Portfolio > Assisi Residency (and After)

Broken
Acrylic, pastel, graphite, flashe, grout, on recycled styrofoam
16 x 19 x 2 inches
2024
Dead Roses Postcard
Watercolor, graphite, embroidery floss on cold press 140# watercolor paper
5" x 7"
2023
Redemption
Acrylic, graphite, flashe, pastel, vellum, grout on recycled styrofoam
16" x 27.5" x 4.5"
2023
Hoopla
Watercolor, acrylic, flashe, pastel, grout on recycled styrofoam
12" x 8" x 1.5"
2023
Umbria
Acrylic, flashe, pastel, lace, ribbon, grout, on recycled styrofoam
14 x 16 x 2 inches
2023
Omen
Watercolor, acrylic, flashe, pastel, grout on recycled styrofoam
10" x 12.5"
2023
Ides of March
Acrylic, graphite, flashe, pastel, grout on recycled styrofoam
8" x 9" x 1"
2023
Shroud
Watercolor, acrylic, flashe, pastel, grout on recycled styrofoam
5" x 7.5"
2023
Lorenzetti
Watercolor, acrylic, graphite, pastel, thread on watercolor paper
5" x 7"
2023
Monk Mountains
Watercolor, acrylic, graphite, pastel, thread on watercolor paper
5" x 7"
2023
Memento of Maggiore
Acrylic, flashe, graphite, pastel, vellum, grout, on recycled styrofoam
20" x 15.5" x 1"
2023
Stitched Postcards: Ecstasy Trees / Ecstasy / Chiesa Nuova
Watercolor, acrylic, graphite, pastel, thread on watercolor paper
each 5" x 7"
2022
Stitched Postcards: Fragmentation / Miracle of the Spring / Stigmatization / Entrance to Forum
Watercolor, acrylic, graphite, pastel, thread on watercolor paper
Each 5" x 7"
2023
Pinacoteca Chunk
Watercolor, grout on recycled styrofoam
2.5" x 4" x 1"
2022
Lorenzetti's Bird Postcard
Watercolor, pastel, graphite, embroidery floss on cold press 140# watercolor paper
5" x 7"
2024
Chiuso
Acrylic, flashe, graphite, pastel, grout on recycled styrofoam
10.75" x 9" x 1"
2022
Chiara
Watercolor, pastel, grout on recycled styrofoam
4" x 5.5" x 1"
2023
Assisi Pinacoteca
Watercolor, pastel, grout on recycled styrofoam
5.75" x 7" x .75"
2022
Hoopoe Legend
Watercolor, acrylic, flashe, pastel, grout on recycled styrofoam
7.5" x 9.5" x 1"
2022
Palatine
Watercolor, pastel, graphite, grout, on recycled styrofoam
5" x 8" x 1'
2023
Glowing Chunk
Watercolor, pastel, graphite, grout, on recycled styrofoam
8.5" x 3.75" x 1"
2023
Sta Lucia Bloodshot
Acrylic,embossing, watercolor, gold leaf, embroidery, on cold press 140# watercolor paper
5"x7"
2023
Stitched Postcards: Martini Chapel / Hoopoe Bird
Watercolor, acrylic, graphite, pastel, thread on watercolor paper
2023

This work is from November 2022 and into 2024.
In November of 2022, I was an Artist in Residence at Arte Studio Ginestrelle in Assisi, Italy. My proposal was to work on stitched postcards and handheld fragment chunks with the intention of working on larger memento pieces upon my return to Chicago.

Assisi is a UNESCO town with treasures from Roman times as well as frescos of Simone Martini, Giotto, Cimabue and Lorenzetti in the basilica of San Francesco and frescoes by later artists are in other churches. But beyond the frescoes, ruins, and layers of time, there is also something magical about the town itself. It’s a place where there was a sense of belonging. The people are warm, fog often lies over the valley below the town and sometimes drifts into the town itself, the afternoon light is a pinkish orange and the medieval history is ever present.