Most productive hours between 10-3.

It's been a busy couple of weeks.  

Recent & upcoming shows:

Boys&Girls clubs of DE had a silent action on 5/23 with a few drawings of mine.

"Hamsteak" 9"x12" Ink on Paper with Shellac

"Aerials" 9"x12" Ink on Paper with Shellac

Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware

500 Darley RoadClaymont DE, 19703

Hours: Mon, Tue, Thur, Friday 10am-5pm

Visit our collection by appointment.

(closed Wednesday )

Wilmington friends, there's an Alumni show 

@ the Delaware College of Art and Design 

on Friday, June 7th from 5-8pm

in which I have two pieces

"Snackies" and "Surface Treatments"

Attempt at framing "Snackies" with feline assistant help

My room during "Surface Treatments" construction

"Surface Treatments" is my first attempt at soldering paper armatures and wrapping them in the pulp I made a few months ago from flax and overbeaten abaca and then embroidering on top.

These were started as a proposal for the Roos Arts Gallery's in Rosendale Call for Entries about the environment.  I just found out that it was accepted so after the sculptures show in Wilmington for the month of June, they will move to NY for the month of July!

Here's the proposal:

When I think of the earth, our backyard, I think of our habitat. However, when I think of our environment, the first thing that comes to mind are the conditions in which we make for ourselves to exist, our personal environments, our bodies, and our skin. The ways in which we negatively affect our environment is not just physical harm to the planet.  Our actions have effects on the micro-biotic level of existence which propels evolution.  Specifically, bacterial evolution. There is an invisible war happening. We combat nature with chemical baths and supplements while bacteria struggles to exist the only way it knows how, adaptation and evolution, on the battleground of our skin.

What I propose for this show is an installation of paper sculptures representing staphylococcus aureus bacteria cells constructed with armatures of wire wrapped in hand made paper of over-beaten abaca and flax. I have chosen this combination of fibers because of it's skin like qualities in texture and color.  The bacteria cells, ridged plateaus about 10" x 7", will be embroidered with either ethanol molecules or amoxicillin formulas with thread very close in color and value to the paper. The collection of cells will climb up a corner of the Roos gallery from the floor to about waist high.  

Framing Fail

So "Snackies" will appear with T-pins on DCAD's wall.  

Whatevs, deckled edges are nice.

Sorry this post is a bit redundant. 

Recharging needs to happen. 

As soon as I have dates for the Roos show I'll post them.

Ok! Back to work, I mean sleep.