Accordion Book - The Deep Blue

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This book is devoted to the deep blue ever changing beauty of the Pacific Ocean along the Costa Rican coastline. On clear days the Pacific can be seen from the middle of the country atop the continental divide in the Monte Verde cloud forest. The deep blue is always a source of intense attraction.

5" x 7" acrylic and mixed media $125

La Coneja en el Tutu Rosado

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I have been told there are rabbits in Costa Rica although I have yet to see one especially in a pink tutu.
6" x 8" acrylic and mixed media $60

Postcard Case

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This is the handmade case to house the prior 10 postcards. The metal piece on the cover is a Costa Rican street find conveniently flattened by autos. It fits on the cover perfectly.

5" x 7" mixed media $150 with ten postcards

Collage - "Girl with a Pearl Earring"

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This Vermeer painting is among my favorite works of art along with pieces by Diebenkorn, Rackstraw Downs, Helen Frankenthaler, Joseph Cornell, . . . . . .
4" x 6" mixed media $20

Collage - "Horizontals"

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This postcard is a study devoted to horizontals with a nod to Costa Rica in the pressed leaf.

4" x 6" mixed media $20

Collage - "Deep Play"

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This postcard shows the face of an impassioned artist that I use to represent all artists at the delicious moments when we are totally absorbed and in deep play about our insights. The cat and the scribble speak of the mystery and the initial scramble of emotions just before they jell in the action of the creative process.
4" x 6" mixed media $20

Collage - "Contrary Odalisques"

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In this collage Matisse's odalisque is observing her sisters in Costa Rica. Matisse rendered this beauty more as an idea of a person rather than a specific one. In Costa Rica the dark-eyed, dark-haired beauties are everywhere and are specific individuals: chatting incessantly on cellulars while struggling with skin-tight jeans, towering high heels and babes in arms. Matisse's luxe, calme et volupte is a contrary and welcome view.

4" x 6" mixed media $20

Collage - "Mozart in San Jose"

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God directing Mozart who in turn directs those Beethoven birds I painted two weeks ago. You can expect the unexpected in this country starting with the 9" diameter Hibiscus growing on the patio. And, si, there is a genus of Cardinal that lives in South America. This one got blown off course in Costa Rica before resuming flight.

4" x 6" mixed media $20

Collage - "Talking Shops"

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Detroit, Michigan has a huge art scene so I like to give credit when I can. This postcard was from Talking Shops. Otherwise, just a fun collage reworking and painting.

4" x 6" mixed media $20

Collage - "Pensive Trilogy"

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Another composition in the yellow, rusty, tan family. The visual is drawn with the images that have captured my imagination and that I have collected over the years.

4" x 6" mixed media $20

Collage - "Rhapsody in Yellow and Gold"

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A calm image of enjoyment among the colors of yellows, golds and browns.
4" x 6" mixed media $20

Collage - "Venus Visits the Pacific"

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This Venus on the half shell could be located anyplace along the Atlantic or Pacific beaches in Costa Rica, a backpacker perhaps enjoying the sun and especially the surf. The bikini must have been swept to sea. Lots of fancy shoes in this country and plenty of fresh fruit. Hm-m-m-m-m sounds like a paradise. The basis for this postcard is a past announcement of a show at the Cass Cafe in Detroit. A place with great art shows, in addition to food and synergy.

4" x 6" mixed media $20

Collage - "WonderWoman"

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Wonder Woman to the rescue. Fear is a thing of the past. This postcard is from a prior show at Work Detroit located on Woodward Ave. and Martin Luther King Blvd.

4" x 6" mixed media $20

Neighborhood Musicians - Penaris Barrio

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There are always a number of birds around and about in our neighborhood. Some are screeching parrots who fly in packs and appear to be having a grand time diving from tree to tree. Then there are the grackles who make the most complex combination of sounds. The flock of birds in this painting stopped me in my tracks one morning with the coordinated and dramatic development of their notes.

5" x 7" acrylic and string on archival masonite board $50

Boxed Set Postcard Enclosure

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This folding box along with the ten prior postcards as a set.

4.5" x 6.5" mixed media with art paper $150

Collage - Detroit Tigers

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During the December/January holidays the local fruit and vegetable market, Zapote, is turned into a popular carnival. The billed attraction is the "Bull Fights" which means . . . guys having had mucho beer and muy gusto jump into a ring with bulls and pull their tail. This is a lot of fun for the audience and "drunks" until the bulls, who didn't get the memo, become pissed and charge.

4" x 6" mixed media $20

Collage - Venice

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This then represents a dream scape of Venice. A city I have only visited through lectures, essays, novels, films and photographs. Being an armchair tourist I have been an admirer of her architecture forever as it is some of the best in Italy. The figure represents the charm, the intoxication and mystery always associated with Venice.

4" x 6" mixed media one-sided $20

Collage - Carte Postale

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This card is a reminder to all of you snow bound bunnies that the sun does exist. It is currently warming the sands and the deep blue along the southern Pacific in Costa Rica where birds and flowers are engaged in a minute by minute performance art.

4" x 6" mixed media $20

Collage - Cass Cafe

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A one-sided collage on a prior Cass Cafe Gallery show announcement .Cass Cafe is a great place in the heart of Detroit's Cultural Center. Food is consistently good and the changing art shows are some of the best in the city.

4" x 6" - mixed media $20

Collage - French Vanilla

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This then is another statement about my daily life. The flowers being a continuous presence in this beautiful lush country of Costa Rica with a nod to our five volcanoes and frequent earthquake tremors. Coffee is enjoyed in the morning while tea is the afternoon choice.

4" x 6" - mixed media - two-sided $20

Collage - "Lost Detroit"

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Two sides to this card. It is from: www.lostdetroit.com "Lost Detroit" tells the stories behind 12 of the city's most beautiful forgotten landmarks. Nature is returning to irreplaceable architecture that is now in ruins.

4" x 6" mixed media two-sided $20

Collage - Floating

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A one-sided card given over to the sensation of floating. Can be quite calming.
The flip side announces the "techno rebels," a renegade electronic funk group. This sounds like another kind of floating and probably not calming.

4" x 6" mixed media one-sided $20