Mark Garrett

Bio: The scope of my work has morphed over a period of some 30 years from drawing to painting, from collage to assemblage and back again. I draw inspiration from a variety of sources that seem to find me more than I seek them out.

I'm particularly intrigued by the variability of water and mirrored surfaces as a metaphorical and literal tool for reflection in both my drawings and assembled constructions.
In early 2011 I began to fold paper and 'draw' with scissors... particularly maps from Atlas' culled from the flea market and garage sales. I incorporate watercolor as a extension of the color palette printed on the maps. More recently I've begun using similar cutting techniques, but with illustrated anatomy texts from the 1950's.