A BOOK ABOUT DEATH, SC

A BOOK ABOUT DEATH, SC

5 3/4 x 4 1/8 inches, collage, mixed media and wax on paper.Curious stories get more connected… In a continuing string of coincidences I was mailed a link to a letter from Melinda Hunt, in response to an editorial by Lawrence Downes in the New York Times. Alston...
TAKING A BREAK

TAKING A BREAK

My friend Shari and I wanted to try making a button necklace, so we went shopping for some jewelry parts this morning. We did not have a lot of time, so we planned on getting together again to dabble in the project. In the meantime I couldn’t wait to try my hand...
ABAD

ABAD

untouched photo shoot for the header of the abad blogToday I finished setting up the blog for the A Book About Death exhibition in Phoenix. It has been a few months in the planning with Matthew Rose the founder of this international art phenomenon. The show will...
THE TOMBS

THE TOMBS

Vintage bottles, HO scale prisoners and guards, hand made skulls and bones along with some fake dirt compromise this series of Hart Island related work. In the 19th century two events took place in the city of New York. One was the creation of the city’s largest...
MARK TWAIN’S INDECENT EXPOSURE

MARK TWAIN’S INDECENT EXPOSURE

A mere stroke of the awl, collage on paper, 6 x 4 inchesOur neighborhood book club decided to read Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain as the next selection. I know, really? That’s what I thought. But, oh, what a great treasure trove of material there was to be found...
PHOSPHORUS AS ART: THE CHALLENGE MET

PHOSPHORUS AS ART: THE CHALLENGE MET

a matter of highest importance, collage on paper, 5 x 3.5 inchesThe challenge of getting this project done to meet the deadline of January 1, 2011 has been accomplished, with just hours to spare. There was a great deal of thinking about how I would interpret the idea...