I needed to do a piece and used what I had in the studio. The laminate is leftover from a holiday project, and the beads were newly gifted to me. I had the large gems but never used them in a project. This was done in two days. A Christmas gift finished on Christmas Day. […]
I had a bead store around the corner from my apartment. Who has that? It was on Christopher and as a break from writing I would walk over and get inspired. It was a long writing project and I made many of these bead and wire curiosities. Sprites, they are.
Ginger, one of two dogs on my floor, Bob’s dog, passed away recently from cancer. Sweet disposition and wonderful companion to Bob. Bob’s a walker and I know Ginger did not lack for circulation. I miss her. Did this for Bob. I’ve been doing names on laminate this year. It’s a sturdy surface and here, […]
Welcome 2021. Welcome, welcome, welcome. In a burst of gratitude to 2021 being right around the bend I did these. I needed to put something down on a surface. And after painting 2021 once I couldn’t resist doing it more so I added three boards to the batch. Four in all. Hope loves company.
Richard, my apartment building neighbor upstairs, used to give me fruitcakes at holiday time. Even in his 80’s he’d walk up to Macy’s Herald Square and bring them back. He was quite the fellow. In 2009 I used the plastic fruitcake container as canvas for his December 17th birthday gift. As for the fruitcake, it […]
Fireworks, once it was hung, exhibited aspects of it’s natural properties…reflectiveness. Four images here demonstrate the effect of direct sun on it’s mirrored surface. Fireworks 2005 Acrylic and mixed medium on mirrored polymer disc 36″ diameter, round The disc itself has a legacy. Prior to it being painted by me it lined the face […]
I’ve called this piece many things – Woman Form, Universal Woman, and as it’s currently called here, Woman. In a way it’s a visual locking in of innumerable aspects.