Plaster, paint, gold leaf. 16”x 10”x 2”. Collection of the artist.
.0027 Blue US 2007?
.0033 Continental Shelf 1978
National Geographic magazines. 10″x7″x 2 1/4″. Collection of the artist.
Exhibited in “Paper: Changing Uses and Concepts,” Gallery 10, Washington, D.C., 1980.
Exhibited in “BOOKWORKS:D.C.,” Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.,1980
Exhibited in “Packard, Spaulding, Yamaguchi,” Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.,1980
.0032 Paintings and Drawings 1976-1978 1978
Paper pulp and ashes of drawings, prints, and paintings done while in residence at Tulane University. 8″x6″x5”. Collection of the Newcomb Art Museum, Tulane University.
Exhibited at the Washington Project for the Arts, 1984.
.0031 Clothes 1979
Clothes, acrylic medium. 16″x 8″diameter. Collection of the Newcomb Art Museum, Tulane University.
Exhibited at Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C., 1984. Exhibited in “Recontextualizing the Found,” curated by Thalia Vrachopoulos and Bill Pangburn, Shiva Gallery, John Jay College, NYC, 2014.
Exhibited in “Metamorphosis: Highlights from the Permanent Collection,” curated by Maurita Poole and Laura Blereau, Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA , 2022
This is a very early work further addressing the concept of record-keeping, journaling with materials, autobiography, Compression, distillation of experience, hinting at these by exposing interior layers.
The piece is composed of some of the clothes my mother made or purchased for me prior to my year as a student in Italy, that I wore there, and that returned with me. They retain something of my experience there. They are materially the same but different. Transformed -as I was- during that period of time.
.0016 (pink and red) 2020
Mixed appliqued fabrics, clothing, and batting. 42 1/2”x 61”. Collection of the artist.
.0030 Nest 2014
Haircolor tubes, lint, and newspaper. 4″x 6 1/2″ diameter. Collection of the artist.
.0028 Bottle Painting 1982 (reworked 1992)
Corduroy and paint on cardboard. 17″x19″. Collection of Phoebe Avery, Reston ,VA.
Exhibited at Hillyer Art and Artists, Washington, D.C., 2011.
Exhibited in “Ways of Thinking About Your Life,” curated by Hannah Barco, at Tephra@Signature Gallery, Reston, Va. 2024-25.
.0026 (half-sphere of tip envelopes) 2006
Tip envelopes. 4 1/2″ x 10″ diameter. Collection of the artist.
.0025 Abundance 2006
Tip envelopes, red paper napkins, $10 dollar bill. 11″x 7″x 3 3/4″.
Exhibited in “Pass/Sculpture,” at Pass Gallery, Washington, D.C., 2007
.0024 Advent 1985
Wax on wood. 13 1/2″x 15 7/8″. Collection of the artist.
Exhibited at Anton Gallery, Washington, D.C.
.0023 1986
Plaster, cement, tacks. 9″x 6″x 10 3/4″. Collection of the artist.
Exhibited at Anton Gallery, Washington, D.C.
.0022 Plaster with Cicada Wings 2006
Plaster, cicada wings. 8″x 5 3/4″x 1 5/8″. Collection of the artist.
Exhibited in “Pass/Sculpture,” Pass Gallery, Washington, D.C., 2007.
.0021 Scallop with Pearls 2006
cement, pearls. 6″x 8″x 2″. Collection of the artist.
Exhibited at Hillyer Art and Artists, Washington D.C., 2011. Exhibited in “Transmodern Ocean,” curated by JW Mahoney, Mayer Fine Art, Norfolk, VA, 2008.
.0020 Roses in Cement 2005
Roses, cement. 3″x 7″ diameter. Collection of Nancy Garruba and Christopher Hornig.
Exhibited in “4 Perspectives:Becoming MPA”, McLean Project for the Arts, VA, 2012, and
“Sculpture Unbound,” Edison Place Gallery, Washington D.C., 2006.
.0019 Object in Landscape 2019
Framed cement, fired clay, and glass. 9 3/8″x 11 5/8″. Collection of Linn Meyers.
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