thinking inside the boxThe Boxes are wood covered with chalky gesso and adorned with gold leaf, bole, graphite, watercolor, oil paint, ink, screws, beads, recycled spools, and copper wire. They call attention to our compromised environment and endangered species through the use of ancient gilding techniques that are on the verge of being lost or forgotten. The rare methods and medium lend poetry to the message about our fragile ecosystems.
Ocean Trash Vortex, 6x6x2 inch, gold leaf, watercolor, and plastic,on gessoed wood, 2024
Ocean Trash Vortex, side
Darwin Box Animal Procession, 11x14x inch, gold leaf pastiglia and tempera on gessoed wood, 2024
Darwin Box Animal Procession, side view
Interdependence Opus II, 8x8x2 inch, gold leaf eglomise on gessoed wood, 2024
Interdependence Opus II, side
Acid Rain, 6x18x2 inch, gold leaf and watercolor on gessoed wood with metal, 2008
Act Now, 10x6x4 inch, gold leaf watercolor oil ink and graphite on gessoed wood with metal and mirror, 2009
Bird in Flight, 8x6x2 inch, gold leaf with watercolor on gessoed wood, 2009
Blue Whale, 6x8x2 inch, gold and silver leaf with bole on gessoed wood, 2012
Butterflies, 8x8x2 inch, gold leaf tempera and watercolor on gessoed wood, 2016
Butterfly, 5x5x2 inch, gold leaf and watercolor on gessoed wood, 2013
Climate Change Box, 6x6x2 inch, gold leaf and tempera on gessoed wood, 2013
Endangered Species Salmon, 10x10x2 inch, gold leaf and watercolor on gessoed wood with metal and glass, 2009
Evolution Clock, 8x8x2 inch, gold leaf and tempera and graphite on gessoed wood, 2008
Global View Opus I, 8x8x2 inch, gold leaf graphite watercolor wire and gesso on wood, 2007
Greenhouse Gases, 10x8x2 inch, gold leaf with oil and glass on gessoed wood with metal and guitar string, 2017
Horseshoe Crab, 8x6x2 inch, gold leaf with watercolor on gessoed wood, 2008
Sea Animals, 8x6x2 inch, gold leaf with watercolor on gessoed wood, 2008
Pollution Alphabet, 11x14x3 inch, gold leaf and watercolor on gessoed wood, 2011
Luna Moth, 8x8x2 inch, gold leaf watercolor and tempera on gessoed panel, 2008
Natural Selection, 8x8x2 inch, gold leaf watercolor tempera and gesso on wood, 2012
Paleo Box, 8x8x2 inch, gold leaf and tempera on gessoed wood, 2015
Rhinoceros Constellation Box, 10x10x3 inch, gold leaf watercolor and graphite on gessoed wood, 2013
Random Selection Box, 12x12x2 inch, gold leaf with tea and tempera on gessoed wood, 2010
Sea of Life, 8x10x2 inch, gold leaf and tempera with graphite on gessoed wood, 2012
Save Habitat Box, 8x10x3 inch, gold leaf and watercolor on gessoed wood with glass, 2008
Two Sides to Everything, 6x6x3 inch, gold leaf and gesso on wood, 2009
Tree of Life 10x8x2 gold leaf and watercolor with graphite on gessoed wood, 2011
Whooping Crane, 8x6x2 inch, gold leaf and watercolor on gessoed wood, 2008