My collage work, both in small format with magazines as well as large format with often discarded and found objects in my environment, are another example of creating beauty and meaning with objects often considered trash. After nearly a decade of painting murals with children, I deepened in my love of gardening--  and decided to stop painting. I still love color, co-creating, and the human form; so I began making images that express meaning, contain these elements, in a more eco-friendly way, with media that also speaks directly to the ridiculous notion of disposability.