Cara Nusinov has sold decoupage plates through The Shops at Cauley Square Historic Village as well as formed paper earrings and Fimo “HEART ROCK necklaces” at fairs and through word-of mouth. She has presented her creation;, collage pieces and other art to friends and relatives as personal gifts through the years and intermittently put forth poetry.

Cara trained as a teacher, honing art skills, taught in numerous settings and worked privately training with art and poetry therapists. She has worked with clay, paint, paper, and mixed media, created centerpieces and unusual knitted works. She has studied with more than a dozen of the foremost poets of our time. Nusinov was named as an emerging poet in Miami by the Hannah Kahn Poetry Foundation and read poetry on NPR (National Public Radio), at Tobacco Road, The Miami Book Fair International, The Poetry Buffet in Coral Gables and at other various poetry venues. She has appeared in literary journals and recently won an honorable mention in the rhyming category for Writer’s Digest Magazine. She is now combining poetry and painting in a series of art pieces, and work to publish two completed books of poetry.

Artist Statement
I Imagine a peacock adorned with feathers covered in poetry. As a private collage artist and poet, I have dreamed of implementing this idea since the emergence of the artist’s flamingos in Miami and while viewing other art in public places. The peacocks are a perfect canvas allowing a palette suitable for decoupage. Having the idea coming to fruition through a charitable event is a definite plus. It has been suggested I add other senses to the work such as sound interaction–it is a possibility.

I plan to contact renowned poets I have come to know through the years and mix their donated poems with work of favorite poets from the past and affix the poems as groups of peacock feathers. I see the piece offset with acrylic paint and layered with paper feathers all covered with layers of decoupage glue as waterproofing

I usually work concurrently on several poems and art as ideas come to me. My ideas come from all sources and I jot them down in a notebook to be combined at a later date. I am now combining poetry and painting in a series of art pieces. "My mission statement as a writer and artist is to enhance the enjoyment of poetry through the written word, reaching as many people as possible on significant issues both serious and frivolous." I feel my art is enhancing that effort, especially the plans for the peacocks. I imagine people enjoying the reading of the poems affixed to the peacock and telling others, going to the library and checking out books by the poets. Art makes poetry touchable. Viewing the work is essential to achieving my goal, my purpose, provoking people’s involvement.

The Medium:
Paper decoupage, acrylic paint, decoupage glue, poem submitted by local known poets, and found objects.