For years, my little red pickup had a bumper sticker warning: "I brake for garage sales." It was no surprise that I would be drawn to collage and mixed media when I began my third career, as an artist. I use the stuff of yard sales to make my art ... scrabble squares, quilt scraps, dominos, old hand tools. Just as I look for ways to recycle used articles into my art and give them new life, I find ways to renew myself through the creative process and often portray a renewal theme in my art works.