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 đ
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
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
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 đ 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.
She was obsessed with the dollhouse. Nothing, but nothing else would hold her interest.
NB: New “In the house” series : 1 of 9.
SOLD (at the Teeny Tiny Art Show)
The ephemera : original vintage dictionary page ( with cool definitions like guillotine, gullible, guinea pig, guile and guardian ) ; snippet of a vintage calling card; vintage photo of solemn girl and doll; decorative victorian motif; original French stamp of general de Gaulle; photo of odd house number from fantan alley in Victoria, BC.
The found objects: german frozen charlotte doll
Size: 3.5 inches x 12 inches x 1 inch on house shaped wooden block
There goes the neighbourhood…. again. A crowd of crows, watching, a watch-faced moon. A crowd of houses, numbered, oddly. Who would live here?
NB: Having gifted the original “There goes the neighbourdhood” to a dear friend. I missed it and decided to rework it, this time encased in  encaustic wax, and rename it “for the birds”.Â
THERE GOES THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (SOLD)
Well the moment those old crows moved in we knew: there goes the neighbourhood!
the ephemera: old papers: menus, book pages, autographs, ledgers, postcards, letters; vintage game pieces, crows
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