My Services

Classroom: Integrative Work

I experience great joy  witnessing participants’  self-expression through collage and mandalas. In each city where I’ve lived, I presented and taught these art mediums.

I am happy to offer a deeper exploration of symbols and colors through MARI, The Mandala Assessment Research Instrument. https://www.maricreativeresources.com

Both forms of offerings complement holistic therapy programs in general, and are especially effective for reintegration, post psychedelic journeys.

Two participants of mandala collage workshop
Mandala collage shared by a workshop participant.
Participant in mandala collage workshop.
Analog collage done by a workshop participant.
Mandala collage shared by its creator.
analog collage
Mandala collage shared by its creator.

Commissions: Custom Creations

Details of 4 Wallhangings made of collaged fabrics

Textiles

 

I apply my lifelong skills with collage, surface design, and fabric to interior decor. My Travel Textiles series is focused on one-of-a-kind wall-hangings. Made from recycled fabrics, they are pieced into compositions based on Golden Means proportions. Each then evokes impressions of the art, culture, and architecture of the global places they reference. Prior to this, I created repeat designs for commercial textile companies that produced them as woven yardages. For national interior design showrooms, I produced lines of hand-painted wall coverings.

 

Testimonials

"Reaffirming Faith" 12 x 15" 2015
"MJ was an excellent leader for our collage party. She gave us a good introduction and then went around the room encouraging and helping people to feel comfortable in trying something new and exciting. Every one of our guests had a great time!"
Danny and Joanne​ W.Party Hosts
"Like faith itself, MJ’s “Reaffirming Faith” presides over larger and more visible artworks at the heart of our home. Hers always tells a story, is fun and loving, and in line, media, and color, is never ordinary. MJ's wise work delights with every viewing."
Andrew C.​Attorney
"Working with MJ has been a delight. Her creativity, easy manner, and considerable artistic skills have encouraged me into deeper understanding, helping me to realize the fullest expression of my work."
Christopher U.Writer and Filmmaker
"Two of MJ’s extraordinary paintings hang adjacent to our bed. They are often the first sight that comes into my focus upon waking in the morning. The colors and shapes beckon me forward and inward at the same time, reminding me to breathe in the beauty that the world offers up everyday."
SusanRetired, Park Service
"MJ presents her collage classes with well-researched knowledge, organization, passion, and accessibility. Her high regard for this medium, with her teaching style, allowed me as a painter, to relate to the artistic elements of composition with a new understanding and with a fresh delight in the process."
Robin L.MSW, LCSW
"We commissioned MJ to create our wedding book. She was inspired by our love and followed her vision to make a magnificent work of art that 30 years later still stands as a living and true representation of our vows."
Pat & Jenny D. Forever Newlyweds
"Doing our collage workshop with MJ was super fun. She encouraged us to explore and create, showing us lots of new possibilities."
MeganTeen Workshop Participant
"MJ's teaching style towards entering the creative zone and supporting the collage experience was perfection. She is such a phenomenal guide and intuitive."
KimCFP, Wealth Manager
"MJ's guidance is... part creative challenger, part soul cheerleader, and part devil's advocate. I love how she encouragingly leads this work/play."
JillianDir., Lajja Studio

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MIXED MEDIA ARTIST | DESIGNER | TEACHER