Caught Up

Stashing my rolling duffel away in the attic following two months out-of-town, I happened upon this piece from the end of my junior year at Georges Valley High School (June 1999, age sixteen)...

“Caught” - a painted cut-out on watercolor paper secured in place with sewing thread and tape, the image itself measuring 11 in. x 5 in., the entire rectangle of white mat-board being 20 in. x 11 1/2 in.

"Goldfinner"

— Because the sea’s sunken treasure
isn’t limited solely to gold doubloons!

10 in. x 10 in. hand-cut analog collage on square black canvas with enamel black latex paint, Mod Podge, and bronze & white striped washi tape side trim (Fourth of July Weekend 2025)

*Remnants of a liquid gold gown worn by Tyra Banks

 in a magazine that I sourced the drapery from.  Smize!

#lobsterart #maineartist #golddipped  #midastouch #thegildedage #diamondsareforever #tyrabanks #bling

"'Shroom For Moore"

 A Shrine of the Tines (with Figure in Recline)

9 in.x 12 in. analog mixed-media surreal collage on spray-painted canvas with botanical catalog clippings and Mod Podge sealant

Please accept this tribute to summer’s bounty — and midcentury abstract sculpter Henry Moore’s “Reclining Figure” (1951), in lower center.

"A Lot To Swallow"

  - UPON ENTERING MEMORIAL DAY PICNIC SEASON 2025 -

11 in. x 14 in. surreal analog collage incorporating vintage cookbook imagery on a black canvas board sealed with glossy Mod Podge

To borrow from the Applebee’s commercial motto, we’re “eatin’ good in the slain bird hood”—?  Okay, that’s a stretch.  But I know those in the ornithologist circles, both professional and amateur, will at least appreciate the array here.

"Pondering"

18 in. x 12 in. mixed-media analog collage on conjoined mounted canvases with metallic black & bronze washi tape sides and a wonky, bumpy surface (from a past project that was covered-up using glossy black enamel spray-paint) scattered with 8 mm black sequins + Mod Podge sealant 

#botanicalcollage #waterlillies #watercress #surrealart #amidstnature #ennui

"The Optics of Femininity"

Polly Firestone demonstrated genteel elegance as the wife of a successful tire magnate nearly a century ago

 

10 in. x 10 in. analog collage of a LIFE Magazine portrait & museum catalog of abstract modern art with hand cut floral details on square black canvas, sealed using striped washi tape & glossy Mod Podge

#abstractcollage #opticalillusionart #surrealism #firestonetires