These images were collected by marking the moment in each day, over a series of months, when I removed my day time clothes. We all have our routines; many are shared by others. Taking off ones clothes at the end of the day is a routine that absolutely everyone shares. (Even when my children would sleep in their sweat pants and tee shirts, ready for school the next day, these clothes were taken off before their bath so that new clothes could be put on for bed and the next day.)

These photos, which are so quintessentially mundane, are also excruciatingly personal. It doesn't take long to notice that I rarely hang up my clothes, that they often pile up for days, that for some reason, there are a lot of different settings. Through examining the settings one can see repetition of several places: the beige bedspread and Moroccan rugs of the master bed room; the green and white tiled floor of the master bath room; the green wall area of the steam room; the linoleum of the studio bath room; the leather chair of the studio. These different settings, combined with staying with friends and traveling suggest someone much more nomadic than I really am. Because I have a Bed and Breakfast, I tend to play gypsy in my own home. Generally, I prefer using the suite with its high ceilings and huge bath. But if that is occupied I will often go to my studio with its large windows and views. Often, in the winter, after going for a hike, I will take off my clothes in the steam room. Sometimes, after the rain or particularly thick dust, I will leave my hiking clothes in the entryway, not wanting to track the mud and dirt through the rest of the house. But not knowing this, one could create other stories. A lover's house, a family member's need, work on the road . . .ultimately it is not important why my clothes are where they are, so much as that these moment have been recorded.

The photographs serve as testimony to the moment of transition in each day, from most often the public persona to the private one. That moment when we take off the clothes of our day, that time of day when one lets go of who one is in the world, and strips down to the private self in the private space. Visually, the work is simultaneously overwhelming and soothing. With so many images, one feels overwhelmed with information, with the responsibility to pay attention. And that is how our lives can be, if we try to take on more than a few moments at a time. However, one doesn't need to step back very far in order to let go of the information, and see the sensual color and the shapes of our lives. When we step back, when we let go of the detail, one can witness a lovely, sensual flow.

The work in progress wall collection is currently printed on 8.5" x 11" Office Max Professional Photo Paper by a  HP Desk jet printer. The image size is 5.5" x 7".  Final work is printed 13" x 19" using an Epson Stylus Photo Printer with archival inks, and 100% cotton, archival Bergger paper.  The black border gives a sensation of isolation, a moment surrounded by a void. However, the more one becomes aware of ones presence and activities, the more energy and vitality one has.  The effect of the energy of the wall, is to reproduce the energy of consciousness;  isolation can become grounding and comforting rather than alienating. The black printed onto the cotton also reproduces the look and feel of old photo albums reinforcing the question of why we chose to photograph certain moments over others; what makes that which we choose to store in an album, significant.