A Maud Lewis insired coffee table. Surprisingly strong for the material, strong enough for a cat but not a dog.
dimensions are 11 X 22 x 33
2022
A SMALL TABLE WARPED TO MATCH THE 2D PERSPECTIVE OF A MATISSE PAINTING. THIS WAY I CAN ENJOY A PAINTERLY STILL LIFE BUT IN 3D.
DIMENSIONS ARE 19 X 11
2022
GREEN AND LILAC PAPER MACHE BREAD BASKET WITH AN ERGONOMIC THUMB INDENT.
2018
A SELF PORTRAIT OF ME COMPLAINING AT EVERY NEW CHANGE AND ONLY ENOUGH ROOM TO BRING MY HALF DEAD HOUSE PLANT WITH ME.
DIMENSIONS 25 X 25 X 15
2020
A PORTRAIT OF MY MOTHER AND HER PARROT.
IF YOU LEAVE HOME YOUR MOTHER WILL BE FORCED TO FILL THE VOID AND YOU MIGHT BE INSULTED BY WHAT SHE CHOOSES TO REPLACE YOU WITH, SO I DON’T RECOMMEND LEAVING HOME.
2020
MY HUSBAND AND I WERE LIVING IN A SMALL APARTMENT IN MEXICO AND PEOPLE ON OUR LITTLE STREET HAD AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF ANXIOUS GUARD DOGS THEY KEPT ON THEIR BALCONIES. BARKING DOGS ENDED UP BEING ONE OF THE MANY REASONS WE LEFT MEXICO EARLY, THEY BECAME ONE OF THE WAYS WE REMEMBER AND DEFINE OUR EXPERIENCES IN MEXICO, THE PLACES WHERE WE WERE OR WEREN’T ABLE TO SLEEP. THE WHOLE THING PEAKED FOR ME AFTER WALKING MY GROCERIES DOWN THE INTIMDATING CORRIDOR THAT WAS OUR STREET, TOTALLY OVERWHELMED AND EXHAUSTED; THEN I SEE THIS LUNATIC DOG NO BIGGER THAN 8 LBS. FORCING HIS HEAD THROUGH A TINY HOLE IN THE FENCE AND IT’S WEARING A PINK TODDLER JACKET AND IT HAS ONE GLASS EYE. I WATCHED HIM FOR A MOMENT AND REALLY LET IT SINK IN THAT HE ISN’T THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE HE BELONGS, I’M THE ALIEN HERE.
2023
I CALL THIS ONE “A PETTY MEMORIAL”. MY HUSBAND BROKE MY FAVOURITE PLATE SO I BUILT IT INTO THIS BEDSIDE STAND SO HE CAN SEE IT EVERY MORNING WHEN HE BRINGS ME MY COFFEE.
2023
PAPER MACHE COMMISSION PROJECT.
WHALE IN THE BAY OF FUNDY.
DIMENSIONS ARE 50 X 25 X 13
2022
MY THOUGHT PATTERNS LOOK A LOT LIKE THAT DUMB BIRD THAT FLEW INTO THE CIRCUS TENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SHOW AND IS FRANTICALLY TRYING TO FIND THE DOOR.
2019
AN ANIMAL HERE TO SERVE AND PERFORM.
DIMENSIONS 29 X 12 X 12
2021
PART OF A LARGER SERIES OF STORYTELLING PANELS IN THE WORKS.
DIMENSIONS 55 X 55 X 55
2019
INSPIRED BY THE FILM ‘DAISIES’.
13 X 17 X 10
2020
BACK WHEN FACEBOOK WAS NEW THERE WAS A WEBSITE THAT TOOK ALL YOUR STATUS UPDATES AND GENERATED A NEW STATUS UPDATE THAT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING YOU WOULD SAY. I GOT “WHY CAN’T I HOLD ALL THESE LIMES”. WHICH FELT EERILY ACCURATE TO SOMETHING I HAVE SAID WHEN I’M OVERCONFIDENT AT THE GROCERY STORE AND DON’T GRAB A BASKET BECAUSE “I’M JUST GRABBING TWO THINGS”, OR I HAVE EXISTENTIAL DREAD ABOUT THE DAUNTING TASK OF DISMANTLING CAPITALISM AND SAVING OUR CLIMATE. MY HANDS ARE SO SMALL AND I HAVE TROUBLE HOLDING IT ALL.
DIMENSIONS 10 X 8 X 5
2020
STILL LIFE ACCESSORIES
2023
MY CAT DOLLY WOULD GIVE ME DISAPPROVING LOOKS ANY TIME I WAS GETTING READY TO LEAVE THE HOUSE.
2023
I TOLD THE 6 YEAR OLD I WAS NANNYING THAT WHEN SHE ENTERED MY HOME TO HOLD THE CATS PAW GENTLY AND MAKE A WISH. THE CAT WAS ONLY A LITTLE BIT SHORTER THAN HER. CAN’T STATE ENOUGH HOW CHARMING THIS RITUAL WAS.
DIMENSIONS 35 X 13 X 10
2020
ANOTHER NICE CONTAINER TO LET MY HOUSE PLANTS DIE.
ABOUT 9'“ TALL
2020
I WATCHED HAL HARTLEY’S ‘THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH’ AND ‘ TRUST’ FOR THE FIRST TIME WITHIN WEEKS OF EACH OTHER AND HAD A BIG CRUSH ON ADRIENNE SHELLY.
2021
A LARGE ROOM DIVIDER INSPIRED BY THIS MATISSE PAINTING.
DIMENSIONS 56 X 40
2022