Typewriter Art grew into my art practice in 1998 when a typewriter was introduced into my world. I was enamored with the machine and started typing on anything I could fit onto the platen. Papers of all kinds and sizes were used, also fabrics, photos, and leaves. I loved the connection of the striking print with the pressing of the keys, the sound and rhythm it would make, and the long history and purpose of the machine. For the first few years I was writing free style poetry and because I was exploring so many different medium textures and sizes to type on,  as well as so many different ways to make marks, I discovered a organic quality to typing. I really enjoyed pushing that organic approach within a seemingly rigid machine to see how my words could tell a story with form, tone, spacing. And that is what happened with this body of work. I began to express in image instead of words by using two characters, the upper and lower case ‘O’ and a period. The symbolism of a circle and a dot both being full and void were chosen to represent a visual poetry not to be read by language but by image. Each piece that I create is typed on a typewriter. The paper is fed through the carriage, often many times over and over, sometimes through more than one typewriter. I began collecting typewriters for their different typing qualities soon after my first typer encounter. My collection grew as large as approximately 100 typewriters which I have edited down through the years to about 25 of my favorite functioning machines. They all have a unique experience of marking and moving of papers and I really like the different fonts. My first show of typewriter art was in 2004 and I have been making typewriter art ever since.

Typewriter Art