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First Shot

Four Score

Use Your Words

Orbit

Last Chance

Iris - retires from my shop January 10

Minerva - Sold. Thank you!

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One of Each

New additions to my ongoing series...

Airhead - Sold. Thank you!

Silly & Daft

Concordia - Sold. Thank you!

Goddess of Harmony & Understanding

Phoenix

The Constellation of the Mythical Bird



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Editional Additions

New Additions

Cepheus

Lyra

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New Editions

Coelus

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Themis

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It's Elemental, my dear Watson

Over the last few months,  I have completed a new series of mixed media originals. Called Elemental, this collection brings me back to the basics: starkly simple, spare, fundamental.

Texture: rough and distressed. What lies underneath.

Color: pale blues, greys, and whites. Sky and sea.

Shape: lines, circles, and crosses. My favorites.

Image: photographic elements. Abstract fields.

Detail: metal and rubber. Found and unfound.

Each piece of the series is one-of-a-kind and has been created on cold press watercolor paper, handmade in Montreal at the Papeterie Saint Armand. The background is highly textured and layered with hand-mixed, acrylic paint and every color field in the series is a unique shade. Making use of the horizon line as an anchor, the artwork also includes original photographic images as well as metal and/or rubber elements. Each piece measures approximately It 10" x 7 1/2".

Elemental I

Elemental II
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Elemental III

Elemental IV

Elemental V
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Elemental VI

Elemental VII
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Elemental VIII
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Elemental IX

Elemental is highlighted as the November exhibition on the Virtual TART site, an art website organized by artist Dale Copeland and based in New Zealand. You can see the exhibition only during the month of November by clicking here.

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Sand Box

Desert Sands Series...

Shield

Detail

Ingredients: vintage paper, vintage book cloth, book board, found objects, wire, grommets, dye ink, calligraphy ink, leafing pen. 6" x 6".

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Sold. Thank you!

Desert Sands

Desert Sands series

Crossing

Detail

Ingredients: vintage paper, vintage book cloth, book board, papyrus, found metal, altered metal, dye ink, leafing pen. 6" x 6".

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Dune

Detail

Ingredients: vintage paper, altered paper, book board, handmade paper, acrylic paint, gesso, shellac, found metal, altered fabric, altered metal, brads, calligraphy ink, dye ink, leafing pen. 6" x 6".

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A New York Minute

Back in December I blogged about an upcoming exhibit that I was excited to see, the photography of Miroslav Tichý at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in NYC. Tichý is a Czech photographer with a fascinating history. You can read more about him in my earlier post and at Tichy Ocean.


Courtesy of Foundation Tichy Ocean

What totally captivated me were his cameras, completely hand constructed from found objects! No photography was allowed at the gallery and for this post, pictures were provided by Foundation Tichy Ocean or shot from post cards bought at the show. Perhaps there is irony to be found in the fact that one cannot take photos of a photography exhibit!!

The exhibit did not disappoint. Although small in scope, the exhibit is well worth a visit. From the exhibit - "His photographs are sensual objects, artifacts of a deliberately abusive production process in which injury and distress are not only allowed but considered philosophically."

"Like a gleaner, he moves through the city, collecting the small moments that others might ignore or overlook."

His photographs were often framed with "a deliberate awkwardness, a denial of perfection." Sometimes mounted on old book covers, paper, or cardboard, his frames were styled with hand drawn lines - sometimes simple and at times quite ornate.

As part of the exhibit, there were two huge glass tanks filled with the "debris" of his career: cameras, film, piles of old photographs, books, leather camera cases, lights made from tin cans, old wooden frames, drawings, and pairs of glasses with bits of metal strands used as ear pieces. For me, these were the best part.


Courtesy of Foundation Tichy Ocean

This exhibit runs through May 9th.