MIXED MEDIA
3-DIMENSIONAL PAINTINGS

Most of these art works are paintings in oil or acrylic on constructed frameworks of various kinds. Some of the selections I consider drawings rather than paintings due to the techniques of paint application.



On the left. Tribute to the 9/11 atrocity.

I drew children whose faces appeared in newspapers at the time of the bombing. Each is on individual panel of chiffon. At the base of the Twin Towers in the background is ashes incorporated into the paint.

 

On the right. I always wanted a large globe like this. When one came into my possession (a long story) I decided to paint it as the 'flagship' for my exhibition, Quintessence: Connection & Communication, dealing with our place in the universe. All coastlines are carefully and accurately left in place, the elevations are indicated by yellow the highest to maroon at shoreline. The oceans are painted with silver paint mixture, also color indicating depth. The ocean currents are traced with silver.
The Innocents
acrylic, watercolor and ashes on cotton in box
24" x 30" x 3"
$2,800
Terra
acrylic on 24" globe with maple stand
Sold

Unity, Harmony and Eloquence - triptych
acrylic, plexiglas, canvas, silk fabric, chain and cording within metal framework

Unity, at left, was constructed much like the woven group of paintings.
acrylic on canvas, metal rim

The center, Eloquence , has drawing on silk of ancient petroglyphs.
ink, silk, cording, metal rim

At the right, Harmony was inspired by the reading of Brian Greene's The Elegant Universe, and pictures a rendition of the universe
ink imbedded into plexiglas, metal chain, metal rim.
each is 36" diameter x 1" depth
$3.000 each

The two here are woven paintings as well - but more, in that they have integral drawings and other elements added.

The Embracing
acrylic on canvas and wood
24 " x 24"
$1,600
Ogham Revisited
acrylic on canvas & panel
18" diameter
$1,100

 

 

 
Chronicles
acrylic & gold leaf on laquered newpaper, canvas & wood
36" x 40"
$1,900

InfraStructure
oil on fabrics & board
24" x 30", 3" depth
$2,100
Mimesis
oil on fabrics & board
24" x 24", 2" depth
$1,800

 

 
detail of fabric mesh on these paintings
the mesh is 3 dimensional, from 1" - 4" off the surface
SuperStructure
oil on fabrics & board
24" x 30", 4" depth
$2,100
Singularity
oil on fabrics & board
24" x 24"
$1,800

I call them 'my boxes'. Where the idea came from I am not sure, but the construction began just before the Millennium. As many artists around the world were, I did several pieces in different mediums marking this juncture of time as we know it. I had dragged around for years a couple shallow large drawers in which I kept sheets of paper and other flat things. I wanted to make a 3-dimensional drawing commemorating the Millennium. I had been drawing and painting on fabrics for quite awhile, so using the techniques developed since about 1995, I treated my fabrics and copied various Christian manuscripts on the fabrics and rolled them and wove them into the boxes - one for A.D 30 - A.D.999. The other box was for the second Millennium.

Millenniums 1 and 2
acrylic and pencil on cotton in drawers
42" x 32"
$3,300
Heritage
acrylic and ink on cotton in old dresser drawers
3 units, each 14" x 23" x 6.5d (48" wide overall)
$2,800

closeup view
Survivors
acrylic and pencil on cotton in old dresser drawers
4 units, each 9.5w x 14h x 7.5" d
$1,800

Tribute to the Raisin Farmers

Every now and then I do another group. The series immediately below is my tribute to the San Joaquin Valley farmers - portaits of actual farmers who were in the newspapers, fighting fair prices for their raisins. I show them here in their raisin boxes of 'rolled raisins' in the fields. I favor using cast away dresser drawers and metaphor of family, culture, home in several of the pieces.

acrylic and pencil on cotton in raisin boxes
(three boxes in all - the photo on the right simply is showing details of the box on the right side of the series)
60" x 24" total size
$3,300

 

 

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