When life gives you lemons, draw them, 11 x 14 inches dry pastels, graphite on paper

"When life gives you lemons, draw them." (Nikki)

"Color! What a deep and mysterious language." (Paul Gauguin)

mosaic

Creative Minds 2023

Tuesday, August 15th, 2023

 

Cycad Leaf Fossil Chair, Homage to the history of Earth, 29 x 29 x 29 inches, refurbished vintage chair, woven canvas strips, plaster cured, sanded, carved, extinct Myalina fossils, acrylics, varnish, waxed. Functional, durable.

Cycad Leaf Fossil Chair, homage to the history of Earth, 29H x 29W x 29D inches up-cycled plastic vintage chair base, woven canvas strips, layers of plaster gradually cured, sanded and carved. Painted with acrylics, finished with varnish, and waxed to enhance colors. Functional art, very comfortable, durable.  Now being showcased at Creative Minds – 2023 exhibition, August 15 – Oct. 15, organized by Exhibizone and powered by @Biafarin platform.

       
  Starting to carve front right detail of Fossil Chair Cycad Fossil Chair, first paint application after first carved surface Fossil Chair, Homage to Earth and Trees, carved front left detail
  Fossil Chair, carved front right detail Fossilized Myalina shells and stones, back details of Fossil Chair Back details of Fossil Chair, fossilized shells and stones, painted patterns of Paleozoic Lepidodendron - first trees on Earth - bark with leaf scars
    Myalina Fossils I found in Dallas, Texas USA Encyclopedia Brittanica entry about the extinct Myalina fossil

Creative Minds 2023 Exhibizone - Biafarin certificateThe front of this chair is a rendition of the fossil of a Cycad leaf from the first species of palm-like trees that grew about 50 million years ago. The original Cycad leaf fossil was discovered in a Wyoming riverbed. The circumference on the back of this chair has an informal mosaic embedded with pebbles and authentic fossils of an extinct clam I found in a playground in the Dallas, Texas area.  The extinct genus of shells called Myalina are estimated to be 345 – 225 – million years old.
Completing the back of the chair, the surface is textured along with patterns of the bark and leaf scars of a fossilized Paleozoic Lepidodendron, a primitive species of the very first trees on earth, reaching heights of 130 feet (40 m) tall, with leaves that grew flat directly along the bark around 400 million years ago.

2D Pine Cone

Monday, April 12th, 2010

 

2D Pinecone, diagonal 24H x 24W x 1D inches, acrylics on woven canvas strips. Sold but can be replicated, allow 7 days before shipping

2D Pine Cone, diagonal 28 x 28 x 1 inches, acrylics on woven canvas strips, wrapped sides painted, signed on the back so as not to intrude on the design.

 

  Phase 01, weaving folded, ironed canvas strips Woven canvas strips, 24 x 24 inches

Pebbles, set of 4 Mosaics

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

 

Pebbles, mosaics, 4 of 4
Pebbles mosaics, 3 of 4
Pebbles, mosaic, 2 of 4
Pebbles, set of 4 Mosaics
Pebbles Mosaics – Part of the Zen Garden series. Set of four 8 x 10 x 1 inch mixed media on canvas, wrapped edges painted. Hand-made tiles, acrylics, varnished, and sides painted to look like more mosaic around the edges. The tiles are made of a trade-secret recipe, rolled out, cut and air-dried, then have many applications of acrylic paint and varnish.
Each piece in the set is different and can be placed in any order to create a pattern or pathway of “pebbles”. Very versatile, the four 8 x 10 inch mosaics are wired to be arranged on the wall in a number of ways, and changed for variety in decor or wall sizes: vertically, horizontally, in a square configuration or linear sideways or lengthwise.