Summer by the seaside with brightly coloured beach huts ,ice creams, sandcastles and the unreliable British weather. What could be better?
Encaustic mixed media collage 6 inches by 12 inches. SOLD
Details of some of the original papers I used in this piece, a letter from 1917; a ledger page from 1916; a cancelled check from 1934; and snippet for a Paris guide 1947 listing les grands magasins.
Down by the sea, we dug for buried treasure, just you and me, we didn’t mind the weather.
SOLD 😁
The ephemera: original papers: 20th century vintage atlas maps; old papers from the 19th and 20th centuries..receipts, adverts, dictionary pages,envelopes; ledger pages; original vintage labels, tickets and stamps; old board game numbers; three natural history images of gulls.
Size: 12 inches by 24 inches on wooden cradle.
Medium: Encaustic Mixed Media Collage
It is always Crow Time, even when you find yourself in other parts of the world.
SOLD
The ephemera: Old Atlas Page from early 20th century; old measuring ribbon bit; textured paper; photo of a crow.
The found objects: reproduction of a radio tube on wooden; original vintage watch face
Size: 3.5 inches by 12 inches
The idyllic days spent down at the boathouse,
preparing the rigging,
checking the sails,
pottering about.
SOLD 😁
In the house series 8/9
The ephemera: map from japanese school atlas circa WWII; antique handwriting, reproduction of vintage postcard
The found objects: antique optical lense, vintage typewriter striker key, vintage numbered tack.
Size: 4 inches by 12 inches house shaped wooden block
He rarely left the Gate house,
preferring the Rolls, the Bentley, the Daimler to the Family.
He only barely put up with their presence
while chauffeuring them around the country side.
So naturally he became the prime suspect.
SOLD 🙂
In the house series 7/9
The ephemera: old railway map of Britain, reproduction of vintage car illustration, reproduction of vintage mugshot, decorative paper.
The found object: antique key
Coq au Vin was one fine French, feathered fellow.
He liked to think he was king, ruler of the roost.
Whether yay or nay , hen pecked or not,
let us hope he does not wind up in the pot.
SOLD (at the Teeny Tiny Art Show)
In the house series 6/9
the ephemera: original french receipt , decorative striped paper, reproduction of natural history illustration of rooster and hen.
the found objects: tiny brass crown
The quail quietly tiptoed in and made herself at home.
Squatter’s rights she then declared.
And just like that, she expropriated his inheritance,
leaving him in exile on St. Helena.
SOLD (at the Teeny Tiny Art Show)
In the house series: 5/9
The ephemera: original notarized document from 1868, reproduction of natural history quail illustration, decorative paper, original vintage stamp from St. Helena, vintage photo of spooking house.
Found object: old game number
Hey little goldfish
Where you going to?
Little goldfish let me swim along with you.
Little goldfish, we’ll have a whale of time
Put your fin in mine.
-from the movie “Hello Down There”
SOLD 🙂 at the Teeny Tiny Art Show
In the house series 4/9
The ephemera: reproduction of vintage bathing beauties photo, vintage image of blue fish, original vintage letter and stamp from 1904, decorative paper.
The found objects: old key hole, vintage label from old tool cabinet, old game piece number.
Size 10.5 inches by 3 inches house shaped wooden block
Hey, hey, hey good lookin’
What’ you got cookin’?
How’s about cookin’ somethin’ up with me.
SOLD (at the Teeny Tiny Art Show)
In the house series 3/9
The ephemera: reproduction of Muybridge’s lady with a scarf, reproduction of puzzle pieces from antique game: “les metiers”, reproduction of recipe for Gone with the Wind Cake from my mother’s recipe book, decorative paper layered with old letter.
Found objects: silver oyster fork, vintage wooden lotto game piece
Size: 4 inches by 12 inches house shaped wooden block.
Matthew was in the dog house AGAIN!
He just couldn’t seem to get things right.
Will he ever learn?
GIFTED ( to Darcie my number one collector)
In the house series 2/9
The ephemera: original city plan from 1935 Atlas, french stamp from antique bill, reproduction of old mugshot, reproduction of london train station clock, decorative paper.
The found objects: deer toe bone found in the woods by yours truly, vintage postal box number.
Size: 12″ X 4″ X 1″ house shaped wooden block.
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