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Twenty-seventh Series: See Me Tell Me Nomad, edition 5.
Instead of being something to keep this work wants to wander around. If you collect a Nomad, sign and date the sheet inside and record your pick-up here on this blog with a comment below. Then take the Nomad with you for awhile and put it in a new location somewhere else in the subway system for another collector to pick up. This work is a cross between a message in a bottle and a geocaching travel bug. Let’s see if we can keep it going all over New York. The Nomads consist of a 3 ¾ inch x ½ inch diameter plastic tube with a black top. There is a magnet glued to the back of the work and there is red string tied to the top of the tube. So you can either hang the work or attach it to a metal surface when you send it along. The Nomads were started on January 15, 2011 in New York City.

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Twenty-sixth Series: Subway Saints, NYC edition 20, "e" edition 50. People riding the subway are in an ethereal acquiescent perfect state. They are waiting with great faith to be taken to their destination and are calm and quiet during their journey – for the most part. While sitting across from them I was inspired to photograph some of the more beatific and make them into art. For this series I took their faces and sewed them into a book of hours accordion style book. This series consists of a 2 x 1 x ¾ inch clear or colored plastic box, my printed photographs, images stolen from art history, rice paper, beads, glitter, a magnet, and thread. They will be placed from January 15-February 7, 2011 in New York. A special "e" edition of the saints will be placed in Paris and London from March 25-April 4.
Did you see one? Email Me.

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Twenty-fifth Series: See Me Color Matching My World, edition 100.
Armed with a pantone book, my little notebook, and with a nod to Spencer Finch I set out to specifically identify the colors I come across. I took photographs of scenes and then noted the time, date, and location. Then I PMSed (color matched) the most interesting color in the scene. Sometimes that hue is the dominate color, sometimes it is a tiny accent or an accidental color. These works consist of a 3 ½ x 2 inch glassine envelope with a color specifier chip attached to the lower right corner of the outside of the envelope and silver glitter on the lower left corner. Inside is a photograph of the scene and on the verso a second image of the scene and a second specifier chip with the title of the series, the edition number, the date and location of the photograph, and the PMS match description. The envelope is sealed with a little sticker of a photograph of my eye. These works will be placed between December 15, 2010–January 29, 2011.

Did you see one? Email Me.

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Twenty-fourth Series: Little Monsters, ed. 13
You know those great 19th and early 20th century neo-Romanesque / Gothic ornaments of faces and gargoyles you see on the buildings all over New York? Love them!! I have been known to climb up to the upper stories of nearby buildings just to get a look. I imagine them patiently watching the city evolve and coming to life when we are not looking. So I gathered together a selection of these images and some of their antecedents and made them all into little monsters by adding mouths, tongues, and bindings. These works consist of a 3 ½ x 2 inch poly bag, red wrapping paper, Japanese paper, string, thread, ribbon, sequins, and beads. And while these works look great tucked away in their baggies they are also wonderful when removed so you can see what is inside! They will be placed between December 15, 2010–January 4, 2011. Did you see one? Tell me!

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Twenty-third Series: Artists’ Birthdays, December, ed. 26, one for each artist
This series is a celebration of artists I admire on their birthdays. Each collage consists of a 2 x 3 ½ inch poly bag a selection of images and details of images by the artist, a note on the artist or their quotes, and specific colored sequins. On verso is the name of the artist, title of series, edition number, and address of the blog. The artists were born on the following December days - 1st Minoru Yamasaki, 2nd Georges Seurat, 3rd Gilbert Stuart, 4th Wassily Kandsinsky, 5th Walt Disney, 6th Alfred Eisenstaedt, 7th Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 8th Aristide Maillol, 9th Roy deCarava, 10 Roger Brown, 11th Mark Tobey, 12th Edvard Munch, 15th Ray Eames, 16th Edward Ruscha, 17th Paul Cadmus, 18th Paul Klee, 20th Calvert Vaux, 21st Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone, 22nd Jean-Michel Basquiat, 23rd John Marin, 24th Joseph Cornell, 25th Paul Manship, 28th Stan Lee, 29th David Alfaro Siqueiros, 30th W. Eugene Smith, and 31st Henri Matisse. Did you see one? Tell me.

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Twenty-second Series: bound alphabet, edition 26.
Wrapping, binding and tying and is a method used by outsider and visionary artists as well artists of the Congo and ancient Egypt. In each case the string, rope, thread, ribbon, amulets and trinkets threaded in and among the windings attract and concentrate spiritual power within the object empowering it to fulfill its intended purpose. Make a wish. Each collage consists of a 2 x 3 ½ inch poly bag, a refrigerator magnet letter, found and purchased string or floss, beads, buttons, sequins, and other various objects. During the process the letter was photographed and a color xerox was made on Japanese paper and placed in the background. On verso is the signifier letter, title of series, edition number, and address of the blog. These collages were created alphabetical order will be placed in alphabetical order December 2-5, 2010 in New York. Did you see one? Tell me.

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Twenty-first Series: ARTFOREVERLOVESEEMETELLME, edition 10. This little series is the result my discovering, staring at, and researching various Yayoi Kusama works. I am a huge fan of the obsessive nature of art making. I get caught up in the inception of the project, the defining of the goals of the work, the rigorous gathering of the materials, the intense happy almost mindless creation of the work, and the release. In this mode I decided to make a tribute work of my own to Miss Kusama the ultimate obsessed artist. These works directly reference her airmail sticker series. Each collage consists of a 2 x 3 ½ inch poly bag, stickers of the word ART in various fonts, colors, and sizes in 5 layers, punctuated with a drift of silver glitter. On verso is the signifier word, title of series, edition number, and address of the blog. Signifier words for this series are: accumulation, fireflies on the water, happenings, infinity, mania, kusamatrix, obsession, polka dot princess, repetition, and self-obliteration. These collages will be placed November 26-28, 2010 in New York. Did you see one? Tell me.

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Twentieth Series: First Homage to Joseph Cornell.

I particularly adore Cornell. Of all his series some of the simplest and amazing are his galaxy or constellation works. The edition will be 10. They consist of a stark adobe window through which a dark dark night sky is viewed sprinkled with stars individually and in clusters. So I decided to make my own galaxies as my first homage to Cornell. The work consists of a round plastic box 1 inch tall by 1 1/4 inches in diameter with a slide-on lid. Inside I have brushed the walls of the box with gesso to approximate the adobe. Beyond that I have painted the indigo sky speckled with stars. A ceramic face was placed in the lower right corner and a drift of sand and one bead in the bottom. On the outside sealing the box is the information label with the title, edition number, and blog address. On the verso is a magnet as these works will be placed on metal. Did you see one? Tell me.

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Nineteenth Series: See Me Tell Me Shifts. It’s the end of summer. Time to put away all your sundresses and get out your wool sweaters. This series was started during fashion week and will be finished just as it starts to snow. These little dresses are decorated with the patterns I find in the museums, galleries, and art fairs I visit as well as the images I find on the street. 100 will be made. They will be placed October-December, 2010 in New York. Each collage consists of a 4 1/2 x 2 1/4 inch piece of cloth or japanese paper or found cloth scraps cut in the shape of a shift or sundress. The image is heat transferred on to the surface and the dress is hung on a handmade wire hanger. On verso is the information label with the title and date of the series and the number in the edition. Did you see one? Tell me.

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Eighteenth Series: Moon Phases. Celebrating the change of seasons and Halloween I made a series of collages based on the phases of the moon in October. 31 were created. Collages placed October 5, 2010 in New York. Each collage consists of a 3 x 1 1/2 inch manila colored label with medium brown eyelet strung with cotton string. Heat transferred on to the surface and deliberately destroyed is an image of the moon in a specific stage and a collage of that same phase set on top. On verso is a sticker diagram or image of moon phases, an unrelated moon phase image on Japanese paper, the information label with the title and date of the moon phase pictured on the front of the collage. Silver glitter and blue moon glitter is affixed to the left corner. Did you see one? Tell me.