Barrier Island II consists of a digital image of one of my paintings, fragments of a mixed media piece which was destroyed in the storm, building paper and a vinyl tile. 12" x 12"

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Armoire Angel, the fourth in the rescue series, incorporates a carved wooden angel and gold leafed decorative element mounted on two separate fragments of fine furniture. 20 1/2" x 24" SOLD

Angel in the Music Box is the third in the series about relief and rescue workers, and is composed of a carved wooden angel, a wooden box, sheet music, plywood, picture frame fragment and a metal platter. SOLD

Angel of the Storm is about the incredible relief workers who left their homes and families to come, often without pay, and help us here on the coast. On another level, it points to the reality of broken spirits as well as shattered lives. Katrina robbed us of much more than our houses. The plaster angel has been mounted on a heavy brass platter that was crushed by the immense power of the storm. Two crosses further the spiritual theme while broken plywood, ripped fabric, battered plywood and stained grass mats comprise the rest of the piece. 30" x 40"

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Angel of the Pink Wings is about all the search and rescue people who risked their lives to aid people trapped in the path of the storm. Members of local fire and police forces stayed on the job throughout the long hours of Katrina. The piece is comprised of a salvaged, mud stained angel, a fragment of an antique piece of furniture, a chair seat, and wooden wings. 50" x 21" SOLD

Angel of St. Rose speaks to the strength of the St. Rose de Lima community in Bay St. Louis. The church survived with very little damage, and members of the church’s incredible choir were raising their voices in song again very soon after the storm. This piece is composed of a battered, metal and glass angel, a scratched piece of glass, and two separate frames which I salvaged. 24" x 30"

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Heron FE Fe references a beautiful painting which I was lucky enough to own for 15 years. The original FE Fe (Iron Faith) was a non-representational piece painted by my cousin Todd Christensen, whom I have long admired. The basic configuration of the circle on top of the rectangle is borrowed from Todd, while the vertical element and the heron head are my contributions. The heron and the disk are metal, the horizontal element is a fragment of a table, and the vertical element is a piece of battered siding. 31" x 20" SOLD

Nippon Saint II was created from a broken piece of Japanese ceramics, an old door plate, a salvaged cupboard handle, a wood platter and a Mardi Gras face. SOLD

Nippon Saint I was created from a wood platter, an old door plate, a broken piece of Japanese ceramics, part of a cupboard handle, and a mardi gras face. Sold

Angel Delorosa (Sorrowful Angel) is a poignant piece with an interesting story. The face of the angel is another of those remnants from some of my mardi gras stash, and it is surrounded by a "halo" of a metal napkin ring which formerly sported a fleur de lis. The body of the angel is the handle to a metal basket, and the damaged wings are from another angel who is forever lost to Hurricane Katrina. The angle is affixed to an antique (I think) mirrored candle sconce, which is adhered to a metal Mexican frame which I picked up in Louisiana a few months ago. The story is that when I stopped at this Mexican import shop and bought this damaged, rusted frame with the tile inserts, the owner of the shop just happened to mention that some of his merchandise, including this frame, had been damaged when Hurricanes Katrina, then Rita, wreaked havoc upon the merchandise he stored outside. 19" x 23" SOLD

Zodiac Cat is so named because the small platter which forms a halo around his head has the signs of the zodiac on it. The cat itself is painted and carved wood which may have been a bookend, and it is mounted upon a tray covered in faux alligator skin. This is a fun piece. 10" x 16" SOLD

Harlequin is another of those pieces which took months to put together-about a year, actually. I must have tried pairing the figure with dozens of different elements, and never could find the right combination. The figure is resting inside a broken ceramic goblet which is a recent acquisition; people are still dropping debris off for me, and this was one of those gifts. The goblet sits inside a damaged box lined with a scrap of a rug which I found on the beach in Clermont Harbor a couple of months after the storm. A metal knob ornaments the top of the box, which is affixed to a purchased metal picture frame decorated with another scrap of the rug from the beach. 13" x 11" x 5" SOLD

Fisherman is a whimsical piece which starts with a painted metal pelican which I salvaged from Pam and Joy's shop, Twin Light Creations, in Old Town Bay St, Louis. With a bill full of fish, he rests inside the lid to a wicker chest. 18" x 13" x 10" SOLD

Revenge of the Rooster is a whimsical piece I made from a charger plate, the door to a kitchen cupboard, a cigar box, three voodoo dolls which came from the mud in my back yard, and a metal rooster that I salvaged from the debris of an antique store in Bay St. Louis. SOLD

Arch Saint III was fashioned from a piece of architectural salvage, a piece of scrap plywood, cloth from a debris pile, matboard wings, polymer face, and more cloth for the hair. SOLD

Arch Saint II was created from a piece of architectural salvage, a couple of pieces of scrap plywood, wings I cut out from matboard, debris cloth, a polymer face, and a piece of salvaged metal with another small polymer face attached. SOLD

Arch Saint I was created from a piece of architectural salvage, some wire with salvaged cloth wrapped around it, the inlaid lid to a wood box, a face made from polymer clay, and a halo of metal and a piece of mirror glass. SOLD

The Marsh is a special piece. It started when my friend Dwight Isaacs of Shabby Chic in Bay St. Louis brought me the piece of sheet metal. It was a "thundermaker" from the old Bay St Louis Little Theatre, which was obliterated in Katrina. The thundermaker had been given to Dwight by our mutual friend Jerry Dixon, longtime gallery owner in Bay St. Louis. I was represented by Jerry's gallery, Serenity, for my first five years in the Bay. The sheet metal is layered with one of the paintings which I rescued from Jerry'sold building, and the metal egret came from an antique store which used to be on the beach in the Bay. The support for the piece is the top to an old table. 19" x 28" SOLD

Untitled. This piece needs no name. It portrays what our home looked like for months after Katrina. 20" x 32" x 15" SOLD

Trivet Angel started with what is left of a trivet from my friend Brenda's kitchen. It serves as a frame for a purchased wooden angel I painted, and a pair of wooden wings. They are mounted on a fragment of a chess board. 7" x 11" SOLD

Top of the Morning makes me laugh. It is created from a crazy copper rooster mounted upon a decorative birdhouse embellished with a tarnished metal fleur de lis and a smashed copper colander. It is free standing. 12" x 17" x 9" SOLD

Shore Bird features a carved and painted wooden bird mounted upon a painted wood fragment, a rusty piece of metal, a fragment of a wicker dresser, and another piece of woven reed. 24" x 21". SOLD

Rain Deer starts with a metal deer which is layered upon another piece of metal and two pieces of wood. 16" x 16" SOLD

Merman starts with a metal drawer from a tool box, an aluminum platter which shows severe salt water damage, and a Mexican tin Merman from post-Katrina New Orleans. SOLD 7/08

Joyous Angel was formed from a broken ceramic angel, a metal lid to a decorative box, a smashed can, fragments of wood trim and a wooden tile. 16" x 16" SOLD

Isis is named after the Egyptian goddess who was often pictured with ram's horns. This piece is constructed from the leg to a piece of fine furniture and another semi-circular fragment of wood, two curved and formed pieces of metal, a polished glass orb, a gold painted corner embellishment from a picture frame, a copper bracelet, an eastern pendant on a copper chain, and a gothic-shaped arch from post-Katrina Louisiana. The support is another furniture fragment. 22" x 41" SOLD

Old World Cross is made from a fan blade, a silver platter, a sanding wheel, a fragment of a picture frame and a purchased metal cross. 22" x 24" SOLD

Heavy Metal Egret is created around what is left of a metal egret from a store in Bay St. Louis. It is layered upon a battered piece of plywood, a metal form and the lid to a barrel of some kind, and a piece of metal shelving. The "wings" are the supports for the shelf. 44" x 17" SOLD

Grace is made from a furniture leg, an abused silver trivet, a fine furniture fragment, and three pieces of decorative metal. SOLD

Good Dog Bad Dog IV consists of a wooden drawer front, an oval piece of metal and another of those wonderful metal pieces from a debris pile in Bay St. Louis. 29" x 12" SOLD

Found Again. My friend Maria had given me this plaster relief which had been made by her husband. I found it in the debris behind the remains of my studio, paired it with a piece of tile and part of a picture frame, and mounted it on a piece of wood. It has found its way back home to Maria. SOLD

East Wind is comprised of a fan blade, a tin tile, a metal sun face, a charger, and a circular wire rack. SOLD

Altar is a free standing piece which I put together from an iron stand, a purchased wooden angel with a head from the debris piles behind my studio, a fragment of a picture frame and a knob from a drawer. 15" x 13" x 3" deep. SOLD

Spring 2006 is about the relief we all felt when the foilage began returning and covering up all the ugliness left behind by Katrina. It is made from a mardi gras doll, some acrylic wings, nails, rusty wire and decorative mirrored shutter. SOLD

The Hand of Time is about the human desire to stop time, and nature's refusal to listen. The piece consists of a metal hand from India, mounted on a carved metal plate, which rests on a painted metal bowl. These elements are accompanied by a time worn sea shell, and all of the elements are mounted on a piece of building tin. SOLD

Complements is composed from a broken piece of pottery, an aluminum charger, and a painted piece of board. 13" x 19" SOLD

Fairy Rings is composed of a muslin doll body to which a small porcelain head has been attched, wings made of plaster, a rusted tin tray, a chair back, and two coasters adorned with cowrie shells. SOLD

Ancient Angel starts with a small print. It is envloped on gold ribbon and secured under a beveled piece of glass. Mounted on an acrylic charger and a piece of moulding, the piece is wrapped in more of the gauzy ribbon. 25" x 22" SOLD

Three Elements is put together from a broken glass vase, a door to a cabinet, the top and bottom of a candy dish, and pieces of building metal. SOLD

Rusty Garden is fashioned from some of my favorite pieces of debris. I was immediately captivated by the rusted screen which serves as the support for the piece, and fell in love with the flattened wastebasket the minute I laid eyes upon it. The square piece of wood acts as a physical support for the piece, and the battered gold frame is the perfect surround for the image of the Garden of Eden. 34" x 34" SOLD

Prayer is composed from two beautiful fragments of fine furniture, a Methodist hymnal, a wooden hand, and an old Italian rosary. 50" x 21" x10" deep. Sold

Silhouette is one of those pieces which took months to put together. I found the exquisite pottery sherd months ago, and could never find the right elements with which to pair it. I found the concave piece of acrylic in a parking lot of a destroyed gas station on the one year anniversary of the storm, as I was waiting for the CBS crew to drive over from New Orleans. A can of pink spray paint and a slver plated bowl completed the piece. 17" x 14" SOLD

Stained Glass Angel comprises a battered, painted wooden angel, a distressed piece of stained glass, and a metal container lid. 14" diameter SOLD

Lady, Waiting began with the unusually shaped fragment of a table which I found lying in the ditch near my home. The image from an old masters painting was gleaned from a magazine cover which somehow survived a 35 foot storm surge, and the piece is finished with a kitchen cupboard door, small decorative frames, beaded baskets, coins, metal, and faux “jewels” befitting a lady. 24" x 24" SOLD

Gabriel’s Butterfly features a mask by New Orleans mask maker Gabriel Q. It incorporates a handwritten story about the artist, as well as various pieces of metal, wood, fabric, mardi gras beads, and handmade paper. I don’t know when we will see butterflies around here again, but it will be a joy when they reappear. 17" x 50" SOLD

Asian Symphony is composed from parts to a violin, an antique Chinese panel, a bamboo platter, and two cupboard doors. SOLD

Twenty Nine is one of the first pieces completed, and symbolizes both the eye of the storm as it made its way up the Pearl River, and the date when our lives were shattered. It is comprised of a digital image of my eye, fragments from two different mixed media pieces, metal, a stone, building paper, and a cupboard door. 24" x 18" SOLD

Blossom Dance is built around two panels from an antique Chinese wedding bed. They are mounted on a piece of a chair, a gold charger and a panel of wood. 17" x 19" SOLD

Amonite Angel is an abstracted human form which features a fossilized ammonite, with its counter clockwise rotational scheme. I am not sure what the central piece of carved wood really is, or where I picked it up-as we approach the year anniversary of the storm, I am begining to forget the source of many of the pieces of debris. Polymer wings and a cowl made from a fragment of a wooden bowl and two battered pieces of plywood complete the piece. 13" x 20" SOLD

Reliquary Angel I 15" x 7". This is a piece in the Reliquary series which also incorporates storm debris. I purchased the angel and the glass, but all three of the wood elements are from debris piles. To see more pieces in the reliquary series, please follow the link above. SOLD