“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

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"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...

“Blue Streak”

Abstract expressionist stalactite silhouettes in black and blue over a repurposed past project from July 2024 using house paint & craft acrylics to cover various sizes of sequin (on 10 inch x 20 inch canvas mounted canvas)

 

 Alternate title: 

 “The Pale Blue (And Pink And Black) Dot”

"Marinus Melange (No. 2)"

The first of two late-February pieces incorporating colors from everyday house paint (such as an enamel floor finish) in a color scheme of black - blue - aqua marine - pink - purple

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This smaller work (12 in. x 16 in.) is from a series of abstract expressionist house paint artwork that also used acrylics

"The Glass Cats-le"

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"Cat's (Crystal) Cradle"

14 in. x 11 in. hand-cut collage with Mod Podge sealant on black canvas board with speckled spray paint & touches of acrylics to create glints of reflected color within the cut crystal

Crash trash smash-up (for match-day sports cup —a.k.a. Super Bowl LX)

And how did YOU spend the big game day?

I, myself, went mixed-media to the max!

Better here than in the oceans, amirite?

Materials include broken red, orange, and clear shards of plastic car head/tail lights from area accidents, various plastic bags, see-through sparkle plastic sheet removed from the surface of a 3-ring binder, sequins, glitter, orange plastic straws sliced vertically, satin ribbon, paper (minimal), red plastic drawstrings from garbage bags, red plastic webbing used in produce sack, moss green shower loofa netting, kitchen sponge, turquoise ice melt rock salt, acrylic & spray paint, hot glue (colored and clear), Mod Podge sealant on two conjoined black canvas boards measuring 28 inches tall x 11 inches wide

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