The “Memory Bales” images are created as collage from torn prints of sketches and photographs, of places with closely held memories. They are reassembled into “bales” in a process of managed chance. As with the centuries-old agriculture threshing process, the all important kernel is separated by threshing. What is left behind, which has also has uses, is baled.
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aa3c56f1-6cd5-47b8-b9e0-d2ffb040bca3/0/0/0/0,0,1080,1350,700,1350/0-0-0/dcd2445d-2c3d-402f-87c1-f856fc88916b/1/1/Torn-02BWR-10-28-22.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037600711~hmac=cde605e323d33d39cd00561230d93437f304e0cb5607511a87ad2d1327445d28)
Landscape, Tuscany
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aa3c56f1-6cd5-47b8-b9e0-d2ffb040bca3/0/0/0/0,0,1080,1350,700,1350/0-0-0/3501803a-294d-41e4-814c-a00f0772d869/1/1/Torn-05BWR-10-28-22.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037600711~hmac=cde605e323d33d39cd00561230d93437f304e0cb5607511a87ad2d1327445d28)
Cottage interior, Killingworth, Conn
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aa3c56f1-6cd5-47b8-b9e0-d2ffb040bca3/0/0/0/0,0,1080,1350,700,1350/0-0-0/d0e0e5dc-8735-4bae-8915-f9d66f7814ca/1/1/Torn-06BWRR-10-26-22.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037600711~hmac=cde605e323d33d39cd00561230d93437f304e0cb5607511a87ad2d1327445d28)
South Road, Scottville, NY
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aa3c56f1-6cd5-47b8-b9e0-d2ffb040bca3/0/0/0/0,0,1080,1350,700,1350/0-0-0/37c23650-f1fa-470e-8ac2-c975fd5a6a90/1/1/Torn-07BWRR-10-28-22.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037600711~hmac=cde605e323d33d39cd00561230d93437f304e0cb5607511a87ad2d1327445d28)
Marvine Avenue, Auburn, NY
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aa3c56f1-6cd5-47b8-b9e0-d2ffb040bca3/0/0/0/0,0,1080,1350,700,1350/0-0-0/e1a25d4f-c618-44b3-b052-9a3a10d83ed9/1/1/Torn-08BWRR-10-31-22.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037600711~hmac=cde605e323d33d39cd00561230d93437f304e0cb5607511a87ad2d1327445d28)
East Haddam, Connecticut
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aa3c56f1-6cd5-47b8-b9e0-d2ffb040bca3/0/0/0/0,0,1080,1350,700,1350/0-0-0/888ab1d7-2d32-4a1a-978e-1f7cd6f69f15/1/1/Torn-09BWR-11-05-22.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037600711~hmac=cde605e323d33d39cd00561230d93437f304e0cb5607511a87ad2d1327445d28)
Piazza Mincio, Rome
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aa3c56f1-6cd5-47b8-b9e0-d2ffb040bca3/0/0/0/0,0,1080,1131,700,1131/0-0-0/b63fc8b8-cd05-455f-9884-be8de7a9b368/1/1/Torn-10BWRR-11-05-22.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037600711~hmac=0a88767db91ccfa7b0b296bf4cfd224c2f41eb6d14ec1222d54b5bf4c4280329)
Brick House, St. Louis, Mo.
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aa3c56f1-6cd5-47b8-b9e0-d2ffb040bca3/0/0/0/0,0,1080,1131,700,1131/0-0-0/430dec98-5c68-4906-b221-7b06381a6ddb/1/1/Torn-11BWR-11-06-22.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037600711~hmac=0a88767db91ccfa7b0b296bf4cfd224c2f41eb6d14ec1222d54b5bf4c4280329)
St Louis, Century Electric building designed by architect William B. Ittner in the international style. Sadly re-skinned in the 80’s.
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aa3c56f1-6cd5-47b8-b9e0-d2ffb040bca3/0/0/0/0,0,1080,1350,700,1350/0-0-0/4d9964d7-fc89-4f8b-8cc8-321bcc179c13/1/1/Torn-12BWRF-11-09-22.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037600711~hmac=cde605e323d33d39cd00561230d93437f304e0cb5607511a87ad2d1327445d28)
Kew Gardens, London
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aa3c56f1-6cd5-47b8-b9e0-d2ffb040bca3/0/0/0/0,0,1080,1129,700,1129/0-0-0/c4465c60-2bcb-4804-b60c-ae241eb2e10d/1/1/Torn-14BWR-11-15-22.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037600711~hmac=df184d9629e5646cb746135d887eca7bad8d69f767d3a7ef37a82f5a3c0534fa)
Cordoba Spain-The entrance facade of the Great Mosque of Cordoba also known as the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aa3c56f1-6cd5-47b8-b9e0-d2ffb040bca3/0/0/0/0,0,1080,1164,700,1164/0-0-0/f4a69aec-1329-4812-ba21-302154f3870a/1/1/Torn-15BWRRR-11-18-22.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037600711~hmac=79074a6d4bad903407785eafa305b2f2bfd246a8b2eec9bb30e19b54e097f782)
Santa Maria del Fiore– The Duomo, Florence, Italy
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aa3c56f1-6cd5-47b8-b9e0-d2ffb040bca3/0/0/0/0,0,1080,1129,700,1129/0-0-0/599cb9b2-8512-43e3-8b1e-bc08d7f87d30/1/1/Torn-18BW-11-22-22.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037600711~hmac=df184d9629e5646cb746135d887eca7bad8d69f767d3a7ef37a82f5a3c0534fa)
British Museum, London
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aa3c56f1-6cd5-47b8-b9e0-d2ffb040bca3/0/0/0/0,0,1080,1164,700,1164/0-0-0/e6f9c682-9f64-4802-9db1-6870fa1673be/1/1/Torn-19-BWR-11-26-22.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037600711~hmac=79074a6d4bad903407785eafa305b2f2bfd246a8b2eec9bb30e19b54e097f782)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aa3c56f1-6cd5-47b8-b9e0-d2ffb040bca3/0/0/0/0,0,1080,1129,700,1129/0-0-0/3896341b-9125-4571-a61c-52ad385972fc/1/1/Torn-20BWRR-2-22-22.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037600711~hmac=df184d9629e5646cb746135d887eca7bad8d69f767d3a7ef37a82f5a3c0534fa)
Roosevelt Island, NY-apartment buildings by architect Josep Lluis Sert
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aa3c56f1-6cd5-47b8-b9e0-d2ffb040bca3/0/0/0/0,0,1080,1164,700,1164/0-0-0/2cacbf96-aa31-4237-8fe6-0f71f9787304/1/1/Torn-17BW-11-18-22.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037600711~hmac=79074a6d4bad903407785eafa305b2f2bfd246a8b2eec9bb30e19b54e097f782)
Bowerman Road, Scottsville, New York
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aa3c56f1-6cd5-47b8-b9e0-d2ffb040bca3/0/0/0/0,0,1080,1129,700,1129/0-0-0/d018f65d-f415-49c2-844b-30987482f4c4/1/1/Torn-21BW-12-08-22.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037600711~hmac=df184d9629e5646cb746135d887eca7bad8d69f767d3a7ef37a82f5a3c0534fa)
Penn Quarter, Washington, DC
Next:
REPAINTING
See More ›
![REPAINTING](https://format.creatorcdn.com/aa3c56f1-6cd5-47b8-b9e0-d2ffb040bca3/0/0/0/0,0,1323,2000,700,1058/0-0-0/04ea4767-0d66-480c-88fd-5a3fd9e97693/1/2/cutup-2728.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037600711~hmac=ee93c099692a36a7a4ef3d3125bc99685d1b241772d21c0869c9efb15a7dd497)