Middle School Cliques string These joyful stripes are mini-masterpieces

These joyful stripes are mini-masterpieces

and collage papers

It's fantastic how playfulness can unlock hidden depths and unexpected beauty

I am depicting how linking these responsibilities so they can support each other will lead to a more balanced life

collagraph plates

Middle School Cliques string These joyful stripes are mini-masterpiecesMixed media (acrylic, paper, and ink). 16" x 32" on cradled birch panel. For junior high, I switched schools and found the whole experience rather jarring. Gone was the small classroom with friends I'd had since kindergarten. My new school seemed huge, with changing classrooms and teachers every hour, and strangers all around. Middle School Cliques is my impression of school those first weeks, with the world around me so gray and frightening. Even the