“ComBUSTible: Striking Her Power Pose”

Supermodel — more like super Mod Podge! Stepping back into collaging after taking time off for health & holiday obligations.

12 in. square black mounted canvas with vintage imagery, spray paint, acrylic tube paints, metallic Sharpie markers, silver & black spotted washi tape border, Mod Podge sealant

#surrealart #oddcollage #modpodge #90ssupermodels #werkit

“These Loins Bear Fruit (Melon Balls, Dried Apricots, Frozen Grapes)”

Launching into the holidaze with this

playful Thanksgiving centerpiece

— it’s *literally* HIGH STEAKS stuff —

12 in. x 12 in. vintage & contemporary imagery collage on mounted spray-painted canvas in snow-speckled sage green/soft gray hombre background + metallic washi tape side trim in tarnished gold, sealed w/ glossy Mod Podge

#surrealart #oddcollage #modpodge #thanksgiving2023 #holidazed #vintageglamour #fooddisplay #sagegreen #melonorange #gravyporn

“Organ Chain”

8 in. x 10 in. vintage imagery collage on mounted canvas with titanium white latex paint, Mod Podge, and metallic washi tape side trim in tarnished gold -- a companion piece to "Medallions", below, (and as seen in final slide, pasted to the back of this work's canvas)

12 in. x 12 in. vintage imagery collage on black canvas with enamel latex paint, Mod Podge, washi tape side trim in patterned bronze & black (late-May 2021)

"Without even asking the price, Keith Richards slipped the ring straight onto his finger." 

- Connoisseur Magazine

#surrealart #oddcollage #modpodge #channelingversace #outrageousfashion #organdonorlove #unusualcharms #goodasgold #keithrichardswasmymuse

“Little Fires Everywhere” (*with apologies to Celeste Ng)

A VERITABLE ERUPTION OF PLAYGROUND PANDEMONIUM!

14 in. x 11 in. mixed media collage, primarily sourced from a recently unearthed preschool textbook entitled ABC Social Studies Series: “Our Neighborhood” (1961) by Professors Dorothy M. Fraser & Harry E. Hoy, with hombre spray paint over mounted black canvas and acrylic black latex paint for smoke detailing, then sealed with glossy Mod Podge + patterned pink washi tape sides

Enjoy this wild rumpus 

of precocious pyros and displaced spirits 

as we approach Halloween...

#healthyamountsofchaos #surrealart #mixedmediacollage #modpodge #sheermadness #anarchywithinreason #butseriouslystayesafe

“Lady Marmalade: Temptress From Tampa”

SHE'S GOT SOLAR FLAIR!

Third in a series (see last two slides for the others, property of my dear friend Emma Carbo, from March of 2022 titled "High on the Hog" and "The Gammon Gamine:  Fallen in Pollen, the Rasher Will Catch Her")

12 in. x 9 in. surreal colllage/sequin art on an upside down page from 1965's "Science For The Here and Now: Third Edition" with sparkle washi tape edging, yellow acrylic paint highlights + spray dotting, and L’Oreal True Match Glotion luminescent makeup skin highlighter in “Fair Glow” (shade no. 901), plus the requisite Mod Podge sealant glue

"We are very, very far from the sun.

We can see the roundness of the sun."

- Page 124 -

"Hot Mess Bequest"

 - CALLING ON THE FLOWER CHILDREN! -

18 in. x 9 in. mixed media collage (with turquoise washi tape border) of vintage textbook imagery, primarily sourced from 1965's "Science For The Here and Now: Third Edition"

Side note:  The piece photographs terribly — much just doesn’t “read” or the glossy Mod Podge reflects off all the bumps (especially where I fused an extension onto the canvas).  As far as relevance goes, the following press release (seen in final slide) regarding climate change as evidenced by drastic global warming was issued today: 

“This summer was the hottest ever measured in the Northern Hemisphere, according to the World Meteorological Organization and the European climate service Copernicus.”

- Associated Press, September 26, 2023