assemblage

  • Wall-mounted assemblage of light blue painted wood, with a weathered branch capped in orange resting across the top and a small oak gall hanging by black thread over a hand-painted blue target.

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    Three assemblages made for Oregon City’ Art Commission’s 6×6 show, June 2025. Each piece is 6×6 inches, built entirely from what I already had – found wood, stone, string, wool felt, char. One holds an oak gall on a string above a hand-painted target. Pull it back and let it fall. The satisfying plonk sound…

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  • Spiral installation of pleated black fabric with a fabric-wrapped ladder at center, Cascade AIDS Project

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    Spirals of pleated black fabric wound across the floor around a ladder wrapped floor to top in black cloth, paired with a black-and-white panel of hand-drawn spirals and circles. Spiral was made as a tribute to people living with and lost to HIV/AIDS, and to those who support and educate around the disease – created…

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  • Wax paper flower cascade beside a doorway with three encaustic paintings, See installation entry

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    My first installation, made for a group show at the Manor of Art at Milepost 5 in Portland, August 14-23, 2009. Before it became studio space, the building had been a senior care facility left empty for years. Artists were each given a room, bathroom, or hallway to convert. The space was filthy and smelled…

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