Americana lunch box fare as silver platter still-life display

Provisionally titled:  “A patient’s muddled perspective of Renfrew shaded by bewilderment, resentment, and the passage of six years” (2010 and more recently revisited)

Shown here is a 10 inch square trompe l'oeil acrylic still life painting by me that I mounted on a black canvas base, created using many thinly applied layers —note the somewhat warty, plastered texture in closer detail.

The central silver tray of sweet American junk food includes PopTarts and various Hostess snacks; more I made the addition of a melted popsicle that only today I readjusted for a better rendition of the thawing spread of frozen juice.  Fittingly, I chose a “lolly” in our nation’s colors, as an ode to the sloppy, reckless handling of our imperfect democracy.

After fiddling with this more than once I am hoping to finally leave this beast alone!  It’s part of my personal collection but I’m inviting anyone to purchase one of my innumerable collages on canvas, as there are many still looking for homes and I accept generally whatever can be spared. 

 

"Americone Heartland"

(An attempt at something topical)

Hand-cut collage art with Mod Podge sealant on 12 inch square mounted canvas with periwinkle blue spray paint and b&w acrylics (for “smoke” overlay), trimmed in tar grey sparkle washi tape

 

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“Drought Conditions At Sundown”

Late-winter hand-cut collage with painted acrylic skyline & Mod Podge on 8 in. x 10 in. mounted canvas + marbled washi tape border as side embellishment, along with fine Sharpie

 

 

(The rather raw black & white nude of me is from a portrait series completed with the late photographer Art Kochs 15-16 years ago on the cold rock faces of a coastal Maine quarry)

"Experiment in Vernal Pastels"

(Mixed-Media Trash Collage For A Delayed Spring)

Includes ripped apart purple cotton socks, broken clear shards of plastic car head/tail lights from area collisions, various plastic bags, assorted sequins, rose gold glitter, silver satin & faded stiff silk ribbon, torn paper, acrylic & spray paint, hot glue, Mod Podge sealant on two conjoined mounted canvas boards measuring 20 x 8 inches with washi tape edging

#trashart #mixedmediacollage #unconventionalmaterials #eastercolors #springpastels #craftingexperiment

"Bahama Baz": A portrait to salute her mother's birthday

Sabastienne ("Baz") depicted at 4 1/3 years of age vacationing in Late-August 2025 on 9 inch x 11 1/2 inch Strathmore tan charcoal paper using standard no. 2 lead mechanical pencils, a tortillon smudge stick, and gum erasers

 

And as previously sketched at 3 months in Summer 2021 for her father's birthday...