These mixed media collages using found images and objects are in someway about personal energy and transformational power within.
The first piece is titled: Satellite of Love - mixed media collage on a recycled satellite dish - size 20 x 26 inches.
The second image is: She Has Got The Power 18 x 24 inches.
The last image is called: Sister Moon and is a small 12 x 8 inch piece.
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These mixed media collages are about the moon landings and the space race which was a part of my childhood. The quest for exploration and pushing technology has left its influence on my thinking.
Icarus Look Out - 11 x 17 inches
I Took a Trip in a Gemini Spacesuit - 11 x 17 inches
Life on Mars? - 14 x 18 inches
Hello Space Boy - 14 x 18 inches
(I was also listening to David Bowie)
The legend of Saint Sebastian is important in art, and there is a vast iconography related to this and other Catholic Saints through time. Sebastian would become canonized because of his courageous actions - he had an unwavering commitment to what he believed in.
The collage/mixed media elements are applied onto a recycled satellite dish. I’m thinking of having it back lit as if a spirit of taking a stand is glowing.
These mixed media collages with small found objects are all 28 x 20 inches and covered in resin.
Laika: the Great Unfolding of Cosmic Events
- about the first living animal in space, the dog Laika.
Butterflies In Brooklyn
- about my youthful adventures in NYC.
When Will Man Give Up the Arrogance
- the nuclear threat still looms.
An Overwhelming Cry (or Baby Jesus in the Heartland)
- reaction to the 2016 presidential election.
Honeybee Keeper
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Beach Ratios
These two pieces are 10 x1 0 inches - using collage materials, small found objects, photographs, pins and glue.
These two pieces are reflections on deer hunting and my growing up.
The first piece is titled: Tender Age - size 15 x 25 inches.
The second piece is titled: Deer Hunter - size 19 x 35 inches.
Both pieces use found objects, paint and collage materials applied to recycled cabinet doors.
My dad was a hunter. I grew up in a small town in upstate NY (Honeoye Falls) and deer were very common.
The antlers on Deer Hunter are from a deer my Dad had shot. In the photograph toward the bottom, that is me as a kid on the left (not sure how old) and my childhood friend from next door with the dead deer hanging between us in the garage. The antlers belonging to that deer are preserved this piece.
In art, mementos mori are artistic or symbolic reminders of mortality. This small sculpture depicts transformation - taking the found objects and juxtaposing them together creating a new meaning.
Remember Death - 5x5x10 inches
Acrylic paint, hands knick-knack, butterfly wings, bird skull, plastic jewels, blessed colored sand, found images, metal base, glass dome.
This box assemblage represents a song from my childhood - it is part of a sculpture piece that is still in progress. Overtime I had collected the various knick-knacks and elements necessary to visually tell the song. It is a fun and whimsical piece.
The song is about fantasy and imagination, adventures and being carefree.
Song title is : Autumn to May - by Peter, Paul and Mary
Oh once I had a little dog, his color it was brown
I taught him for to whistle, to sing and dance and run
His legs they were fourteen yards long, his ears so very wide
Around the world in half a day, upon him I could ride.
Sing Tarry-O Day, Sing, Autumn to May.
Oh once I had a little frog, he wore a vest of red
He'd lean upon his silver cane, a top hat on his head
He'd speak of far off places, of things to see and do,
Of all the Kings and Queens he'd met while sailing in a shoe.
Sing Tarry-O Day, Sing, Autumn to May.
Oh once I had a flock of sheep, they grazed upon a feather
I'd keep them in a music box from wind or rainy weather
And every day the sun would shine, they'd fly all through the town
To bring me back some golden rings, candy by the pound.
Sing Tarry-O Day, Sing, Autumn to May.
Oh once I had a downy swan, she was so very frail
She sat upon an oyster shell and hatched me out a snail
The snail had changed into a bird, the bird to butterfly
And he who tells a bigger tale would have to tell a lie.
Sing Tarry-O Day, Sing, Autumn to May.
Songwriters: Noel Paul Stookey / Peter Yarrow
Contemplation on the cycle of existence, the elements stand in a garden with birds, bees, fruits and spirits.
A 60 x 50 inches mixed media collage on stretched canvas with small found objects and mirrors.
Acrylic paint, mixed media collage with found objects - 46 x 32 inches.
Knick-knacks have fascinated me since childhood, I have always had them in my life. Sometimes certain ones catch my eye and spark something in me. These seemingly useless items have found new purpose in telling a visual story of playfulness.
All pieces are acrylic paintings on canvas with glitter frames inset around a chosen ceramic knick-knack. Sometimes other elements are attached onto the surface before clear resin is applied as a final coating.
Each piece is 20 x 20 inches.
Swirly Cat
Dotted Cat with Kitten
Cat and Mouse Game
Lucky Cat
Let Sleeping Cat Lay
Circus Dog
This trio explores that age old power struggle between the sexes.
Two are small mixed media collages - 6 x 6 inches - titled: Birds and the Bees Male and Female versions.
The third piece is a three dimensional shadow box using collage and various found objects - 12 x 18 x 3 inches - called: Female Energy.
