“Collectibles” is an ongoing series of archival inkjet prints utilizing old photographs of family members combined with selected quotes from advertisements for "Indian Style" porcelain figurines and plates from The Bradford Exchange and similar companies. There is a wealth of bizarre advertising copy that finds itself into popular magazines and junk mail, feeding the population’s apparent desire for exotic, spiritual and sexy Native Americans who are continually accompanied by spirits of wolves or eagles.

While the idea behind these prints is simple and direct, the sight of these advertisements has always stirred a complex ambivalence within me since they simultaneously act as both a strange compliment and a slap in the face.