Mixed Materials, 1981-1998
I began to explore the use of different materials coming together in such a way as to help create a story or narrative. Metaphor became the foundation of the stories, in addition to a symbolic use of color.
two black doors, chair, laminated wood bends, table, pears
Gold leaf branch with rope and globe.
8 ft. wide
Rope, Gesso, and lead.
13 ft. wide
Lead boat and globes.
6 ft. tall x 5 ft. wide
Plywood bowl with tree bark.
4 ft. diameter bowl
Large ball covered in gesso, then burned.
4 ft. diameter
Rope ball covered in gesso, then burned. Twigg Smith Collection
12 in. diameter,
Wood ring covered in rope with gesso with 5 cuts.
4 ft.
A fake slate cross with saddle frame and plastic crow attached.
3 ft. tall
Steel, lead, and religious painting.
5 ft. tall
Lead, rope, gesso, and ears.
54 in. tall
Wood, photographs, and paint.
9 ft. tall x 6 ft. wide
Pink felt, paint, glass,
Longest dimension 10 ft.
Wood fence structure with table and chairs.
8 ft. wide x 6 ft. tall
Wood, felt, rubber, and car fender.
13 ft. wide x 8 ft. tall
detail, notice burning chair and car fender
detail, wood I beams, car fender
Wood bowl with drain gutter.
4 ft. diameter
old cannon wheel steel ring, wood, and rocks
4 ft diameter
old cannon wheel steel ring with rocks.
4 ft. diameter
Steel chair with glass insert.
35 in. tall
Steel car door with steel table and chair with wood cross.
8 ft. tall
Lead, wood,and steel.
7 ft. square
detail , wood plane, wood bones, gold leaf cross
Lead over wood with rope.
56 in. tall
Wood ring covered in lead with rope and wood bowl.
6 ft. diameter ring
Lead frame with rocks.
56 in. tall x 46 in. wide
Lead frame, black gesso, and boat image.
56 in. tall x 46 in. wide
Wood ball with rope, half burnt.
3 ft. diameter
Mattress, chair, coat, wood I-beam, and fake marble cross.
60 in. tall
Rope ball covered in mud inside wood bowl.
4 ft. diameter
Two wood spheres with rope. One burnt.
20 in.
Bronze, wood, and old cannon wheel steel ring
6 ft. diameter
detail, poem by Lucia Strini machined in bronze plate
Wood, glass, and fake materials.
2 ft. x 4 ft.
cone forms covered in lead, 7 ft. tall, yellow cedar wood
Rope, laminated wood, paint, and sea shells.
Longest dimension 13 ft. rope balls 4 ft. diameter
detail, notice all wood saddle, laminated cherry wood
Wood bowls with bark.
Each bowl 20 in. diameter
Grapevine with lead and rope.
56 in. tall
paper, wood, and paint, chair
6 ft. diameter
