Masks

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Masks
2020-2021

During 2020-2021, while the CORONA-19 virus put its information into a one person’s cell and told that cell to make more of itself, I made masks.


March 2020
Silk thread, gold & copper leaf, beads on cartapesta
10 x 8 x 7.5 inches

The ‘dog star’ Sirius is embroidered on her skull. No one can outrun her.

Wuhan: The Marketplace 🔴
2020
Silk thread, inks, metallic wax and found objects on cartapesta
10 x 8 x 7.5 inches

Wuhan took the world to one marketplace.

On the Nile: Travel 🔴
March 2020
Swarovski crystals, linen thread, gold leaf on cartapesta

Tourists travelled on the Nile and brought it home.

Lockdown: Heal 🔴
April 2020
Studs, foils, chains on painted cartapesta
Science: Clarify
May 2020
Paint, threads, pearl studs on painted cartapesta
10 x 8 x 7.5 inches

We wanted to understand.

Shedding: Sharing
June 2020
Ribbon, pins, fiber, hair on painted cartapesta
10 x 8 x 7.5 inches
Gentleness: Deer and New Moons
July 2020
Gouache on cartapesta
15 x 19 x 10 inches
Navajo Nation: Sanctify 🔴
August 2020
Feathers, gold, acorns on painted cartapesta
10 x 8 x 7.5 inches
RBG: Justice
September 2020
Stains, foils, lashes, Elizabethan ruffle on cartapesta
12 x 7 x 6 inches

Ruth Bader Ginsburg died.

Pennsylvania: Gone Fishing (for Votes)
November 2020
Beads, gems, thread, Yuengling Beer caps on painted cartpersta
11 x 7 x 7.7 inches
Shake It Up (Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn)
December 2020
Rhinestones, sequins, studs on painted cartapesta
10 x 8 x 7.5 inches
New Year's Eve
January 2021
Paint, stains, tin star crown on plaster embedded cartapesta
25 x 14 x 10 inches

We all stayed home.

Honest Luck Pheasant
January 2021
Gouache, pencils and feathers on cartapesta
23 x 7 x 8 inches

Operation Warp Speed intended to swiftly roll out vaccines.

Cold & Stormy: All My Exs Live in Texas (side)
February 2021
Gouache painted cartapesta on Plexi shelf
14 x 17 x 12 inches

Winter Storm Uri hit Texas in the cold, cold days of February and knocked out the state's electric grid.

Cold & Stormy: All My Exs Live in Texas (front)
2021
Gouache painted cartapesta, Plexi shelf
14 x 17 x 12 inches
Creativity: The Artist 🔴
March 2021
Gouache on cartapesta
10 x 9 x 9 inches

This mask started out as a January 6 mask, based on the man who wore a horned fur hat during the Capitol attack. I couldn’t go through with it.

Fluctuate ( The Moon Is Not Always Full)
March 2021
Acrylic on cartapesta
26 x 9 x 4 inches (triptych)

The pandemic reached its end and then began all over again.

Relationships: We Met Online
April 2021
acrylic on cartapesta
12 x 9 x 6 inches
Sensitivity: We Woke Up
May 2021
Pastel, gouache, Tibetan earrings on cartapesta
10 x 8 x 7.5

George Floyd murdered in Milwaukee.

Taking Flight: Green Pastures
June 2021
Watercolor on cartapesta
10 x 8 x 7.5 inches
August Rebirth: Every 17 Years 🔴
July-August 2021
Gouache on plaster embedded cartapesta
10 x 8 x 7.5

Billions of cicadas emerged. Their only business was to make more of itself.

Replication: Reinvent
September 2021
Gouache, inks, pencil on cartapesta
12 x 12 x 7.5 inches

The Delta variant showed up.

Transform: Snake
October 2021
Gouache on plaster embedded cartapesta
10 x 8 x 7.5 inches
Dogs Guarding the Tree of Life
November 2021
Gouache on plaster embedded cartapesta
10 x 8 x 7.5 inches
Redemption: Mask of Pandemics Past/Passed (side view) 🔴
2021
Acrylic and gouache on hardened cartapesta
10 x 12 x 8 inches

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