( read the complete artist's statement )