Indoor, Outdoor—A Murmuration of Small Things I Love
2014
Small Challenges—
How long it takes to create a piece is a question I never seem to have a straight answer for, mostly because I work in multiples and bounce from piece to piece to navigate impasses.
In late November 2014, in anticipation of the holiday season, I challenged myself to make work, start to finish, in an hour—not counting the time it took to work through vexing hanging and label printing woes.
The result? A liberating and evolving series of compositions I call “smalls”. I don’t know where this will lead.
Scroll down for images and descriptions of all pieces in this Series.
Indoor, Outdoor I
2014
Encaustic, paper trunk-liner,
Bub’s clothespin, rare earth magnet,
scan from book in Dad’s ski library
and Nana’s Royal Crown Derby on panel.
4”x4”
Private Collection
Indoor, Outdoor II
2014
Encaustic, bark and lichen on panel.
4”x4”
Private Collection
Indoor, Outdoor III
2014
Encaustic, burlap chair strapping, jar lid,
rare earth magnets, liniment bottle
and Nana’s Royal Crown Derby on panel.
4”x4”
Indoor, Outdoor IV
2014
Encaustic,
section of Gene’s tree-scape (c.1975),
Nana’s handmade lace
and Royal Crown Derby on panel.
4”x4”
Indoor, Outdoor V
2014
Encaustic,
section of Gene’s treescape (c. 1975),
Nana’s handmade lace,
and a bicycle I made from Canadian pennies,
copper wire and nails (2013) on panel.
4”x4”
Private Collection
Indoor, Outdoor VI
2014
Encaustic and scan of
Skiing the America’s spine on panel.
4”x4”
Private Collection
Indoor, Outdoor VII
2014
Encaustic, TV screen capture,
and Brion’s nails (c. 2006)
with rare earth magnets on panel.
4”x4”
Indoor, Outdoor VIII
2014
Encaustic on panel.
4”x4”
Private Collection
Skiing the Americas
2014
Encaustic on panel.
4”x4”
Private Collection
Across Countries
2014
Encaustic, paper trunk-liner,
Dad’s ski carrier and
rare earth magnets on panel .
7”x7”
Private Collection
Indoor, Outdoor IX
2014
Encaustic, TV screen capture,
paper trunk-liner and tacks on panel.
4”x4”
Indoor, Outdoor X
2014
Encaustic, cardboard, paper trunk-liner,
Bub’s clothespin, rare earth magnet,
Nana’s handmade lace and tacks
on panel.
4”x4”
Indoor, Outdoor XI
2014
Encaustic, TV screen capture
packaging from Dad’s toolbox,
lichen and tacks on panel.
4”x4”
Indoor, Outdoor XII
2014
Encaustic, burlap
Nana’s handmade lace,
canvas, wood, spruce seeds,
birch bark, cedar fronds and tacks
on panel.
4”x4”
Indoor, Outdoor XIII
2014
Encaustic, bark, lichen,
reindeer moss and tacks
on panel.
4”x4”