A Cat In God's Garden
2018
multidiscipline/ mixed media
variable

A Cat In God's Garden, a solo exhibition at Smack Mellon Gallery in the Fall of 2018 included 210 pen and marker drawings and 6 mixed media sculptures using reclaimed and then sand blasted ceramics, books and wooden stools, plus flower cuttings from my own Brooklyn garden.

Tree of Life, installation shot
2018
pen and marker on 8.5" x 11" card stock
90" x 175" this install

Tree of Life is a series of faux botanicals and imagery loosely based on the tree of life concept found in many cultures world wide. Here you see 126 of 210 placed on a highlighting painted wall area in a grid configuration.

Tree Of Life, installation shot
2018
pen and marker on card stock
90" x 115" this install

Tree of Life is a series of faux botanicals and imagery loosely based on the tree of life concept found in many cultures world wide. Here you see 102 of 210 placed on a highlighting painted wall area in a grid configuration.

Tree of Life series
2018
pen and marker on card stock
8.5" x 11" each

Tree of Life is a series of faux botanicals, floral buoquets and imagery loosely based on the tree of life concept found in many cultures world wide.

Tree of Life series
2018
pen and marker on card stock
8.5" x 11" each

Tree of Life is a series of faux botanicals, floral buoquets and imagery loosely based on the tree of life concept found in many cultures world wide.

A Cat In God's Garden
2018
mixed media multidiscipline
variable

A Cat In God's Garden, a solo exhibition at Smack Mellon Gallery in the Fall of 2018 included 210 pen and marker drawings and 6 mixed media sculptures using reclaimed and then sand blasted ceramics, books and wooden stools, plus flower cuttings from my own Brooklyn garden. 

For The Love Of Cats / Water Lilies
2018
mixed media including resurfaced found ceramic vases, books, hand built ceramic books, wooden stools
8" x 8" x 24" / 15" x 11" x 30"

The surface of these ceramic vases were altered through hand cut stencils and sand blasting process depicting cats and the flowers in my garden. In each stack of books from my personal library is a hand built and underglazed ceramic "book", referencing the influences in my life for which there are no books. Wooden stools all found.

Sentinels
2018
mixed media including resurfaced found ceramic vases, books, hand built ceramic books, wooden stools
19" x 10" x 10"

The surface of this ceramic vase was altered through hand cut stencils and sand blasting process. It depicts cats and the flowers in my garden. In the stack of books from my personal library is a hand built and underglazed ceramic "book", referencing the influences in my life for which there are no books. Here it is called Hinter Wipflingers di Bassano for my Italian family. Hand painted wood stool.

Mad Kitty
2018
underglaze on ceramic, books, hand built ceramic book, wood stool
38" x 12" x 10"

The found, repurposed vase is hand painted in underglaze and depicts a cat and the flowers in my garden. In the stack of books from my personal library is a hand built and underglazed ceramic "book", referencing the influences in my life for which there are no books. This one is for my love of Botticelli. Found wooden stool.

Library Still Life
2018
mixed media including resurfaced found ceramic vases, books, hand built ceramic books, wooden stools
33" x 14" x 11"

The surface of these ceramic vases were altered through hand cut stencils and sand blasting process depicting cats and the flowers in my garden.In each stack of books from my personal library is a hand built and underglazed ceramic "book", referencing the influences in my life for which there are no books. This stack includes Nanny & Her Flowers. Found wooden stool.