Part 5- last of the new work for now

These last three messengers are large...well for me they are.  I have included a woman in this set as there were several in the set of photographs and children- yes the had committed crimes as well. These are framed in 20 inch square shadow box frames.  Working this large certainly has its challenges.  I made good use of my printer as I can print up to 13" x 19" and I did a lot of that for these three.  For these three instead of quotes I made dioramas.  They are scenes telling stories- stories for you to imagine. All three of the dioramas have hearts- Are they fleeing hearts?- soaring hearts? Broken hearts? ...You get to decide.  Thank you for your positive comments on the work for my show.  They mean a lot to me.

Messenger Richard S.

 

Messenger Mabel S.

 

Messenger Walter S.

 

This gives an idea of scale- the small one is one of

the 9" squares.

 

 

 

New Work Part 4

The last 7 pieces are different from the rest.  I will show four today. These assemblages
are in shadowbox frames that are nine inches square.  The old wooden rulers I used to frame each piece are from my husband's father. We found them when we were cleaning out his garage when he died.  The photographs for these are not so good as the 3D nature of these makes it hard to photograph.  The first piece here explains what these are about.

Messenger James W.

 

Messenger Robert J.

 

Messenger John R.

 

Messenger John R.

yes same name and last initial

 

 

 

New Work Part 3

This series of five are matted and in frames 12 x 16.  I realize that much of this work is not "happy" or joyful. I do not have a dour outlook on life but when I started to make the work for this coming show this is what came out.  I do think part of that is it being Fall-always an emotional season for me.  The monoprints in this series really had a landscape feel so I went with that.  I wanted to have few elements to have the background really be an important part. These five here for some will seem sad perhaps but for me they are comforting.

Quiet Ride

Prairie Wind

Borrowed Truck

Leaving

Escape Route

New Work Part 2

These three collages are larger- matted and framed they are 16 x 20.  Once again these have monoprint backgrounds. Thanks for the comments on the first post of this new work.

Neighborhood Wish

 

 Wistful Departure

 

Family Ties

 

 

New Work

Well it has been a busy time and here it is almost October!!!  I have a show at the MacRostie Art Center- a regional art center about an hour from where I live. http://macrostieartcenter.org/ 
The show will be for the month of November.  It's been a while since I have made work for a large show.  I am happy to report that I am done with the work already- Everything is framed even-  So I will do  some blog posts showing the new work.  The work I am showing today is around 8" x 10".  Framed the pieces are 11" x 14".  The backgrounds of these collages are monoprints I did using acrylic paint.

Indecision

 

 Adrift

 

Disapproval

 

Tribunal