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NEW! Portals
Step into the world of my artist's imagination with my latest Portal Series. Round and found assemblage wall pieces with familiar vintage items are sure to inspire and delight. |
Ancient Future
17 1/2" diameter x 3"
$650
This fascinating piece is a sister to the large "Portal" I made for Art in the Gardens as the featured artist this year. The small center brass porthole frames an ancient pocket watch (that friends shared with me). This creation is mounted on paper covered wood. I sprayed an aqua wash over layers of subtle colors. Painted and sanded aluminum flower coasters, tatted lace, old buttons, coins, metal bits, and knobs accent the composition.
17 1/2" diameter x 3"
$650
This fascinating piece is a sister to the large "Portal" I made for Art in the Gardens as the featured artist this year. The small center brass porthole frames an ancient pocket watch (that friends shared with me). This creation is mounted on paper covered wood. I sprayed an aqua wash over layers of subtle colors. Painted and sanded aluminum flower coasters, tatted lace, old buttons, coins, metal bits, and knobs accent the composition.
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Fragments of Grace 12" diameter x 4" $400 
Sideview Fragments of Grace
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The ornate metal remnant of a vintage 'fixture' is what began this intriguing piece. I was recently in New Orleans hunting with a friend at a scrap yard that had just closed for the day. There on the ground I spied this treasure, which the owner shook his head and said 'take it! and come back tomorrow.' It has really transformed since scratching my head about how I could use it, stuffing it into my suitcase. Another ring of ornate metal, painted, acts as a backdrop with the tips of a vintage doily and beach combed metal rivets. It is mounted upon a shaped wooden base I painted, reminiscent of a snake skin. A glass knob completes the look.
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Happiness in Blue
12" diameter x 5" $450 Made on a beautiful blue and white vintage enamel pan, with an old blue lid as its center. (Generously given to me from a local artist's estate. Painted bird from a clock, old lace, trim, buttons and international stamps around the side. 
Sideview Happiness in Blue
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Silver Platter 30" x 18" x 4" $850 
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Definitely one of my all time favorites. My sister generously bought me the platter I'd admired for over a year at an antique mall in Chico. Not knowing quite what I'd do with it, the faux vintage metal hung in my narrow kitchen for months as I smiled every time I noticed it. The truly unique tin shell form came from a local artist's estate. Remnants of found spoons (from another collector friend lightening her load) seem to add more to the conversation. The background wash, a recent experiment, creates the perfect atmosphere.
Small Vintage Relic Portals
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Vintage Blue 10 1/2" diameter x 2" $350 |
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Ocean Relic
9" diameter x 2" $225 Made on an old tin mounted upon found metal from my local beach, enhanced with aqua wash. Sea glass, ceramics, vintage doily, beeswax, page from an old Japanese inspirational journal, a small bottle with sand, stamp, button. 
Sideview Ocean Relic
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Shell Relic 7 1/2" x 6" x 1 1/2" $225 Made with two small silver plated shell trays painted in shades of aqua. The central medallion are Indian coins from 1884! And pages from an old Japanese inspirational journal tinted blue and melted beeswax. 
Sideview of Shell Relic
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Celebrate 11 1/4" diameter x 2 1/4" $300 
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A thin round tin with small cutouts and indentations came my way that was perfect to mount an Aqua Delight on. I treated the main surface with a stenciled wash. Found marbles, buttons and good luck coins fill the outer circle. The adorned tin is mounted on a large wooden good luck coin that hung in my studio forever. It’s the perfect diameter and good energy, so I gave it up for ‘the cause’.
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Posting more show images for sale soon