Austine Wood Comarow
(1942-2020)

in 1967, Austine invented an art form using polarizing filters and clear birefringent materials. She named her medium “Polage” for polarized light collage. born in Louisville, KY, Austine grew up in post-war Europe, the daughter of a diplomat. after college in the US, Austine lived in Virginia, Santiago Chile, and after a brief stopover in Ohio, spent most of her career in California and Southern Nevada.