An Empty Box 11" x 14" SOLD

Inner Music was created from a piece of plywood, some metal straps, a portion of a picture frame, a piece from a n accordian I dug out of a debris pile, a purchased window guard, the grate from a Weber grill, a scrap piece of metal and a mold of a human figure made from Paperclay. SOLD

Gibson Girl is one of those pieces which amuses me because of the unlikely mix of elements. The bust is of plastic and sits inside of a silver gravy server which in turn is mounted in another silver platter. They rest upon a piece of heavily textured glass which is adhered to the inside of a small drawer to a jewelry box. For some reason I did not capture the color with my camera-the bust is painted to reflect the color of the tarnished silver, and the box has been painted a rich maroon. SOLD

Bavarian Angel consists of a wooden, hand painted angel mounted upon a wooden plate from Europe and the face of a clock. SOLD

Gustav/ Three SOLD

Gustav/ Medicine Man SOLD

Gustav/ Art and Soul 2 sold

Gustav/ Art and Soul 1 SOLD

Heat of Dixie began with a piece of debris which I have handled dozens of times, waiting to find a place for it. I am not sure what this is, that forms the body of the figure; a knife case perhaps? It is badly damaged, and held together by several coatings of a medium. I rested it upon a purchased metal cross and sandwiched in between is an Alabama license plate. The face and "crown" are of polymer clay. SOLD 7/08

Heart of Dixie began with the beautifully rusted license plate, which I mounted on a couple of pieces of scrap board. The body was made from a tassle which came from the debris of an antiques store, the arms are made from another scrap of wood, the face is a salvaged porton of a mardi gras necklace, and the hair is a fragment of cheesecloth from one of my workshops. SOLD

Seed Pod Saint III was composed from two pieces of scrap plywood, an intriguing seed pod, a face of polymer clay and some wings I cut out of matboard. 8" x 9" SOLD

Seed Pod Saint I was created from two pieces of scrap plywood, a seed pod, two wings cut out from matboard, and a head of polymer clay. 12" x 5" SOLD

Angel with a Silk Scarf was created from a piece of scrap plywood, a scrap of canvas, a decorative ceiling tile, door hardware, wood candle holder, pieces of silk torn from a pillow which I recovered from a debris pile in the Bay, and a face I made from polymer clay. 16" x 18" SOLD

Timeless Angel was composed from a fragment of fine furniture, a portion of a picture frame, an old clock face, feather wings, iron halo with Chinese characters, a polymer face and a tin ceiling tile. SOLD

Dragonfly Angel was created from a small cutting board, several glass "river stones", a torn up placemat from the debris outside a store in Bay St Louis, a wire and glass dragonfly, and a face I made from polymer clay. SOLD to a sweet woman in Rome, Georgia.

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Cynthia's Angel was created for a Texas couple whom I met recently. We fast became friends, and I wanted to show them some support in their courageous battle with cancer. The strength of people like Cynthia and Royce never ceases to amaze me.

Joe's Lantern was created for one of the volunteers who helped Cairo and I build our new house. Joe, Jay and Ellen braved spiders, wasps and who knows what else as they installed all new lighting fixtures in my barn.

Sandpaper Angel was created for my friends Pat and Leverne Hendricks. Leverne left his home in Pennsylvania for over two years on the coast, helping people rebuild their homes-and his lovely wife Pat let him!

Green Leaf Angel is a very small piece formed from a tiny acrylic angel, a pottery sherd, an acrylic leaf and a piece of a broken wooden bowl. SOLD

Survivors Guilt has several layers of meaning. It is composed from an old clock, a doll, three porcelain heads, two copper fans, three pieces of clay, and beer caps. 13" x 21" x 5" SOLD

Nautilus Amulet is another one of those amazing finds. My husband had cut the nautilus shape from a piece of copper several months before the storm, and I had hung the strings of beads and charms. It showed up in the debris months after the storm. It is mounted on a rusted piece of painted meatal, a painted charger and a piece of plywood. Three pennies with the "Katrina Patina" complete the piece. SOLD

Squash Blossom Opera incorporates a chair back which was given me by Mrs. Ott of Waveland Avenue, a stringed musical instrument, a copper fan given to me by Dwight from Shabby Chic in Bay St. Louis, a door plate, several pennies, and several turquoise and silver pieces from a squash blossom necklace which survived Katrina in the woods behind my studio. SOLD

Circles of Life is made from a wooden angel, a decorative metal piece and a wooden tile. 16" x 16". SOLD

New Growth is a piece that is symbolic of our emergence from the long Katrina winter. The vines with green leaves that are curling behind this angel indicate our hope for the future. This piece is composed from a wooden angel, a chipped ceramic piece, and a painted piece of wood. SOLD

The Blues features another piece of that lovely painted plywood. I'll hate to see it all used up. This time, it is paired with a fragment of fine furniture, the silver colored lid to a small jewelry box, and an acrylic blue face. 13" x 14" SOLD

Heavenly Music features a ceramic angel and two fragments of furniture 18" x 18" SOLD

Storm Surge is composed from a painted piece pf plywood, a metal basket, a rusty circular saw blade, a piece of tin, and a painted, damaged wooden manequin. This piece is about our flight from the water on August 29. We left so many parts of our lives behind, as symbolized by the detached wooden leg of the figure. 27" x 15" SOLD

Zodiac features three removable neck pieces. It was created from two pieces of plywood supports which were covered with a variety of hand made papers and coated with medium. The face of the figure was formed from polymer clay and painted with acrylics, and mounted on top of a brass crab which my friend Brenda recovered from her property after Katrina. The Body was once a tin ceiling tile that graced a house in pre-Katrina New Orleans. The arms are fragments of one of my bracelets which my husband found in the back almost a year after Katrina, and the leaves were taken from a smashed basket. The neck pieces include beads of stone, glass, and acrylic, as well as African brass kirdi beads and African trade beads, and a Chinese coin. 28" x 28" Other pieces in this series of wall art/wearable art may be seen at my other blog at: http://gordonmixedmedia.blogspot.com. SOLD

Wild Angel was composed from a piece of flooring from my friends Paul and Stella LaViolette's home in Waveland, a piece of scrap plywood, a rusty and twisted piece of metal, the leg to a chair, a face made of polymer clay, and raffia. SOLD

Mardi Gras Jester started with a mardi gras doll on a stick which was found be a friend in Biloxi. When she returned to her home in California, she mailed the doll to me. I paired it with a fan blade, a triangular box, and two pieces of plywood. 22" x 24" SOLD

Gulf Coast Heron is created from a furniture fragment, a charger plate, a painted piece of tin, and the head and neck to a metal egret. SOLD

Darling Saint was created from a salvaged tin sign, a piece of painted plywood and a carved wooden Virgin of Guadelupe which found its way to me from Mexico, via Rhode Island. SOLD

Copper Beach was made from a lid to a copper box with a raised shell, a copper platter, a furniture fragment and a charger plate. SOLD

Angel with a Basket was a piece that was waiting to be made for a long time. I found this beautifully crushed metal and wicker basket very soon after the storm, and could never find its companion elements. I have paired it with a furniture fragment and a carved Mexican angel I picked up in New Orleans. SOLD

Cross for Dianna was a commission from a sweet woman in Texas whose church has been involved with relief work on the coast. She wanted to present the piece as a gift to her church from herself and her husband, who had made several trips to my area. The piece is composed from a wood platter, a scrap of plywood painted with the church's disaster relief symbol, and a ceramic cross. SOLD

Cairo's Egret is about all the time my husband spent feeding a great white egret out on our pier, before Katrina. It had become a several times daily ritual which we all loved. The piece is made from a salvaged piece of board, a wooden tray, several coins that I dug out of the mud behind my slab, several pieces of tin, and the beautiful, rusted metal egret. 18" x 44" SOLD

Instruments was made from a violin neck, part of a guitar body, a small instrument from another country, a brass hotplate, two pieces of scrap wood and a wooden shutter. 18" x 30"

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Milagro Cross is made from a wooden cross I picked up in New Mexico, windshield glass, a copper tray lined with a mirror, and beer caps. 11" x 16' SOLD

Five Fish is put together from some steel fish, a painted metal sheet, and a metal platter. 16" x 21" SOLD

Angel on the Green is small and simple, composed from a small angel, an acrylic bowl and a wooden platter. 14" x 7" SOLD

Copper Cross is composed from a rusty metal cross, a bent copper picture frame, a cabinet door and a charger. 15" x 16" SOLD

Dakota Rose is made from a metal platter, a wood platter, a ceramic torso and head, a strip of metal and a beaded headdress. 12" x 16" SOLD

Dog House starts with a wooden tile upon which is layeres a house-shaped picture frame, a piece of rusty shelving, and a metal, anatomically correct dog. 17" x 17" SOLD

Face behind the Cross is composed from a plaster and mirrored cross, a plastic handle, a photograph, and two serving platters. 12" x 15" SOLD

Good Dog Bad Dog 3 is made from a metal rack featuring two dogs and a fire hydrant, a sanding disk, ceramic tiles, fragments of a drawer and a wooden tile. 21" x 17" SOLD

Japanese Doll features an antique Japanese doll given me by a friend who found it in a debris pile, a fan blade, the drawer to a wicker desk, two pieces of brass, two mirror tiles and two ceramic faces. 23" x 24" SOLD

Chicken in the Flowers is composed from a wire mesh chicken, a wooden something or other, and some plastic and metal flowers and leaves. 13" x 26" x 18" deep. SOLD

Destruction/Deconstruction is a mantle clock which is in pretty much the same configuration as when I found it-I removed most of the mud and the glued the elements in place. 17" x 21" SOLD

Blue Bell, Patron Saint of Redneck Bars is a fun piece that came together very easily. The figure of the woman is mounted upon a baking tray, and is surrounded by what is left of a wrecked painting, two pieces of furniture fragments, a "halo" of metal, two wings, and a plastic cherub. The support for the piece is a fragment of painted plywood. 26" x 40" SOLD

Heron and Fleur de Lis is about two of the reasons that I love the area in which I live- the abundant wildlife of the wetlands, and their proximity to my favorite city. A damaged wood carving of a blue heron, a couple of pieces of bamboo, and a ceiling tin with a raised fleur de lisare supported by a bamboo tray from my house. 14" x 19" SOLD

My friend Nan purchased this piece, and wrote a beautiful poem about it. She and her husband have relocated to Florida, but they have left a part of their lives behind like so many other people. We miss our friends who could not stay after Katrina ripped their lives apart-but we are so grateful for their continued presence in our lives. Here is Nan's poem:

FOR LORI

The blue heron stands proudly, bamboo legs spread.
Behind it, a raised fleur de lisle on a foliage-green background
is attached to a rattan tray.
From the chair where I sit beside a lamp in my house of exile
the piece looks somewhat surreal.
I see a moonlight-like shimmer beneath the heron on the left-hand side.
Stop. Wait. Look closely.
The fleur de lisle is a piece of ceiling tile.
The tile is bent, so the lamplight’s spill results in the illusion of the moonlight shimmer.
The paint has been worn away from the heron’s side
as if it had been beaten by a brutal, uncaring Mother Nature,
and the basket is broken, with missing spikes.
The piece reminds us that Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on the Mississippi
Coast,
leaving it -- and us -- battered and bruised.
The piece has been fashioned of found remnants of people’s lives --
mourned, regretted, lost forever.
But we cherish it,
because it also reminds us
that we have spent our lives celebrating the artists
who create order out of chaos --
beauty out of destruction.