ENDANGERED: Fine Art & Photography Contest 2022 Submission
I create a unified whole from seemingly unrelated components, achieving balance through intricate juxtapositions of color, form, and texture. With a sense of color and whimsy reflecting my Venetian background, I spent many years designing opulent torsades. I now incorporate segments of those necklaces in surrealistic sculptures with themes varying from purely decorative to conceptual, addressing topics such as shrinking polar ice, light pollution, and social inequity.
Each is one-of-a-kind and custom framed with its solid, decorative frame curving outward to draw in the viewer. I use museum glass to preserve the color intensity and intimacy by creating the illusion that the viewer is present at the scene.
Elements include fine dollhouse miniatures, realistic animal models, richly textured fabrics, found objects, acrylic paint, wood, paper, ribbon, artboard, and digitally manipulated photographs.