The Gift of Knowledge

20" x 25"

Orignial cards from the NYC Public Library card catalogue, book, book pages, collection of vintage items including boat, die cast soilders, cowboy and indian, key, globe, watch faces, microscope, and wooden bear.

A client of mine gave me a stack of  handwritten cards from the original NYC Public Library card catalogue which I was so honored to recieve. This piece pays homage to libraries everywhere and the vast and unending amount of free knowlege that is gifted to anyone who is motivated to recieve it.
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Nature's Palette

21'' x 27"

 

Tips of tubes of paint on fruit, flowers and eggs; vintage book and prints,camera lens, binoculars, bees nest, colored pencils, nest, tin can.

If you have the capability I urge you to enlarge this piece to see the detail.



Watercolor

 

19" x 30"

 

Old maps and fish prints, paintbrushes, used tubes of paint.

A special thanks to painters Grace Cooper and Lisa Jelleme for their discarded tubes of paint!

How toWrite the Perfect Love Letter

 

16 x 25

Vintage mail and stamps, pencils, brass post office box.
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I Hate Math

10 x 12

Broken penicls and rulers, window, vintage math book pages

This is exactly how I found the book at the flea market. And no, I did not embellish or add to the marks of utter disgust. And in case there was any doubt in your mind, yes..... I hate math.  



Addressing the Elephant in the Room

10" x 10"

Elephant, table and chair, vintage postage

Rose Colored Glasses

10" x 10"

Glasses, roses, vintage botanical prints

Rekindle the Love

10" x 12"

Twigs, leaves, matches,

Wish You Were Here

10" x 12"

Vintage book pages, wrapped objects, plane, map.

You're as Young as You Feel

10" x 12"

Antique mirror, bisque doll head, old photos.

Feast of Fashion

38" x 18"

Antique sewing box, buttons, salt and pepper shakers containing black and white buttons, sewn in silverware and scissors, antique fashion prints, spools of thread, paper doily napkins, stick pins.

Bird Songs

18" x 33"

Violin, nest and eggs, sheet music, feathers, beech tree leaves, twigs, dried flowers.

A Perfect Fit

10" x 10"

Old dog puzzle and dog prints.
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Unfolding Attractions

10" x 12"

Vintage maps, cars; wrapped flamingo,dolphin and oranges.

Ahhh, the trials and tribulations of traveling with a map. Once while trying to find one tourist trap or another I actually saw my father murder a map while trying to refold it...but you didn't hear that from me.
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Fashion Feast

15" x 17"

Fashion prints from antique edition of Harper's New Monthly Magazine from 1800's, sewn down silverware and spoon, buttons, salt and pepper shakers with white and black thread being "shaken" out, glass with spool of thread, vintage doily  paper napkins, vintage paper covered plate, stick pins.

Your Ship Has Come In

10" x 10"

shown framed

Vintage etchings and ocean print, ship in glass box, chain, shells, bird, ribbon.

Rainy Day Fund

38" x 23"

Vintage illustrations and weather maps, umbrella, antique geography books, keys, pennies, compass, canoe, vintage toy deer, spoon, pearls, starfish, glass, message in a bottle.

We are all saving for that day we can escape to places we have longed to visit or even revisit; places that captivate our senses and breath life back into us. 

Game of Life

10" x 12"

Vintage card game, game board, wooden balls, assorted objects.

Sharpening the Mind

15" x 17"

Pencils, vintage globe pencil sharpener, antique geography book, cover pages from old books.

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April Showers Bring May Flowers

15" x 17"

Umbrella, old weather maps, frame, glass bottles with seeds, pressed dried flowers, antique etching.

Anatomy of a Baseball Fan

10" x 10"

Anatomy diagrams, baseball, flag, baseball and baseball parts.

Baseball fans are truly passionate people..

Blackboard Jungle

15" x 17"

Vintage animal prints and etching from antique book Mammalia: Volume 1, child's blackboard,  toy blocks, chalk, dried ferns.

I Know a Place

10" x 10"

Pocket watch, chair, vintage skyscraper photographs and flower prints, vintage  celluloid sheep, velvet chair.

Amidst the madness in our lives, each of us   have that perfect  place we  go to seek  refuge and  find peace. A place where time is turned  upside down and rendered completely useless.

Architecture of Home

24" x 30"

rulers, pencils, book, calipers, wooden birds and goblet, nest and egg, key, doll house chair, door, vintage home prints and designs.

American Serenade

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24" 30"

Violin, antique sheet music and illustrations, vintage toys, blocks, bisque doll, printer's blocks, compass, marbles, dice, pocket watch face, and other vintage Americana

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Songs You May Have Forgotten

15" x 17"

Old sheet music, wooden train, elephant, shells, American flag, die cast soldier, string.

Feast of Knowledge

15" x 17"

Original handwritten cards from NY City Public Library card catalogue, vintage book covers, silverware and drinking glass wrapped in book cover leather and pages.
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Forget Me Not

24" x 30"
Original vintage letters, envelopes and postage stamps, postcards and Americana print; brass mail slot, eagle and wings; dance card pencil; sealing wax.

Losing Your Marbles

10" x 10"

Illustrations and colored plate from old Health book, marbles.

You're pretty much looking at a self-portrait. Perhaps you see yourself in this piece.

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