Virgin in the Temple was created with a carved wood Santo in a structure, a Mexican window guard, a piece of painted plywood and the base to a piece of fine furniture from a debris pile in Pass Christian. 19" x 27"  SOLD

Uptown Saint was created from window guard, a painted piece of plywood, two forks, a kitchen slicer, half of a furniture leg, two wheels from another piece of furniture, a metal fleur de lis that was once on a napkin ring, and a plaster head from Cyprus. 12" x 30"

Gulf Coast Egret is made from a couple of pieces of painted plywood, a metal serving tray and wood frame. 16" x 16"

Dreams of the Ordinary Man is a really fun piece I created from painted piece of plwood, a Mexican window guard, a fragment of someone's front door with the doorplate and latch still attahed, two old forks, a piece of cabinet hardware, a polymer face, metal "hair" and a cow horn. SOLD

Doggie of the World was created from a small metal dog I salvaged from the debris outside an antique store in Bay St Louis, a battered circular piece of metal, two other small fragments, a Mexican window guard and a painted piece of plywood. 27" x 27" SOLD

Camel Chop was created from a bone chop, a small painting on canvas, and a painted fragment of furniture. 13" x 24"

China is composed from a carved piece of soapstone, part of an Asian basket, a bamboo tray and a plastic frame mounted on plywood.

Nicosia Saint 3 was fashioned from a piece of oak flooring, a plastic piece which once embellished a piece of cheap furniture, the bottom and one of the ribs from a small barrel, a pottery shard, plastic wings and a plaster head which I picked up on my recent trip to the island of Cyprus. 12" x 24"

Nicosia Saint 2 was created from tw0 pieces of salvaged board, a metal cross and another of those wonderful plaster heads from Cyprus. 12" x 29"

Gabriel's Mask 4 was made from another Gabriel Q mask, a wood tabletop, and a decorative , circular piece of metal. 21" diameter

Ceramic Cross starts with the cross mounted on a piece of wood which I recently purchased. I layered it with a rusty piece of metal and a painted metal platter.

Cairo's Bayou starts with a small acrylic painting on plywood and three pieces of bamboo mounted on a drawer from a jewelry case. 17" x 11"

Church Music is composed from a piece of beadboard which I painted and distressed, a wonderful picture frame with four fleur de lis in the corners, a Mexican window guard, and the pieces from a smashed saxophone.

Asian Story is a very simple piece which combines a carved Chinese panelwith a bamboo tray. 39" x 13"

Saint Mary was made from one of those little car statues that can be found in New Orleans shops, a fragment of molding, a small cigar box, a lid to an oval powder case, and a metal serving platter.

Altar: Mother Mary was made from a a plaster Saint, a sewing machine drawer, a fragment of molding, and a rusted planter box which I salvaged from what was left of a craft supply store in Waveland. Two candles fit on either side of the figure. 11" x 17" x6". Wall piece or freestanding.

Fate of the Coast is a new favorite. The backdrop for this piece is a very large silver platter which was recently given me by my friendNancy, who lost her home in Pass Christian. She held on to her salvaged silver for 17 months, and finally decided to give it to me. This kind of thing has happened many times, and it never fails to touch my heart. The fact that people can give up things which meant so much to them so that they can be reincarnated into something beautiful again is, to me, a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. The platter is mounted into a fragment of furniture-a base of some kind. Standing in front of the silver is a gorgeous old scale which comes from post-Katrina New Orleans. More fine silver in the form of goblets and a cylinder complete the piece. 22" x24" x 8" freestanding.

Orient was created from a beautiful piece of Asian furniture, two pieces of molding, a picture frame and another fragment of furniture. 52" x 18" SOLD

Caribbean is an involved piece whose color scheme was inspired by a chance meeting about 4 years ago. A woman came in to the gallery with a purse in these colors, and they have stayed on my mind. Underneath all that acrylic paint is a cupboard door, two halves of a furniture leg, three brass knobs, a displaced carved wooden head, a metal bowl, and two more wooden furniture fragments. 20" x 38"

Chinese Panel  SOLD

Summers at the Beach House is something many people remember about the Bay. This piece was made from a fragment of a painted wood welcome sign, a picture frame, and a cupboard door. SOLD

Carousel II. I had intended for this to hang horizontally but for some reason blogger likes it this way! This piece was created from a wood and metal window guard, a piece of scrap plywood and a wonderful old carousel horse. SOLD

The Teacher 18" x 30" SOLD

Offering was created from an elegantly shaped brass piece from India, a piece of moulding, a fragment of a mirror, a drawer and an acrylic charger. 13" x 18" x 5"

Liberty is created around a replica of the Statue of Liberty, which I saw for the first time a couple of months ago. It is mounted inside a shadowbox with a gilt frame added on top. Behind Liberty is a curved piece of glass with a metal grid, and a fragment of one of my paintings. 12" x 15" x 7" deep. Free Standing.

Love Angel is a small piece which consists of an oval piece of wood, a plaster butterfly and an acrylic angel. 11" x 7"

House of Katrina is very much about the serendipitous joining of unrelated objects to form a piece that has a strong visual impact. Its elements include a lopsided disc of plywood; handmade paper; acrylic paint; parts of a wooden chair; hand painted paper and fabric; an old knife and fossilized ammonite. On another level it points to the special difficulties faced by the Asian communities in the aftermath of the storm. As difficult as it was for us to cope with the scarcity of information immediately after the storm, it must have been much worse for people who did not speak English. 21" x 22"

Dreadlocked Angel is made from a wooden carving of a human body and another, mismatched wooden head. The pieces are layered on a cabinet door, which is mounted on a boogie board. Plaster wings and some wonderfully textured yarn finish the piece. 20" x 35"

Mexican Copper incorporates a copper pan which I purchased in Mexico many years ago. Katrina flattened it for me, and left it in my backyard for me to find. It is paired with a ceramic lid to a lost pot, a shredded piece of plywood, a placemat, and a boogie board. 19" x 37"

Treasures is made from a beautiful, chubby porcelain doll leg given to me by my friend Kevin Fitzpatrick. The leg is mounted on a framed mirror and accompanied by a ceramic wing. The round element is a piece of woven plant material, and the support for the piece is a cabinet door.

Abstracted Angel is constructed from a board, a violin bow, a chain, a rusted metal piece, a fragment of an air conditioner unit and another piece of copper and tubing on board, and a furniture fragment. 21" x 70"

Lost in the Woods is about the human tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. We have all been broken and traumatized by the storm, and the lives which we once knew, symbolized by the flowers, gloves and beads, have been changed forever. The piece is comprised of a porcelain doll, silk flowers, mardi gras beads, beaded glove, fan blade and a recovered painting. 20" x 24"

The pieces following this post have been sold.

The Beginning II, from the Reliquary series, also began with the rescued collage of fossil and handmade paper from a gallery near the beach. 16" x 15" x 2". SOLD

The Beginning I 22" x24" x2" This piece, part of the Reliquary series, features a small collage made from a fossil, cloth, and handmade paper. This collage rode out Katrina in a gallery half a block from the beach in Bay St. Louis; I recovered it several weeks after the storm. In this incarnation, I have paired it with several pieces of plywood, enhanced with a stucco-lo=ike finish, and acrylic paint. SOLD

Jenny's Piece 3. SOLD

Jenny's Piece 2 SOLD

Jenny's Piece 1. SOLD

Jenny's Candle Holder. SOLD

Koi Pond features a panel from an antique Chinese wedding bed. It is mounted on a piece of rusty tin, a furniture fragment, and a painted metal platter. SOLD

Mumford Award for Peace. Recently, I was contacted by a representative of the national group Architects, Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility to create for them this year's Mumford Awards, which honors people and organizations that exemplify ADPSR’s goals of peace, preservation of the natural and built environment, and socially responsible development. I was thrilled to be able to accomodate them. SOLD

This first one was an especially enjoyable one for me to create, because of a story I will relate a few sentences down. I began the piece with the curved wood element which was once part of a rocking chair. It was given to me only recently by a friend who is still sorting through her debris. I mounted it upon a piece of elaborate moulding and suspended three pieces of metal from the wood. On the smallest disc is painted a symbol for peace, the Pax Cultura. There is a great story about this piece, too- about two weeks before I was first contacted by the group, my husband came to me with a small lump of rust in which was embedded the piece of turquoise from the shell on the environment award. I was really happy, because this piece of turquoise was the first thing we had found from the treehouse-I kept all my jewelry supplies up there, including a treasure of semi precious stones, amber and coral. I turned the lump of rust over to see the back side, and discovered that it had formed upon a small political pin which I had in my collection of campaign pins. It had the letters "ABR" in black on a white background, and it had been given to me, in the 1980s, by Dr. Helen Caldicott, a past winner of one of their peace awards! When I googled ADPSR and saw that she had been a recipient, I had to find a way to incorporate it in to the award. 10" x 13"

Wise Man is a piece done later in the series, when I was no longer focusing so intently on the storm. The owner of a local antique and gift store generously gave me permission to rummage through the rubble of her shop, and I emerged with several damaged figures. Wise Man is one of these, and is about finding pieces which fit well with another. It is composed of the plaster figure, a crushed basket, a decorative tin, and a piece of board. 21" x 21" SOLD

Mumford Award for Socially Responsible Development. It is composed from actual elements of a structure, as well as elements which remind us of graceful living in our homes. I formed the base of the piece from a fragment of a round, carved wooden bowl which rests upon two pieces of wood flooring. Three rusted doorplates form the vertical element of the piece, and resting on top of the plates is an architectural fragment. In front and center is a carved and painted wood finial which rests upon a napkin ring. Creating this piece, I reflected upon the challenges we face here on the coast as we struggle to rebuild after the storm. Our wetlands are beig threatened by overdevelopment, and our towns are in serious danger of losing the genuineness and charm which made us unique. The arched element at the top and the door plates represent our need for security in our homes, while the finial and napkin ring are symbolic of our spiritul need for beauty in our lives. 14" x 12" SOLD

Carved Cross features a lovely purchased cross mounted upon a painted wood bowl which came from a debris pile here in the Bay. SOLD

Third World starts with a doll that has been laying around since right after the storm.I paired it with another of those metal and parchment things, and adhered it to a fan blade and a battered metal vent cover. Two circular pieces of metal and a block of wood for the base complete the piece. SOLD

Kachina started with the leather and metal "head"which is actually a small drum. I paired it with an antique chopstick holder, the "arms" are fragments of small boxes, and the back pieces consist of a wood plate and the rusty front to a fan. SOLD

Sun God centers around the brass head with small chains. I placed it atop another metal fragment, and a copper fan, added the rusty door plate and the brass shoe and used a fragment of furniture for the support. SOLD

Cross on Metal starts with a purchased ceramic and metal cross.I layered it on a piece of painted metal, a beautifully patinaed piece of sheet copper and a battered paint tray holder. SOLD

A Cross for Susan. This piece was commissioned by Susan, a good friend of mine. She wanted it as a gift for her church in Grand Junction, Colorado. I was so happy to be able to make it for her, as Susan was a volunteer down here with the Red Cross after the storm. I have been lucky enough to get to know her on her subsequent trips back here, and was able to visit her in her home and meet her husband Brian and their two beautiful daughters. The piece was made from a damaged metal cross, a circular piece of wood from some piece of furniture (I think!) , a salvaged ceramic tile and a wooden board which I painted and distressed to match the tile. 8" x 11". SOLD

Celtic Cross starts with a purchased metal cross. I layered it with the lid to a small barrel, and two fragments of furniture. SOLD

Toolbox Mermaid is a fun piece which starts with a smashed drawer from a metal toolbox, a painted piece of metal and a Mexican tin mermaid from post-Katrina New Orleans. SOLD