Ontological Moorings
This is an ongoing art practice about kinesthetic knowing that was begun in May of 2016. The term is what philosophers would refer to as the appreciation of and a response to what is real right here and now. In a world that is so often dissociated from the present, these works are a centering act of being in the moment.
“Beaune to Paris” - watercolor, colored pencil, ink pen and gouache on paper. The bird pattern is from the Hotel Dieu (Hospices de Beaune) in Beaune France. Toy train car and petit colin celluloid bird bought at an antique market in Nice France. Bottle of apple juice from Nice. I don’t know why, but I absolutely love apple juice. image size 8”x10; June 2022, $400
“39, rue Gioffredo, Nice, France” watercolor, colored pencil, ink pen and gouache on paper. Grate and view is from my hotel room in Nice. The ink bottle is from Charvin (the title of the work is their address in Nice), they are a famous art store where Cezanne, Chagall and others bought supplies. The petit colin celluloid swan bought at antique market in Nice. image size 8”x10”; May 2022, $400
“Prayers with St. Roch” watercolor, colored pencil, ink pen and gouache on paper. Toy rabbit modeled after a 1950’s Barcelona Goula figure. St. Roch was drawn at the Muse de’ Art in Girona, Spain. Pattern is inspired by reliquary of St. Roch found in the cathedral of Arle’s France. I’m a big fan of Fentiman sodas and I’m not sure if that is because they are good, or simply because they remind me of Europe, the bottle and label is designed well and well, they have a dog for their logo. image size 8”x10”; May 2022, $400
“I Count Them Blessings” watercolor, colored pencil, ink pen and gouache on paper. Artisan tiles are from the 17th-18th century and are from the Muse de’ Art in Girona, Spain. The pattern is the carpet at the hotel within the Cite’ De Carcassonne in France. Toy pig from the 1950’s (a Barcelona Goula figure) bought in an antique store in Barcelona. image size 8”x10”; May 2022, $400
"Light Bearer," acrylic and colored pencil on paper, 8"x10" Created in Washington DC Fall 2023, $400
"Still Listening," acrylic, and colored pencil on paper, 8"x10" created in Washington DC Fall 2023, $400
Love and Revelation; 5"x7" Micron pen, collage, colored pencil, gouache & watercolor on paper. $400
There is More to the Story; 5"x7" Micron pen, collage, colored pencil, gouache & watercolor on paper. (Postcard from Nice France, Hollyhock flowers from Santa Fe, image derivative from images from a church portal of the 12th century church in Fidenza, Italy.) $400
Prophet; 5"x7" watercolor, gouache, micron pen, and collage on paper. $400
Mercy of the Fallen; 5"x7" Micron pen, collage, colored pencil, gouache & watercolor on paper. $400
Changes Come; 5"x7" Micron pen, collage, colored pencil, gouache & watercolor on paper. 1/19, $400
Is it Too Late Now?; 5"x7" watercolor, micron pen, collage and colored pencil on paper. $400
Attire; 5"x7" Micron pen, collage, colored pencil, gouache & watercolor on paper. (postcard of Lake and Dam between St. Albans and Burlington VT) 2/18, Private Collection
To Tell the Truth, 5"x7" Micron pen, collage, colored pencil, gouache & watercolor on paper. (bird from a painting from 1710, interior of Temple Bar Dublin, figure of a saint from Germany, postcard of Bunker Hill monument.) 1/19, Private Collection
Flightless Birds; 5"x7" watercolor, gouache, micron pen, and collage on paper. $400
Days of Work and Waiting; 5"x7" Micron pen, collage, colored pencil, gouache & watercolor on paper. (Frise des Amours auriges Calcaire 1st century, Arles Museum; Roussillon France, Cathedral postcard) 8/19, Private Collection
I Can See Another Day Comes; 5"x7" Micron pen, collage, colored pencil, & watercolor on paper. (Waiting for Godot, Abbey Theater in Dublin, bottles from "The Celt," collage from 1875 materials of an image of Lindlithgow palace.) May 2017, Private Collection
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back; 5"x7" Colored pencil, collage, gouache, micron pen on paper. (postcard of Lonfellows home from the 1920's, and dog and curtain from a painting in Innsbruck Austria) November, 2017, $400
Emerging Created; 5"x7" Micron pen, collage, colored pencil, gouache & watercolor on paper. (image from the Creation Tapestry; Girona Spain) 6/19, $400
May We Meet Along the Way; 5"x7" Micron pen, collage, colored pencil, watercolor on paper. (Dog bought in Althlone, collage made out of list, cookie box and church program, tree from Hodsen Bay Resort) May 2017
Dedicated Prospect; 5"x7" Micron pen, collage, colored pencil, gouache & watercolor on paper. (Apricot Tree St. John's college, Santa Fe; drawing from Les Baux-de-Provence May 2019; Ezekiel from the church portal of the 12th century church in Fidenza, Italy.) 8/19, Private Collection
Beautiful Life, Full of Weeping; 5"x7" Colored pencil, micron pen, collage, gouache, on paper. (Owl figure I got as a gift, interior of hotel in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, collage materials are a business card of a guide, chocolate covered almond wrappers, and a map of Garmisch-Partenkirchen.) May 11, 2016, Private Collection
Revelation; 5"x7" Micron pen, collage, colored pencil, gouache & watercolor on paper. (Postcard of Lake Lure Inn, Lake Lure NC) 2/18, Private Collection
What Did I Know? Tell Me, Tell Me, I'm Listening Now; 5"x7" Colored pencil, micron pen, collage, gouache, on paper. (Wassily Kandinsky's "All Saints II" at the Lenbachaus Munich, a view of the roofs outside my hotel window, collage material- map and arm band from Lenbachhaus, envelope and card from a friend.) May 13, 2016, Private Collection
Keep Watch, Take Heart; 5"x7" Colored pencil, micron pen, collage, gouache, on paper. (Putti collage made up of material from the auction catalogue from Merry Old England where I bought a putti sculpture, cough medicine bottle, view of the antique store and metal gate across from my hotel window.) May 14 & 15, 2016, Private Collection
Realize What You Know, That You Know By Now; 5"x7" Colored pencil, micron pen, collage, gouache, on paper. (Puppets from the Kokochka Museum in Porchlarn, view across the water from Spitz, collage- map of the Danube and Wachau valley, parts of a 1907 work of Kokoshka's, label.) May 19, 2016, Private Collection
May You Find What You are Looking For; 5"x7" Micron pen, collage, colored pencil, gouache & watercolor on paper. (Postcard from 1933 of the Chicago world's fair.) 1/19, Private Collection
More Mysterious Than Planned; 5"x7" Micron pen, collage, gouache, watercolor on paper. (Postcard from a flea market in Paris circa 1950's, design from Josef Frank, swan from a museum in Inssbruck Austria.) September 2017, Private Collection
What if I'm Wrong?; 5"x7" Micron pen, collage, colored pencil, & watercolor on paper. August 2017, $400
Spring is Written on Your Day; 5"x7" Colored pencil, micron pen, collage, and watercolor on paper. (Part of Maria Sibylla Merian's print of a Sphinx Moth from 1702, Angel from Rosslyn Chapel, and image of Cow's Gate in Edinburgh from 1875). May 2017, Private Collection
Take Up Your Palette and Walk; 5"x7" Colored pencil, Micron pen, collage, gouache, and watercolor on paper. (Pendant of Boris and Gleb from Russia, Figure from the National Gallery of Art "The Healing of the Paralytic, oil on panel 1560/90, Netherlandish, postcard of San Francisco Union Square from 1946.) November 2017, Private Collection
Set Free; 5"x7" Micron pen, collage, colored pencil & watercolor on paper. (Dog from Edinburough Cathedral, St. Ignatius figure from St. Anne's church - collage material certificates.) November 2017, $400
Hello I Feel the Same; 5"x7" Micron pen, collage, colored pencil, & watercolor on paper. (face from Rosslyn Chapel, tree drawn in graveyard next to Greyfriar's Kirk, collage of the Lewis chessmen.) May 2017, Private Collection
Underground Lions; 5"x7" Micron pen, collage, colored pencil, gouache & watercolor on paper. 1/19, $400
Take Care; 5"x7" Micron pen, collage, colored pencil, gouache & watercolor on paper. (St. Figure from France, rendering of part of a etching 'Driven Away' from 1939, flat twined bag pattern from the Columbia river plateau tribe 1900) 1/19, Private Collection
The Hardest Truths are the Easiest; 5"x7" Colored pencil, micron pen, collage, gouache, on paper. (Pink sports page from local Verona paper, St. image and pattern from The Church of St. Anastasia, view across the river in Verona where we sat for dinner, collage material from coffee house and image from castelvecchio brochure.) May 8, 2016, Private Collection
Moment by Moment; 5"x7" Micron pen, collage, colored pencil, gouache & watercolor on paper. (Figures from Louis Bunce Seawall 1939, image from Maria Merian's Frangipani plant, 1930 postcard of Waker Drive on the Chicago riverfront). November 2017, $400
I Found Out It's All or Nothing; 5"x7" Colored pencil, micron pen, collage, gouache, on paper. (Vienna Opera House coffee house, dwarf figure bought at antique market, collage- tea items, Manner wrapper, plastic spoon wrapper.) May 22, 2016, Private Collection
I Like How The Day Sounds; 5"x7" Colored pencil, micron pen, collage, gouache, on paper. (Images from ceramic vessels painted by Thomas Obermiller around 1680 found in the Salzburg Museum, interior of restaurant Cafe Altstadt, collage-sugar packets, business card of a candy shop, and paper bag.) May 17, 2016, Private Collection
From Both Sides Now; 5"x7" Colored pencil, micron pen, collage, gouache, on paper. (Carved Wooden candle holder figure bought in a Vienna flea market, view from my back porch at home where I discovered my favorite tree had died by the time I got home, collage- envelope from a friend, Toblorone wrapper.) May 28, 2016, Private Collection
Over and Over I Got Lost in My Head; 5"x7" Colored pencil, micron pen, collage, gouache, on paper. (Schonbrunn Palace Vienna- false Roman ruin in the park, version of "Nude Self Portrait Squatting" by Egon Schiele from the Leopold Museum Vienna, collage- sugar packets.) May 21, 2016, $400
Some Day Soon is Why I Try; 5"x7" Colored pencil, micron pen, collage, gouache, on paper. (Wooden Figure bought in a flea market in Vienna, map on plane monitor, collage- food box material, key card paper from hotel room in the Hauge.) May 23 &24, 2016, $400
Leave the Edges Wild; 5"x7" Colored pencil, micron pen, collage, gouache, on paper. (Parish Church in Melk window, exterior and interior from Melk, collage - vegan candy bar wrapper and brochure and map of Salzburg.) May 18, 2016, Private Collection
Nobody Knows That but Me; 5"x7" Colored pencil, micron pen, collage, gouache, on paper. (Interior of Hohen Salzburg fortress's cafe, view of mountains and roofs outside my hotel window, collage - doily from Italian restauran, cut up postcard from Neue Pinakothek Munich and paper bag.) May 16, 2016, $400
It's Like a Stranger Knows Your Name; 5"x7" Colored pencil, micron pen, collage, gouache, on paper. (Background loosely based on the flower pattern of the curtains in my hotel bedroom, candle holder at the end of the pew in the new St. Martin Parish in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Interior of Merry Old England Auction house during the auction, collage- business card from a hotel.) May 12, 2016, $400
It's the Broken Hand We Learn to Lean on After All; 5"x7" Colored pencil, micron pen, collage, gouache, on paper. (Rope found outside of our apartment in Varenna, the church of St. Fermo, Verona, collage elements from items found in Verona). May 7, 2016, Private Collection
Springtime and the Promise of an Open Fist; 5"x7" Micron pen, collage, gouache, on paper. (View from Villa Melzi Gardens Ballagio, vespa toy bought in Ballagio, collage material from cafe in Varenna) May 5, 2016, Private Collection
System of Arrangement; 5"x7" Micron pen, collage, colored pencil, gouache & watercolor on paper. 1/18, Private Collection
Announcement; 5"x7" Micron pen, collage, colored pencil, gouache & watercolor on paper. (Hirschfield illustration at the American Museum, Waterfront by Rowland Lyon 1934, 1920 Brean lesson plate) November 2017, Private Collection
Carry Wate;r 5"x7" Micron pen, collage, colored pencil, gouache & watercolor on paper. (Boat from display at Newport Aquarium, Figure from Germany, 1930's postcard of waterfront & skyline of Jacksonville FL). March 2018, Private Collection
We'll Take a Cup O' Kindness Yet; 5"x7" Micron pen, collage, colored pencil, gouache & watercolor on paper. (National Gallery of Ireland Pierrot 1921 Juan Gris, Hodson Bay Hotel breakfast, collage Kylemore Abbey brochure, Private Collection
“Conversation in Catalonia” watercolor, colored pencil, ink pen and gouache on paper. All items in the image are from or located in Barcelona, Spain. 1950’s toy donkey (a Barcelona Goula figure) bought in an antique store as well as the Mary and Jesus from Monserrat. Curtain was drawn from a mosaic at the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Glass water bottle purchased at a café. My colleague I was traveling drank the sparkling water and I asked her if I could have the bottle. She kindly gave it to me. Image size 8”x10”; June 2022, $400