Family Portrait

 

From left to right:  Sam, Eva, David and Yael.  Done from memory.  The dog jumping in a garbage can is an inside joke that maybe Eva and Sam will remember.  I don't, but it was very funny.   (2005)

Green Hat

 

Pulled the gouache back out.  Here finding the "portrait" hiding in the shapes.  Something I used to do a lot with collage. 

last step of a show

windy wednesday
collage & acrylic on paper
7.5x7.5

The show is over. I went to pick up the work today and what a nice surprise: this piece sold yesterday! Total of 8 pieces sold.
Jon is inviting me to show again during the winter "salon". I will look forward to that.

great opening

small vases
collage and acrylic on paper
7.5x4

thank you to all of you who came last night to the opening at the Clement Art Gallery.
i enjoyed seeing all of you.

5 pieces have found new homes and that is such a good feeling too.

the show goes on till May 26.

preparing for show 7

private world
collage + acrylic on board
12x12

18 pieces delivered at Clement. all that's left to do now is getting there on time on Friday.

preparing for show 6

Papagena
collage and acrylic on mat board
9x6.5

next step: announcements on e-mail list and facebook. done. also got the postcard from Jon. (my piece on the right).

preparing for show 5

mother and child
collage and acrylic on board
12x12

now all the pieces for the show are ready to go: signed, varnished, and all pieces on paper framed. the list went to Jon Gernon at the gallery and he is planning to post all images on the website at some point.
here is the site of the Clement Art Gallery: http://clementart.com/

preparing for show 4

mona
collage+acrylic on paper
7.5x7.5

a good step done: all pieces for the show are photographed or scanned and put on records. pretty low-tech records (on paper files!) but records nonetheless.

preparing for show 3

green vase
collage+acrylic on paper
7.5x3.75

step #3 in preparation of show: varnish pieces. not only do the colors really come alive but the UV protection will keep inks from fading in light. (after all, i am using torn paper from sometimes cheap sources.)

this step makes me a bit nervous. once done, i have to consider the pieces off-limit. no going back and correcting and re-working, which always seemed possible with oil.

preparing for show 2

Diva
collage + acrylic on paper
7.5x4

the second step in preparing for show is simple enough: making sure all pieces are signed. sometimes the whole name, sometimes only my monogram.

preparing for show

alive
collage and acrylic on canvas
18x12

first step is done: i have 18 pieces ready for the show. all figures. this is the largest one.

ta-ra-ta-ta

drummer
collage on paper
7.5x3.5

hear ye people! spring is coming! take heart.

ha ha ha

america 100
collage on board
12x12

can you spot the torn pieces of a bill? no, i didn't tear a real $ 100 bill. even a $ 1 bill, i wouldn't tear! still saving pennies actually... there are also pieces from an old postcard of a Da Vinci drawing.

this piece will also be in in the show at Martinez Gallery.

delivery

Pregnant
collage on board
12x12

Delivered this piece today with 4 others to the Martinez Gallery in Troy today. They will be part of the new show: Original Sin. Show opens on Friday September 24 for Troy Night Out.
http://www.martinezgallery.net/exhibitions.html

on working very small.

étude 4
collage
7.5x3.5

after seeing the monumental size of the pieces at DIA:Beacon, it feels funny to come back to my tiny pieces. but i have such a good feeling about them. i believe i want the viewer to experience something very intimate with them, as one does with a beloved small object, a jewel, a favorite rock. i wish for each piece to become a favorite possession (not necessarily a piece to put on the wall.) a possession that one puts away carefully and takes out for a moment of pleasure or to share with selected friends.

blues and yellows

animated
collage
7.5x5.5

of all the collages i am doing these days, my favorites are the "portraits". i like the way the background creates itself and add an unexpected dimension.

Mother's day.

flower stand
collage
7.5x3.75

opening tomorrow

getting up
acrylic on board
12x12

i will be buying the munchies tomorrow morning. so glad Visions will take the drinks in charge. whoever is planning to come should bring a friend or 2.

getting ready+a sale

reading
oil on canvas
18x17

Yvonne came this morning to make her choice of paintings for the show starting in May at the Visions II gallery. She will be showing paintings from a few years back: all figures including many angels. The title of the show will be SACRED MOMENTS. I will post details later on as well as some pictures, of course.
The above picture will not only be part of the show but is already sold! Thank you Yvonne.

it's getting to be a small series!

mint drink
collage on paper
7.5x7.5

considering that i have simplify my dressing up to its bare bones, why these elaborately dressed women? some unconscious longing? i don't think so. rather a visual expression of some interior mood.