Balcony Goddess Holds a Medieval Moon (2020) Collages by Debra Rogers

An animal was involved in my art epiphany, my realization that things could be captured on a surface, as a four year old.  Animals have been a source of insight ever since.  They lend an honesty to my work and feature in much of my art.

I was granted my BA in sculpture from Rhode Island School of Design. I have worked as an artist for most of my life, painting murals and faux finishes on walls and furniture, even the sides of ferry boats. I participated in group art showings over the years.  I have created ceramic tiles, some washed slips and some bas relief.  I won 1% For the Arts commissions in New Mexico for tile murals in various public places. I found Art Therapy and became a Psychotherapist, earning my Masters Degree in Albuquerque, at the University of New Mexico.  My materials became expressive of what I was working out emotionally.  And I found collage through my school work.  

Sculpturally I create objects, assemblages; also story-like.  I trust my imagination.  The materials, how they are joined and the way they fit together, are as important as what the images convey.

The collection of collages shown here are story fragments. They tell of a fantasy world of animals and nature, mysterious and a little strange.  Their shapes are not perfect squares or rectangles, many edges are torn, ragged.  Everything needs to be worked a little.  So their surfaces are rough and a bit worn for wear: from their history, from many tellings or recitations of the stories.  You witness the characters caught in mid-moment.

Each collage surface is cohesively sealed with an acrylic medium, allowing brush strokes to give texture. Most do not measure as perfectly rectangle but will fit well within a window of mat board.  They are delivered tacked to foam core board with acid-free rolled tape on the back side.  Then they are enveloped in protective archival polypropylene.  Shipping is done in cardboard box materials.  Each is titled, signed and dated.

• Nationality: UNITED STATES
• Date of birth : 1952
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• Groups: Contemporary American Artists