About Vivo Artist Jill Allyn Stafford

Based in Sacramento, CA, Stafford works in collage and mixed media. Her art began as a way for her to fashion new stories from graphics she found in magazines and books. Moving images from one environment and throwing them into a new, sometimes harsher one, allows her to express stories of conflict, love, humor and loss. Currently the artist is working with photographs that she applies as reverse photocopy transfers. Stafford enjoys creating multiple textures in each piece—with materials such as tissue paper, newsprint, modeling paste extender, and pumice gel. She believes strongly that her art should be viewed and touched. Galvanized by the ordeal of her dear friend Jennifer Hoffmann, Stafford has become a dedicated fundraiser for breast cancer research. She is donating 10% of the proceeds from the sale of her series Inspired I, Inspired III, Predictable Patterns, and Leaving the Gilded Cage to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. For more about Stafford link to http://www.jillallynstafford.com/.