ivxxvi, the wedding present
Our shared birthday results in our "logo" of ivxxvi. Metal wine caps, wire, copper piping, toys and bits of jewelry; mounted on black canvas. 42"x48". 2014 |
Lost, Then Found
Traveling in unknown lands, actual and imagined, by land and by sea - gathering, collecting, stringing together memories, gifts from others given casually yet cherished as gold. Found metal slat and chain, beads, toys, waxed linen thread, acrylic paint. 46"x12"x4". 2012 |
Venus's Sashay
Aphrodite and Venus represented copper in mythology and alchemy, because of its lustrous beauty and its ancient use in producing mirrors, sacred to the goddesses. The seven heavenly bodies known to the ancients were associated with the seven metals known in antiquity, and Venus was assigned to copper.
Copper pipe, found metal objects, beads, acrylic paint; mounted on wood stand. 15"x13"x4". 2013
Aphrodite and Venus represented copper in mythology and alchemy, because of its lustrous beauty and its ancient use in producing mirrors, sacred to the goddesses. The seven heavenly bodies known to the ancients were associated with the seven metals known in antiquity, and Venus was assigned to copper.
Copper pipe, found metal objects, beads, acrylic paint; mounted on wood stand. 15"x13"x4". 2013
The River Runs Through It
Tree branches, canvas, belt buckles, beads, wire, waxed linen thread. 18"x12". 2014.
Tree branches, canvas, belt buckles, beads, wire, waxed linen thread. 18"x12". 2014.
Indigo Castaways
Indigo dyed wood blocks and paper, found metal objects, clothes pins; mounted on six painted 6"x6" canvases. 2017
Indigo dyed wood blocks and paper, found metal objects, clothes pins; mounted on six painted 6"x6" canvases. 2017
It Goes By In a Flash
Wood board with found electric boxes, flashbulbs, metal pieces, beads, waxed linen thread, plastic netting. 12"x18". 2015 |
It's a Prickly Situation
Woodblock print with porcupine quills, found metal pieces, copper bands, tacks, found frame. 16"x12". 2017. |
Hanging By A Thread
Found metal, sewing thread, paper, beads. 15"x17". 2016. 
Dulce Espana
Meanderings in Spain, discoveries of sweet surprises - limon, naranja, anis, fresa. Delicious memories, poetry hidden inside a wrapper. Paper, ink, candy wrappers, beads, found objects, ribbon, painted canvas. 24"x16". 2015. |
Duets
Cardboard boxes, found metal pieces, beads, ceramic, paper, wire, waxed linen thread. 17"x47". 2017. |
Pick It Up On Saturday
This piece was inspired by Jeffrey Gibson, an incredibly powerful Native American artist.
He is Choctaw/Cherokee, like my great grandmother, Lola.
Dry cleaning tags, brads, metal pieces, beads, tin jangles, plastic netting on canvas. 9"x9". 2018.
This piece was inspired by Jeffrey Gibson, an incredibly powerful Native American artist.
He is Choctaw/Cherokee, like my great grandmother, Lola.
Dry cleaning tags, brads, metal pieces, beads, tin jangles, plastic netting on canvas. 9"x9". 2018.
My Minkisi, The Common Heart
My minkisi heart,
awakening the spirit,
make life possible.
Reflective center
each nail represents a vow.
abolish evil.
(Thanks to Ralph Waldo Emerson: The common heart, where we share an intrinsic unity with all humanity.)
Thinset on board, nails, enamel paint, tin jangles. 16"x18"x6". 2020.
BPE and JE, Mother and Daughter
My mother was a beautiful watercolorist. She loved to paint flowers, traveling to many far-off places to do so; including her own backyard. I decided to use this painting as a background for one of my collage/assemblage creations; Both of our signatures are included; making this piece a collaboration with my mother after her death.
Watercolor on paper, handmade papers, vintage buttons, milagros, in frame. 17"x13". 2019.
My mother was a beautiful watercolorist. She loved to paint flowers, traveling to many far-off places to do so; including her own backyard. I decided to use this painting as a background for one of my collage/assemblage creations; Both of our signatures are included; making this piece a collaboration with my mother after her death.
Watercolor on paper, handmade papers, vintage buttons, milagros, in frame. 17"x13". 2019.
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(Untitled) Ceramic Vessel
I had a blast making this piece. Thank you to Jennifer Shenk from University of Colorado for teaching a coil sculpture class at the Art Students League of Denver. This piece kind of collapsed while I was making it...a happy mistake. Clay and slip. 12"x9"x11". 2018.
I had a blast making this piece. Thank you to Jennifer Shenk from University of Colorado for teaching a coil sculpture class at the Art Students League of Denver. This piece kind of collapsed while I was making it...a happy mistake. Clay and slip. 12"x9"x11". 2018.
Lindsay's Mandala
My daughter has collected little toys, charms, lost and found objects, stocking stuffers....for years. She sent a big big bag to me a couple of years ago and asked me to make a piece of memorabilia art for her. This is the result, using only a small portion of the bits and pieces. I imagine I will be making more of these.
Found objects, buttons, charms, art paper, framed. 12"x16". 2018.
My daughter has collected little toys, charms, lost and found objects, stocking stuffers....for years. She sent a big big bag to me a couple of years ago and asked me to make a piece of memorabilia art for her. This is the result, using only a small portion of the bits and pieces. I imagine I will be making more of these.
Found objects, buttons, charms, art paper, framed. 12"x16". 2018.