GINGER GEYER:
FULL LIST OF ART
PORCELAIN SCULPTURE
(prices range from $100 to $18,000 )
Adam’s Hat Trick
(gray baseball cap with 19 playing cards and poker chips)
Adaptation of Cezanne’s The Card Players from Musee d’Orsay)
Hat: 3 ¾” x 10 ½” x 5 ½” , cards as puzzle: app 18” x 12”
2007 , glazed porcelain
(Collection of Adam Geyer, Austin, GIFT in May 2007)
All Around the Carpenter's Shop
(3-faced Jesus as Jack-in-the-Box, with 5 adaptations: Campin's
Merode Altarpiece, a 15thc. Spanish manuscript illumination, Rembrandt's Holy Family with Angels, Millais' Christ in the Carpenter's Shop, and Hunt's The Shadow of Death)
installed, 11" x 6" x 6"
1996, glazed porcelain with gold and platinum
(Collection of Cherie Jones, California)
All in One
(coffee can full of brushes and tools, with lampshade from “This Little Light of Mine”, topped with Pieta finial)
Adaptations of Klimt’s The Kiss, and Michelangelo’s Pieta
With lampshade installed: 29: H x 12 x 12
2009, glazed porcelain with gold and white gold (32 parts adhered)
Amos' Basket of Summer Fruit
(fruit basket with 9 canned fruits of the spirit, hidden hand gloves, and adaptation of Caravaggio's Dinner at Emmaus)
11 1/2" x 15 1/2" x 12" (11 pieces)
2002, glazed porcelain with white gold
(Collection of Tyson Foods, Springdale, Arkansas, purchased in 2003)
Angel Washerteria
(angel food cake pan/clothes washer full of white clothes and underwear)
1990 4" x 8 1/2" diameter glazed porcelain
(Collection of Linda & Joe Dickinson, Ft. Smith, AR, gift)
Apple and Leave
(red apple on 5 x 7 watercolor of a leaf)
app. 3 1/2" x 3" diameter
2005, glazed porcelain, watercolor on rag board
(Collection of Mac and Julie McGinnis, Dallas)
DONATION TO ARTHOUSE May 2005
Arkansas Lighthouse
(delapidated chicken house with translucent windows, removable roof, chicks inside, lights up)
3" x 14 1/4" x 5 1/2" (2 pieces)
1991, tinted porcelain with underglaze
(Collection of Kimberley Granger, Austin, TX)
PURCHASED FROM GG in 1996
Austin Oaks
(ball vase with chalk tree branches)
1989 app. 5" x 6" diameter underglaze chalk on porcelain
Collection Hal and Eden Box, purchased at Laguna Gloria Potter’s Guild sale, 1990
Bach Tripping Over Ideas
(spread of Bach sheet music with lightbulb, cord, and broken lightbulb)
2 large pieces, 2 lightbulb pieces: installed approx. 1" x 18" x 11 1/4"
1995, glazed porcelain with platinum, gold, and mother-of-pearl lustre
(Collection of Kimberley Granger, Austin, TX)
PURCHASED FROM GG by Peter Granger in 1996
Bells of Norwich
(daffodil mandorla bowl)
1991 2" x 5 7/8" x 9 1/2" porcelain with tinted slip
Big Art Hole
(rectangular bowl of Dallas Museum construction site with toy trucks; poem)
2 3/8" x 8 3/4" x 8"
1991, porcelain with slip and underglaze
Binding Abundance
(cornucopia full of Pomegranates and pecans, with vintage apron)
2 parts, installed 10” x 18:” x 14 ½”
2009, glazed porcelain with oil glaze
Adaptation of Poussin’s “Autumn: Spies Returning from the Promised Land”
Birdbath for Hawks and Doves
(octagonal font with adaptation of Piero della Francesca's Baptism of Christ)
11 1/4" X 15" X 16"
2002, glazed porcelain
Birdhouse for Chirpy Christians
(battered whitewashed birdhouse with Gothic St. John and Mary lamenting the missing cross; poem inside removable roof)
in 3 pieces: 7 1/4" x 6 1/2" x 11"
1994, tinted porcelain with underglaze
(Collection of Jack Carr, Washington, D.C.)
PURCHASED FROM GG, Aug 1999 )
Blessing Gesture Mezuzah
(white mezuzah with 2 finger lines and Shin symbol)
7" x 1" x 1"
1996, tinted porcelain
(Collection of Sandi Scheinberg, Oregon)
PURCHASED FROM GG, COMMISSIONED in Feb. 1996
Bon Bons May Be Nutritous II
(small fluted plate with crumpled candy wrappers and chocolate- smudged doily, edged in gold)
1 1/8" x 6 1/2" diameter
1993, tinted porcelain with overglaze and gold
(Collection of Edith Baker, Dallas, TX, PURCHASED FROM GG in 1999 earlier version gift to Harriett Gibbs, Dallas)
Botanical Source of Grape Kool-aid
(sprig of mountain laurel)
5” x 7 ½”
2009, glazed porcelain with acrylic
(DONATED TO ARTHOUSE, purchased May 2009 by Richard Schwarz)
Broadman Meets the Beatles
(Baptist hymnal with 2 free pages, Beatles music)
Adaptations: Matisse, Nasturtiums & The Dance, Geertgen tins von Saan, Nativity at Night, Gericault, Raft of the Medusa, Andrei Rublev, icon of The Trinity
8 ¾ x 11 x 6 ½
2009, glazed porcelain with gold and white gold
(Collection of Dr. Marcus Corley, San Mateo, CA and Sherry Smith, Austin)
BARTERED FOR TRIP TO PARIS, Oct 2009
Building Blocks
(3 stackable toy blocks with 8th c. Syrian Nativity, Crucifixion & Resurrection)
3 cubes, each approx. 3 1/2"; installed 7" x 8" x 3 1/2"
1994, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Jack Carr, Washington, D.C.)
PURCHASED FROM GG, Aug 1999
Buzzard's Mending Kit
(sewing basket with ripped landscape painting, scissors, thread & pincushion, with adaptation of Giotto's Massacre of the Innocents.
installed, 5 parts: 8" x 11" x 10"
2000, glazed porcelain with gold and white gold
(Collection of Judy Shure & Jim Mattingly, Dallas, TX)
PURCHASED FROM GG in 2000
By My God I Can Jump Over a Wall (installs with Kathryn’s Spectacular)
(black velvet riding cap with brown leather gloves folded over edge, placed with riding crop; and red, yellow and blue ribbon for horse show)
hat & gloves: 10 1/2" x 10 1/2" x 7", crop 18" x 2" x 3/4"
Ribbon: 14" x 7 3/4" x 2"
1994, glazed porcelain with gold and platinum
(Collection of Kathryn Francis, Dallas, TX, both commissioned by Bill Walker)
Calculating Grace
(vintage Texas Instruments calculator and case, with 9 strips of “paper”,
Adaptation of Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights)
Installed app. 4” x 21” x 21”
Calculator: 3 ½” x 9 ½” x 4 ½”
Puzzle: 21” x 11”
2007, Glazed porcelain with gold and white gold, in 11 parts
(Collection of Grace Cook, Dallas, TX, GIFT in 2007)
Call Waiting
(black console phone with Indian stages of life, Ecclesiastes times, and adaptation of William Blake's God Calling Job in the Whirlwind)
1998, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Frank & Rosemarie Dyllick-Brenzinger, Freiberg, Germany,
Commissioned 8/1998)
Calling Card Collection
(5 red boxes with dividers and 400 cards about the call of God)
boxes vary, installed app.
2" x 10" x 19"
1992-2000, glazed porcelain
Camille's Birthday Valentine
(doily heart with valentine candies)
approx. 12" x 6" x 6"
1998, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Camille Lyons, Austin, TX, GIFT)
Chainsaw Catechism
(chainsaw alongside two burlap feed bags, entwined in grapevines)
Installed in 6 parts, 21” x 45” x 26”
2009, glazed porcelain with acrylic
Adaptations of Durer’s Last Supper woodcut, Kathe Kollwitz’s Brot! lithograph, Gauguin’s painting, Where Do We Come From? What are We? Where Are We Going?, and mosaic from San Vitale, Ravenna, Christ Separating the Sheep from the Goats
Champion Golden Calf Roper
(white cowboy hat with gold rope band)
3 1/2" x 9 7/8" 11"
1993, glazed porcelain with gold
(Collection of Henry de la Garza, Austin, TX, PURCHASED FROM LYONS MATRIX 3/1998)
Change Dish
(shallow rectangular dish with imprints of coins, paper clips, jewelry and other junk)
1993 1 1/8" x 10" x 7" glazed porcelain
Chlora was a Bad Little Girl
(rectangular bowl with Grandma Moses-esque scene and poem)
1990, glazed porcelain
Chlora's Bandwagon and Good Samaritan Dr. Kit
(red wagon with 3 adaptations Remington's The Emigrants, Constable's The Hay Wain, and 13th. Italian Elijah on the Chariot of Fire; WITH toy doctor bag with 18 parts, adaptation of Luca Giordano's The Good Samaritan)
glazed porcelain, installed app. 14 ½ x 15’ x 30”
Wagon--1998, glazed porcelain (with 2 screws) 7 1/4" x 13" x 30"
Dr. Bag: 1999, 7" x 9" x 4 1/2"
Chlora's Bathmat and Ducks
(rolled up bathmat decorated like Islamic prayer rug, with rubber duckies)
20" x 9" x 8" (4 ducks, chain, lock, rug)
2002, glazed porcelain with white gold
(Collection of Bonnie Pitman, Dallas, gift of Mary Cook, purchased from
Valley House Gallery, 2010)
Chlora's Creche
(50's style nativity set with a golden calf, adaptation of Botticelli's Mystical Nativity) and Emil Nolde's Dance Around the Golden Calf
12" x 22" x 12"
2001, glazed porcelain with gold
(Collection of Kathleen Niendorff, Austin) GIFT
Chlora's Diary
open diary with adaptations of the Limbourgh Brothers' Deposition from The Belles Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry, and Christ Asleep During the Storm on the Sea of Galilee, from Abbess Hitda's Gospel Book)
Diary: 5 1/2" x 9" x 1"
2005 glazed porcelain with Gold
(Collection of Janet Maykus & Mark Smith, Austin, purchased from MAC show; previously gift to Pat & Earlene Henry)
Chlora's Easy Bake Oven
(a beat up toy oven with Betsy Wetsy, cake mixes, and utensils, with Manet's Luncheon on the Grass)
in 10 pieces: Oven 8" , 13" x 6 3/4"
1997, glazed porcelain with platinum
Chlora’s Girl Scout Stuff
(Brownie beanie, knife, belt, Jr. Girl Scout sash, cookies, with adaptation of Eakin’s Portrait of Gertrude Murray)
4” x 16 ½” x 15”, with one loose cookie
2008, glazed porcelain with gold, white gold, acrylic
Chlora's Holster
(child's holster set, with adaptation of Goya's The Third of May, 1803)
2 1/2" x 11 1/2" x 10 1/2", plus 3 removable bullets.
1998, glazed porcelain with platinum and gold
(Collection of John & Gene Anne Sandbach,Austin, TX)
PURCHASED FROM EDITH BAKER 12/99)
Chlora's Hope Chest
(Barbie trunk with Matisse's The Dance, with numerous art supplies, a statue modelled after Bernini's Apollo & Daphne, and Ascension painting adapted from Nicholas of Verdun's altarpiece)
Box: 13 1/2 " x 22" x 4" ; Statue: 13" x 10" x 10"
2005, glazed porcelain with gold and white gold
2010 revised, added Duchamp’s Nude Descending A Staircase, transferred drawing pad, charcoal, kneaded eraser to Drawing on the Past
Chlora's Ice Skates
(child's black skates & ski mask, after Mark Tobey..)
9 1/2" x 11" x 9"
1999, glazed porcelain with white gold
DONATED TO AMOA 2/04 sold to Camille & Dave Lyons, Austin, TX
Chlora’s Lil Lamb
(remote control army tank with stuffed lamb on top holding a fan, with 19th c. Good Shepherd and Titian’s Sacrifice of Isaac)
Installed with fan: 7 ¼” x 13” x 18” (in 4 parts)
2003, glazed porcelain with white gold, mother of pearl
(Collection of Richard Osler, Victoria, British Columbia )
PURCHASED FROM GG 8/06
Chlora's Peanuts
(can of peanuts with Dumbo parade & adaptation of Bruegel's Parable of the Blind)
7 3/4" x 7 1/4" diameter.
2000, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Hardy & Betty Sanders, Arlington, TX) PURCHASED FROM EDITH BAKER in 1/02
Chlora's Picnic Basket
adaptation of Grandma Moses’ The Family Picnic
Basket 13 ¾” x 20” x 13”; Raggedy Andy 10 ½” x 18 ½” x 10 ½”
2006, glazed porcelain, 13 parts
Chlora's Piñata
(Rooster: with separate feet, bat, blindfold & 80 pieces of candy, with
adaptation on blindfold of Salvador Dali's The Last Supper)
14 1/2" x 12" x 18"
2004, glazed porcelain with gold and white gold
(Collection of Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, Arkansas)
PURCHASED FROM GG in9/04
Chlora’s Scarecrow/Sower Costume
(in 4 parts, hangs)
Adaptations: Rogier van der Weyden’s Descent from the Cross, Rouault’s Jesus Christ (Passion), and The Beautiful Task of Sowing Barren Land; van Gogh’s Sower at Sunset, Pissarro’s Le Semeur a Montfoucault
Installed: 60” x 24” x 10”
Hat: 5” x 13 ½” x 12 ½”
2008, glazed porcelain with gold
Chlora's Snowman
(snowman is in 2 parts, with separate halo & flag)
Adaptation on halo of Fra Angelico's Christ in Glory Among Angels & Saints, from the San Domenico Altarpiece, Fiesole, c. 1428-30
29" x 20" x 19"
2004, glazed porcelain with gold
Chlora's Survival Gear
Adaptations of Paul Klee's Fear (Angst), and 13thc. York Psalter, Jonah and the Whale
16" x 21" x 20" installed (in 3 parts)
2004, glazed porcelain with gold, white gold, mother-of-pearl
Chlora's Umbrella
(folded up child's umbrella, striped, with adaptation of Edward Hicks's Noah's Ark, Winnie the Pooh clinging to handle.
5 1/2" x 11" x 18"
1999, glazed porcelain with gold and white gold
(Collection of Suzii & Roger Paynter, Austin, Texas)
PURCHASED FROM GG in 11/05
Chlora's Watering Can
(blue, with plants of the Bible stickers, and adaptation of 6th c. mosaic from the Arian Baptistry, Ravenna, The Baptism of Christ)
9" x 6" x 15"
1999, glazed porcelain with gold
(Collection of Donald Janak, Dallas, TX)
PURCHASED FROM EDITH BAKER in 4/99
Chlora’s Wheelbarrow
(child’s red wheelbarrow full of cantaloupes & eggs, and bits of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Sky Above Clouds, III)
15" x 15" x 29" (installed app. 36 x 30 x 40”)
2004, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Mary Cook, Dallas) GIFT 2008
Chlora’s Writing Room
(box of typing paper with pencils, erasers, pen)
Adaptations of Van Gogh’s Bedroom at Arles, Gauguin, Arlesiennes,
and Gauguin’s sketch for Christ in the Garden of Olives
installed 6 x 20 x 13, all parts are loose
2009, glazed porcelain with gold and white gold
Christmas, Cubed
(cube with 6 Christmas scenes from Giotto's Arena Chapel fresco cycle)
5 1/2" cube
1994, porcelain with pastel and watercolor underglazes
(Collection of Vicki Vinson Cantwell, Ft. Worth, TX, gift)
The Church: Horror Vacuui on Noah's Ark
(brown sgraffito mandorla bowl full of animals)
2 1/8" x 9 3/4" x 6"
1991, tinted porcelain
(3 versions, Mary Cook, Dallas; Trudy Harris, Fredericksburg, TX and Hon. Mary Pearl Williams, Austin sold 11/00 )
The Cleansing of the Temple: An Unmatched Set of Gospel Guest Towels
(Face, hands, feet and body towels, each "monogrammed", 2 hang on brass towel rack)
4 pieces installed app. 15" x 22" x 18"
1993, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Wendy Fenn, Plano, TX, GIFT)
Compassion May Require Scuba Gear
(orange life jacket with sgraffito adaptation of
Callot's Jesus and Peter on the Water,
4" x 15 1/2" x 21"
1997, porcelain with engobe, metallic underglaze & acrylic wash
(Collection of Betsy Anderson, Los Angeles, CA, purchased by friends group headed by Jon & Pam Barry, June 1997 )
Cookie Cutter Christ
(mandorla with Ottonian Christ, cracked and emerging from bowl)
2" x 5 5/8" x 9 1/8"
1991, porcelain with tinted slip and sparkle glue
NFS, Artist's collection
Crucifixion Kit
(leather tool belt with 10 tools, mounted on board)
25 1/2" x 16" x 6"
2003, glazed porcelain with white gold
(Collection of Sandy Besser, Santa Fe)
PURCHASED FROM GG in 11/03
Crushed in Spirit
(Orange Crush can and Sprite can, smashed)
2 pieces installed approx. 2" x 4 1/4" x 8"
1994, glazed porcelain with platinum
(Collection of John Reoch, Dallas, TX)
PURCHASED FROM EDITH BAKER 3/99
Daily Bread Bowl
(metallic mixing bowl with ragged blue checked dishcloth on top)
4 1/2" x 11" x 10"
1992, glazed porcelain
Does Your Make-Up Drawer Look Like This?
(wooden drawer with pig snout handle, painting of slashed Velasquez Rokeby Venus, and filled with spilled make-up, poem underneath)
Drawer with 27 pieces of make-up: 3 1/4" x 9 3/8" x 12"
1996, glazed porcelain with gold and platinum
Double Dare
(pair of joined pecans facing off against two ladybugs)
1” x 2” x 3”, on 3 x5” card
2009, glazed porcelain with acrylic
(Collection of Meredith Jacks, Brooklyn NY
DONATED TO AUSTIN INTERFAITH MINISTRIES< purchased by Sherry Smith for Meredith Jacks )
Drawing on the Past
(box of pastels, fixative, sketch pad, stumps and pencils)
Adaptations of Degas print, Mary Cassatt in the Louvre,
Cassatt, Sleepy Baby, and Young Women Plucking the Fruits of Knowledge, Correggio sketch for Eve Offering the Apple, Duchamp’s L.H.O.O.Q., and Pissarro’s Apple Pickers at Eragny
Installed app. 9” x 17” x 15”
2010, glazed porcelain with gold and white gold
Dudley's Magic Hat
(black top hat)
4 3/4" x 8 1/8" 9 1/2"
1991, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Dr. Dudley Youman, Austin, TX,gift in 1991)
Dunce Cap for Christ's Fools
(tall dunce cap of lined paper, with child's printing from I Corinthians, with Godzilla drawing on the interior)
13 1/2" x 5 3/8" x 5"
1992, porcelain with slip and underglaze pencil
(Collection of Jennifer Updegraff, Austin, TX)
PURCHASED FROM Lyons Matrix in 3/99
Dustpan Covenant
(blue dustpan with adhered broken goblet from the new covenant)
2 1/4" x 9" x 12 1/4"
1992, glazed porcelain
(Collection of David W. Miller, Princeton, NJ)
PURCHASED FROM GG in June 08,previously long term loan to Yale Divinity School
E =mc2; Does it Matter?
(Small black ball with chalk inscription)
2 ½’ diameter
1991, glazed porcelain
The Earth is the Lord's Footstool
("upholstered" top footstool, with Romanesque world map and carvings of hell on 4 legs, adapted from Autun Cathedral images.)
9" x 11 3/4" x 15"
1997, glazed porcelain with acrylic
(on long term loan to the Museum of Biblical Arts, Dallas)
Easter Bonnet for Mary Magdalene
(straw hat with fancy ribbon, poem around inside brim)
4" x 12 3/4" x 13 3/4"
1992, tinted porcelain with underglaze
(Collection of Jenny Whitten, Austin, TX, PURCHASED FROM LYONS MATRIX, 1998 )
Enough Said
(block letters of "enough" with varying punctuation, that can be filled with water, birdseed, etc.)
12 pieces, installation approx. 34" x 1 1/4" x 6"
1994, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Betty Sue Flowers, NYC. In Sept 2003 PURCHASED FROM GG)
Escape from a Mandorla
(mandorla shaped bowl with adaptation of Byzantine fresco of the Harrowing of Hell)
2 ½” x 5 ¼’ x 9”
1991, glazed porcelain
(Collection of O.R. Schmidt, Austin, TX)
PURCHASED FROM GG in 3/94 by Claire Breihan)
Ex Nihilo
(cardboard box of terracotta clay, with relief carvings after Andrea Pisano’s Creation of Adam and Creation of Eve, from Florence Duomo, and from Egyptian Tomb of Rekhmire, Hebrew Brickmakers)
15 x 14 x 10
2010, glazed porcelain
Extending the Shade into Bells
(an octave of bells with realistic handles and clappers taken from the owner's poems)
8 bells, ranging from 10" high to 3 1/2"
1998, high glazed porcelain with gold and platinum
(Collection of Betty Sue Flowers, NYC, gift in 1998)
Faith and Reason Sleeping Together
(rolled up sleeping bag with adaptations of Mantegna's
Agony in the Garden and Goya's The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
14 1/2" x 14 1/2" x 14 1/2"
1999, glazed porcelain with white gold
(collection of Tyson Foods, Inc. Arkansas)
PURCHASED FROM GG in 10/03)
The Fake Monet
(gold framed copy of The Seine at Lavacourt, with stretcher and labels on back)
1 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 11"
1991, porcelain with chalk underglaze and gold
(Collection of Trudy & Chuck Best, Dallas, gift from Margaret McDermott, purchased at MAC show. Previously artists’ trade to Cassandra James, Austin, Texas, 12/01)
Family Circle Bowl
(white bowl made of 7 cut out figures, joining hands)
1994, unglazed porcelain
(Collection of Holly & Dave Meehan, Rogers, AR, gift, 1994)
Fields White for Harvest
(pentagon wheat field with movable Little Red Hen and figure from Bruegel's
The Harvesters ,which is painted on the exterior.)
5 parts: Fields 11" x 12 1/2" x 10 1/2", Harvester: 3/4" X 3 1/2" X 4 1/2"
1996-97, glazed porcelain with platinum
(Collection of Sherry Smith, Austin, Texas, traded for Jacks Bruegel bag with GG in May 2003)
Fighting Fire with Fire
(orange fire hydrant with adaptations of Grunewald's Resurrection and Greek black figureware vase image of Hephaestus at his Smithy, with 3 chain links)
24" x 11" x 11 1/2"
1999, glazed porcelain with acrylic
(on long term loan to Museum of Biblical Arts, Dallas)
Fish & Chips for 5000
(Leftovers from the Miracle Feeding)
(red french fry basket with greasy fish sticks and fries)
3 1/2" x 11" x 8"
1992, glazed porcelain
DONATED TO SETON COVE in 2006, sold to Harris & Lynda Young Kaffie, Austin, TX )
Fortunate Son
(two fortune cookies and bill on restaurant tray)
1 3/4" x 5 1/4" x 7 1/2"
glazed porcelain
(4 versions; #1 donated to Arthouse, purchased by Johnna Jones May 02: #2 sold to Don Murdock for Blake & Cindy Miller of Chicago in 2002; #3 sold by CP Gallery 11/03 to Dr Bob & Nancy Kramer. Individual cookies given to Betty Sue Flowers, Bettye Nowlin from People’s clinic, and auctioned for Homeless Artists Guild 11/03 to Nita Shuffer of Austin, TX )
Full Sole/Half Sole
(two ballet shoes, each set on card with pencil drawing)
2008, glazed porcelain
Left: 7” x 2” x 2 ½”; DONATED TO ARTHOUSE, May 2008, PURCHASED BY MAC McGINNIS FOR $100
Right: 8” x 2” x 3” (Collection of John Reoch, Dallas, purchased from MAC show)
Gift to the Elder Son
(partially unwrapped gift, containing a globe, with adaptation of Rembrandt's
Return of the Prodigal Son?
10 1/4" x 9 1/4" x 9 1/4"
2000, glazed porcelain with gold
(Collection of Molly & Ed Sharpe, Austin, TX,Nov 2003, PURCHASED FROM GG )
Gilgamesh Repeating Himself
(incised rolling pin with 6 images from ancient Sumerian cuneiform rollers from the myth of Gilgamesh)
24 x 3 ½ diameter
2010, glazed porcelain
Giotto's Jolly Camel
(deflating innertube with camel head modeled after Giotto's Adoration of the Magi
10 1/2" x 14" diameter
1998, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Irena Langhans, Houston, TX PURCHASED FROM GG, Aug 2000 )
Gimme Cap
(dark green cap with Gimme "embroidered" on front, short poem inside label)
3 1/2" x 6 3/4" x 9 1/8"
1993, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Vicki Ford, Austin, TX, Feb 2001, barter for photography with Rusty Jackson)
God's Sewing Machine
(pink, with leopard skin and pattern bearing Masaccio's Expulsion from Paradise)
11" x 13 ½" x 8"
2003, in 4 parts glazed porcelain with gold and white gold
(Collection of Nancy & John Solana, Dallas, PURCHASED FROM EDITH BAKER in 9/03 )
Goody Two Red Shoes
(pair of girl's red shoes, one suspended within a shelf or box, next to shoebox
bearing adaptation of Sanchez Cotan's Quince, Cabbage, Melon & Cucumber, & poem
shoes approx. 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" x 7"; shoebox & lid 3 1/2" x 5" x 10 1/2"
1995, glazed porcelain with platinum
(Collection of Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale Arkansas, PURCHASED FROM GG in 2003 )
The Gospel Accordion
(toy accordion, bust of Beethoven)
Adaptation of The Four Evangelists from the Book of Kells, George Bellows’ Both Members of the Same Club, and Hans Hoffman Cathedral
Installed app. 12’x 11’x 20
2010, glazed porcelain with gold and white gold
Hand Towels
(white lace-edged folded towel with monogram, or colored butterfly)
App. 1” x 6” x 4”
1994, unglazed porcelain
Pair of Towel with Initials B, C—Collection of Carol Taylor & Bill Walker,
Gift 12/93
Towel with intial W, gift to Gena Stubbs, 1994
Towel with initial G, gift to Anne Geyer 12/93
Towel with yellow butterfly, app 1” x 8” x 5”
Have You Played the Piano Lately?
(two sided, irregular shaped plate with painting of abstract piano)
8 ½” diameter
1990, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Rick Brettell, Dallas, TX, gift 8/07)
Heart ‘o Gold Treasure Seekers Dig for the Kingdom Within
(small black and white heart with center of gold)
2 ¾’ x 3 ¼” x 3 ½”
1993, glazed porcelain with gold
The Hem of Aaron's Robe
(long undulating "fabric" with attached gold bells and pomegranate embroidery, based on divine dictate for priest's robe.)
2 3/4" x 37" x 11"
1998, glazed porcelain with 36 gold bells wired on
(Long term loan to Museum of Biblical Arts, Dallas)
Hide & Seek
(hunter's campflage cap with burned out hole in green rim)
3 1/4" x 9" x 10 1/2"
1994, glazed porcelain with metallics
(Collection of Elliott Walker, Dallas, TX, COMMISSIONED BY CAROL TAYLOR for Bill Walker )
Holly’s Gitchigoo Box
(small red box with lid and cross hole in bottom, filled with holly leaves)
App. 2” x 3 ½” x 4 ½”
1991, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Holly Meehan, Rogers, AR, gift 1991)
Holy Mess
(silver crumber, 2 stained linen napkins and 2 candle stubs)
6 parts, installed approx. 6" x 15" x 11"
1998, glazed porcelain with platinum
(Collection of Maria Valentina Sheets, Dallas, purchased from Valley House Gallery, 4/10)
Holy Roller
(paint tray and roller, with adaptation of Giotto's Pentecost, from Arena Chapel)
installed: 2 1/4" x 10 1/2" x 17 1/2"
2000, glazed porcelain with platinum
(Collection of Mark & Cindi Rachofsky, San Diego, CA)
PURCHASED FROM EDITH BAKER july 2001 by Cindi for Mark’s wedding gift)
The Honor of Your Presence is Requested
(small white gift wrapped package)
1994, glazed porcelain, 4” x 4 ½” x 3 ¼”
Collection of Farah & Chad Welch, gift 5/97)
Hope Rope
(coiled up jump rope on "concrete" slab, with Faith, Hope, Joy)
1 1/2" x 14" x 13 1/2"
1993, glazed porcelain (2 versions)
#1 gift to Rev.Frank Ehman, Flower Mound,TX in 1992
#2 Purchased by Sally McCollom, Houston,TX 11/99
How Big is Your Fig Leaf?
1991, tinted porcelain
(various plates and bowls with impression of fig leaf)
#1—platter, Collection of Jeanie Miley, Houston, purchased from GG,1991
#2—saucer, 7 1/8” diameter
#3—shallow bowl, 5” diameter
Iconography of Beard and Hair
(Wooly Willy, includes poem)
from the Art Toy Pentimenti Triptych
1/4" x 9" x7"
1997, glazed & tinted porcelain, 2 parts
DONATED TO IMAGE, Glen Workshop auction, 8/03 sold to Richard Osler, Victoria, BC )
Imago Dei
(make-up mirror triptych with adaptation of 6th c. Byzantine icon of Christ Pantocrater and ointment jar with Blake's The Wise and Foolish Virgins)
in 5 parts: Mirror, 13" x 12 1/4" x 4 1/2"
1999, glazed porcelain with platinum
In The Making
(plaid pencil case with implements for measuring, cutting, connecting)
Adaptation of God the Geometer, Gothic manuscript illustration
6 x 9 ¼ x 12 ½
2009, glazed porcelain with gold and white gold (15 pieces adhered)
In the Spring When the Kings Go to War
(Lord Clinton cigar box with bed of roses, butterfly, and Rembrandt's Bathsheba)
9" x 9" x 8" (box with separate lid upright)
2003, glazed porcelain with gold
(Collection of Sandy Besser, Santa Fe, PURCHASED FROM Cidnee Patrick in 2003 )
The Iris Deep Within me
(mandorla bowl with Japanese iris)
3 1/8” x 5 ½” x 9 ½”
1990, glazed porcelain
I Wasn't Cold, I Was Just Young
(melting grape popsicle on paper plates)
1 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 5 1/2"
1995, glazed porcelain with acrylic
(Collection of Norman Kary, Dallas, TX, PURCHASED FROM EDITH BAKER in 2/04)
Jacks' Bruegel Bag
("linen" bag painted with Children's Games, with 12 black jacks and ball)
bag: 1 7/8" x 4 1/2" x 7 1/2"
1995, tinted porcelain with underglaze
Made as gift to Sherry Jacks in 1995; exchanged with her for “Fields White for Harvest” in May 2003 and consigned to CP Gallery. PURCHASED 10/03 by SHEL KASMIR)
Jacob’s Latter Pillow
(squishy bed pillow with adaptation of 16thc. English embroidery of Jacob's Dream)
Pillow: 4 1/4" x 21" x 18 1/2",
1997 glazed porcelain
(Collection of Nancy & John Solana, Dallas purchased from MAC show, previously owned by Pat & Earlene Henry, Springdale, AR)
Jesus Asleep in Our Boat
(mandorla boat with cross sail, sleepy Jesus and 12 fish/disciples flipping out, modeled after Delacroix’s Storm on Sea of Galilee)
7 1/2" x 6" x 10 1/2"
1993, glazed porcelain (includes poem)
(Collection of David Kroft, Austin, TX, gift 12/96)
Judas' Contribution to the Sunday School Picnic
(devilled egg plate with pile of olives and broken toothpicks, scotch tape ID for Judas on bottom)
2" x 8 5/8" diameter
1992, tinted porcelain with underglazes
(Collection of Pat & Earlene Henry, Springdale, AR, gift 12/96)
Judeo-Christian Colander
(unglazed, white colander, warped to strain the gnat but swallow the camel)
4 3/4" x 12 3/8" x 6 1/4"
1991, unglazed porcelain
NFS Artist's Collection
Judgment Tray
(white cafeteria tray with 10 removable objects referring to log & speck scripture)
installed approx. 12" x 8 3/4" x 2 1/2"
1994, unglazed porcelain
Kleenex Says "Bless You"
(pink and blue Kleenex boxes with marbelized finish, slogans and poem on bottom of each)
pink: 6 3/4" x 4 1/2" x 4 1/2"
blue: 5 1/2" x 5 1/8" x 9 3/8"
1995, glazed porcelain
(Collection of John Reoch, Dallas, purchased from MAC show,4/10)
Launch of the Lark
(backpack and boots full of fireworks, adaptations of Van Gogh’s “Wheatfield with Lark” and “Starry Night”, and of two Greek figureware pots with “Torch Race” and “Sprinters”
Backpack: 16” x 15 “ s 12”
All installed: 18” x 27” x 17”
2009, glazed porcelain with white gold
(Collection of Larkin Geyer, San Diego, CA, gift May 2009)
Laundry Lectionary
(loose pile of 11 pieces of folded clothing, including bandana, socks, T-shirt, nightgown, with a scripture lectionary)
assembly varies, approx. 12" x 16" x 14"
1994, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Sandy & Dudley Youman, Austin, TX, commissioned by Mary Teeple in April 1993; rest was GG gift)
Lego Logos
(block letters spell JESUS, with 10 attached "Lego" figures and many accessories)
installed approx. 6 1/2" x 25" x 2"
1995, glazed porcelain with gold and acrylic
(Collection of Ted Belden, Little Rock, AR, PURCHASED FROM GG 12/99
From Walton show)
Linear Pointillism
(Etch-A-Sketch) (Adaptation of Seurat's Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grande Jatte, movable knobs)
3 parts: 2 1/4" x 7 1/2" x 9 1/4"
1997, glazed porcelain with platinum and gold
Collection of Ingrid Hildebrand, Dallas, PURCHASED 7/99 FROM EDITH BAKER )
The Lord, Lysol and Lazarus
(Lysol aerosol can with Duccio's Raising of Lazarus)
with lid on: approx. 8" x 3" diameter
1995, glazed porcelain with platinum and gold
(Collection of John Reoch, Dallas, TX PURCHASED FROM EDITH BAKER In 1995 )
Lord's Supper Dish
(white Chinet paper plate with 3 divisions for hope, faith and love)
4 versions
1 1/8" x 9 1/4" diameter
1991, porcelain with pencil underglaze
Purchased by Merri Moltini, St Louis In 1992; sold to Eden Box as gift for Kate Youman ,Austin1993, gift to Linda Dickinson, Ft. Smith AR in 1994?
A Lot of Salt
(Morton's Salt with Raphael's Flight from Sodom and Gomorrah)
6 1/4" x 3 1/4" diameter
1997, glazed porcelain with white gold
(Collection of Sandra Miller, Washington, D.C., PURCHASED FROM GG in 2002 )
Love From the Three of Us
(rectangular bowl in Tiffany aqua with white ribbon)
1991, glazed porcelain
1 7/8” x 5 7/8” x 7 7/8 “
Purchased by Cathy & Dan Stetson at LGAM Potters guild sale in 1991)
Love, Play, Serve
(3 yellow tennis balls that rattle)
2008, each app. 2 ½” diameter
Glazed porcelain
Collection of Brigitte Lange, VA, commissioned by Alexa Wesner 12/08, for
Love Hat
(gimme cap for David Love Store)
2001, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Gena Stubbs, Austin, TX, COMMISSIONED BY PAUL STUBBS in March 2001 )
Luci's Birthday Plates
(a set of 12 "Chinet paper plates" painted after designs made by friends for a birthday party in Italy, plus one platter with painting of villa near Lucca)
each plate app. 10" diameter, oval platter
1996, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Luci Baines Johnson, Austin, TX, COMMISSION BY FRIENDS OF Luci in 1996 )
M. Potato Head
(potato head body with 26 accessories, including set of armor for Campus Crusader)
installed approx. 7 1/2" x 8" x 3 3/4"
1994, glazed porcelain with metallic
DONATION TO TX. FREEDOM NETWORK in Oct 2005, purchased by Ann Daughtery, Austin, TX)
Madonna del Latte I
(mandorla bowl with adaptation from French Gothic manuscript)
2” x 6 1/8” x 9 ½”
1995, glazed porcelain with gold
(Collection of Jane Lilly Schotz, Austin, TX, PURCHASED FROM GG in 1997 )
Madonna del Latte II
(apse with Barnabas Altarpiece, demitasse, measurer, Equal, Sweet 'n Low,
Coffee Mate, stirrer stick, with poem on back)
7 parts installed approx. 10 1/2" x 7" x 3 1/2"
1995, glazed porcelain with gold
(Collection of Karen Wilson & Karl Bayer, Austin, TX, PURCHASED FROM GG 12/96 )
Manna in a Mayonnaise Jar
(Miracle Whip jar with The Gathering of the Manna painting,
1997, glazed porcelain with gold (includes poem)
2 parts: Lid 1/2" x 2 3/4" dia. ; Jar 5 3/4" x 3 3/4" dia.
(Collection of Deborah Sokolove, Washington, D.C., gift in 8/03)
Mary and Martha's Fried Chicken
("cast iron" skillet filled with fried chicken and poetry, with removable hotpad)
4 pieces, 3" x 11 1/4" x 13 1/4"
1996, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Tyson Foods, Inc, Springdale, Arkansas, purchased 8/03)
Melba Jean's 50
(white cowgirl hat with beige band)
approx. 3 1/2" x 9 7/8" x 11"
1992, glazed porcelain and tinted porcelain
(Collection of Melba Whatley, Austin, TX, gift in 1992)
$
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
(cherry pie with server; adaptations of Lucas Cranach the Elder’s Last Supper from the Wittenburg Altarpiece, and Grant Woods’ Parson Weems’ Tale. Pot holder with Faure’s Pie Jesu)
2 parts: Pie 2 ¾ x 10 ¾ x 10 ¾ Server: 2 ¼ x 2 ¾ x 12
2010, glazed porcelain with white gold , oil glaze
Minnow Bucket for Fishers of Men II
(gray minnow bucket liner, full of holes and dents, with poem and
adaptation from Ghirlandaio's Calling of the Apostles)
8 1/2" x 10 1/2" x 9"
1997, tinted porcelain with underglaze
(Collection of Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale Arkansas, PURCHASED FROM GG in Oct 2003 …had been commissioned by Bill Walker in 1997 to replace MBucket #1 which was broken)
Minnow Bucket for Fishers of Men I
(gray minnow bucket liner, with poem)
8 1/4" x 8 3/4" diameter
1993, tinted porcelain with underglaze
(Collection of KEW Drilling, Dallas, Texas, PURCHASED FROM GG Mar 1997 , broken, repaired in 1997)
Monkey Mind Marriage
(interlocking pair of toy monkeys in 15th c. wedding attire, with cymbals and roller skates; mirror with van Eyck's Arnolfini Wedding Portrait)
6 parts: installed approx. 12" x 20" x 12 1/4"
1996-97, glazed porcelain with gold and platinum
Moses Mezuzah
(mezuzah with Torah window and design adapted from medieval manuscript)
approx. 5" x 1" x 1"
1996, glazed porcelain with gold
(Collection of Sandi Scheinberg, Oregon, commissioned in 6/96 )
Mother Teresa's Paper Dolls
(standing figure of Jesus with 10 attachable "paper dolls" of marginal
stereotypes, plus box bottom and lid)
1996, installed app. 1o" x 8" x 3" porcelain with underglaze chalk
(Collection of Wendy & Doug Fenn, Plano, TX, PURCHASED FROM GG in 9/99 to give to Grace Presby Church, Plano)
Mourning Has Broken
(trumpet in case, with music, mute and broken pieces of Monet’s Waterlilies: Morning, plus Monet’s Impression: Sunrise. Adaptation on trumpet of Ghiberti’s Joshua at the Battle of Jericho from Gates of Paradise, Florence Baptistery)
Installed, 9” x 22” x 24” (in 5 parts)
2009, glazed porcelain with gold, platinum and acrylic
Never in this Clean Terracotta
(flowerpot with Playmobile kids, saucer with poem)
2 pieces approx. 7" x 7 1/4" diameter
1995, glazed porcelain
A New Leash on Life in the Valley of the Dry Dog Bones
(a red dog leash with 8 dog bones)
9 parts: installed 4" x 14" x 16"
1997, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Tyson Foods, Springdale, Arkansas, PURCHASED FROM GG in 2003
Not Quite 5 x 7
(poker cards and 2 stacks of chips, on 5x7” mat board)
2007, glazed porcelain
(Private Collection, Austin )
$100 DONATION TO ARTHOUSE—unsure who bought it
Open Table
(broken embroidery hoop with crosstitch of goblet, plates of bread, needle, empty plates)
1 1/2" x 12" x 9 1/2"
1998, glazed, tinted porcelain with gold and platinum
DONATED TO IMAGE, Glen workshop auction Aug 2007, purchased by
Shirley Cunningham, Dallas,TX )
Other People’s Souvenirs
(Cape Cod tray with house of postcards, cannon & Mozart balls, hula girl and Christ of the Ozarks)
Adaptations of Laocoon, Luxor relief of god Min,, Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People
Installed app: 9” x 20” x 13” (14 parts)
Tray: 1 ½” x 10 ½” x 14”
2007, glazed porcelain with gold and white gold
Pandora's Paradox Box and Puzzle
"Truth and Grace in Outer Space"
(Battered puzzle box with galactic scene, split; plus 40 piece puzzle; poem)
installed approx. 15" x 13" x 14"
1993, tinted and glazed porcelain with gold and platinum
(Collection of Pat Ducayet, Dallas, TX, PURCHASED FROM EDITH BAKER In 12/96 )
Parable in a Hayfield
(Monet's Haystacks in 3D, occupied by flute-playing pig, Big Bad Wolf with fork, poem on underside)
3 pieces installed:4" x 7 1/2" x 12"
1993, tinted and glazed porcelain with mother-of-pearl
(Collection of the Booher Library, Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, PURCHASED FROM GG in March 2005)
Pass It On
(old junior football well used by a father and son)
5 1/4" x 10" x 5 1/4"
1993, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Michael Pichinson, Austin, TX, commissioned by Don Pichinson in 1993 )
Passion Field
(impressionist painting/field plowed by toy tractor)
2 1/2" x 9" x 12"
1993, porcelain with tinted slip and overglaze
(Collection of Robin Cornish, Austin, TX, barter for home repairs 1995?)
Patchwork Hospitality
(folded quilt with 32 adaptations from art history, including Vermeer, Field, Tanner, Duccio, Byx. Mosaic, stained glass, Van Gogh, Rembrandt, etc)
6 ½" x 18" x 24"
2001, glazed porcelain with acrylic
(Collection of Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, Arkansas,PURCHASED FROM GG in 2003 )
Perennial
(3 white seed packets, 2 torn open)
each mounted on 5" x 7" card
1999, unglazed porcelain
(3 in series, DONATED TO ARTHOUSE in 2001 sold to Lori Cassady of Houston, Camille Lyons of Austin, Robert Dowd of Dallas)
Peter’s Plate
(tripart plate with rooster)
9” diameter
1991, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Pat & Earlene Henry, Springdale AR, gift in 1991)
Placeholder for Hope
(set of 7 stacked placemats, napkins and crown napkin rings, with adaptations of the Virtues and Vices from Giotto's frescoes in the Arena Chapel)
1 ¼" x 18 ¼" x 12 ½" (in 12 parts)
2003, glazed porcelain with gold and acrylic
(Collection of Ellen & John McStay, Dallas, TX, PURCHASED FROM Cidnee Patrick Gallery 9/03 )
The Pondering Place in Mary’s Heart
(2 versions-- small, white 2 piece heart with red interior)
#1—1 ¼” x 2 ½” x 2 ¾”
1992, (Collection of Pat & Tom Ricks, Laguna Beach, CA)
PURCHASED FROM GG 2/94
#2—1994; 2” x 3” x 2 ½”
The Pot Calling the Kettle Black
("cast iron" pot and kettle with Adam and Eve Expulsion from Paradise carvings from Hildeshim Cathedral, 11th c.)
teapot & lid: 5 1/2" x 10" x 8" kettle: 5 1/4" x 9" x 7 1/4"
1994, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Jeff & Sandy Smith, Austin, TX)
PURCHASED FROM GG in April 2000 )
Power Line
(small green sgraffito mandorla bowl with Gothic Annunciation)
6 3/4" x 3 1/2" x 1 1/4"
1994, tinted porcelain
DONATED TO SETON COVE, 3/03, purchased by
Carolyn & Bill Bingham, Austin, TX )
Purple Heart Nightgown
(white nightgown with purple Rit Dye bottle. Includes poem)
2 1/2" x 12 1/2" x 13"
1999, unglazed porcelain, with mother-of-pearl overglaze
(Artist’s trade with Laura Pickett Calfee, Driftwood, TX in Dec. 2005)
Readymade Reddi Wip
(whipped cream can with adaptation of El Greco's Purification of the Temple, a dollop of cream and a small red cap)
Can: 9" x 3 1/4" diameter; Lid: 1 1/2" x 1 1/4" diameter)
1997, glazed porcelain with white gold
(Collection of Clint Boelsche, Austin, TX)
PURCHASED FROM LYONS MATRIX6/97 June 1997)
Receiving Redbirds
(unglazed mandorla bowl with carved hands)
2” x 4 ¾” x 8 ¾”
1993, unglazed porcelain
(Collection of Pam Wagner, Austin, TX, gift 2009)
Reconcile: Then Pass the Hat
(gray and brown derby hat with label)
4" x 7 5/8" x 8 3/4"
1991, glazed porcelain with underglaze chalk
(Collection of Molly & Ed Sharpe, Austin, TX)
PURCHASED FROM GG Nov. 2000
Redbird Binoculars
(black field glasses with two blurry landscapes and small mandorla with cardinal)
3" x 7 1/2" x 7 1/4"
1997, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Pat & Earlene Henry, Springdale, AR, gift June 1998)
Reliquary for Saints' Feet
(footed oval bowl bearing child's footprint; on lid, carved Gothic image of The Foot Washing, with Reebok shoelaces)
with lid on, 3 1/2" x 6 1/4" x 12"
1992, porcelain with tinted slip
(Collection of Mary Kathryn Paynter, Austin, TX, PURCHASED by Roger Paynter 11/05 )
Return to Sender
(broken white envelope mounted on wood hexagon. Adaptation of Vermeer’s Woman in Blue Reading a Letter)
Envelope, app. 6” x 8”
2009, bisque porcelain with underglaze and watercolor
(Collection of Kathy Hastings, Seattle, WA, gift 8/09)
Rise and Shine
(mandorla bowl with white lilies on blue)
1991, glazed porcelain
3” x 5 ½” X 9 ½”
Rochambeau
(Big Chief tablet with rock and scissors)
Adaptations: Courbet, The Stonebreakers, Matisse, Ivy in Flower, Rubens’ Sketch for the Judgment of Solomon
2009, 2 x 8 ½ x 12 ½ , all parts adhered
Rose Again Bowl
(round beige bowl edged with thorns, footed with open cross, filled with pink petals)
approx. 6" x 6" bowl with 52 petals
1993, tinted porcelain with underglaze
(Collection of DeeDee Rose, Dallas, TX, COMMISSIONed BY SUE ROSE IN 1993 )
Roy the Busdriver's Cap
(old red baseball cap with streetsign)
3 3/4" x 6 1/2" x 9"
1998, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Robert & Maureen Decherd, Dallas, TX)
COMMISSIONED BY W.E. WALKER in 1998
Ruin from Blueprint for a Basilica
(adaptation of architectural rendering, broken out of bowl)
¾” x 5” x 6 ¾”
1990, glazed porcelain
(Private Collection, Austin, DONATED TO ARTHOUSE in 2003)
Sacred Cow Butterdish
(2 piece, with cartoon of cow jumping over the moon)
1 ½” x 7” x 3 ¼”
1992, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Louise McElroy, Houston, PURCHASED FROM GG 6/97 )
St. Matthew: Body Language of the IRS
(mandorla bowl with adaptation from Book of Kells)
1991, glazed porcelain
2 3/8” x 5 3/8” x 8 ¾”
Collection of Pat Ricks, Laguna Beach CA, purchased 2/94 )
Sherry's Strength
(pair of boxing gloves with Gauguin's Vision After the Sermon: Jacob Wrestling with the Angel)
larger glove 4" x 7 1/2" x 13"
2002, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Sherry Smith, Austin, TX, commissioned 1992)
Shield
(dartboard webbed in gold, with Cimabue's Crucifixion, and 5 darts)
13" dia. x 1 1/2" deep, darts approx. 4" x 1"
1998, glazed porcelain with gold
(Collection of Cheryl Carrabba & David Palmer, Austin, TX
BARTER FOR COMPUTER SERVICES, March 2001)
Shirley, Goodness and Mercy Hat
(pink & brown Sherlock Holmes hat for guardian angel named Shirley)
5" x 7" x 11"
1993, tinted and glazed porcelain
(Collection of Dee Wapner, Garland, Texas, purchased by Kathryn Walker as gift, 5/2000 )
Skyline
(oval vanity tray full of bottles & jars as skyscrapers, with Picasso's Guernica)
11 1/4" x 14 1/4" x 10 1/4"
2002, glazed porcelain with white gold and gold
Snickers
(partially unwrapped and eaten Snickers Bar)
5 1/2" x 2 1/4" x 1 1/2"
1995, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Ted Lusher, Dallas, TX, commissioned by Ron Jones 1995
Snickers Really Satisfies
(partially unwrapped and eaten candy bar, with notations on nutrition)
1 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 2 1/4"
1997, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Trish McElroy, Houston, TX, commissioned by Louise McElroy 1997 )
Solution to Hunger in Africa
(white plate with smudged remnants of food)
9" diameter
1995, glazed porcelain
Somebody's Old Lady Made This
(folded floral shirt with pearlized buttons)
approx. 13" x 11 1/2" x 2 1/4"
1995, glazed porcelain with mother-of-pearl lustre
(Collection of Ben Schotz, Austin, TX, COMMISSIONED by JANE LILLY 10/95 )
The Space Between the Clinging and the Yearning
(Cling Wrap and Reynolds Wrap boxes to be spaced apart by the viewer)
Cling Wrap: 11 3/8" x 3" X 3 1/4" Foil: 11 1/2" X 3" X 3 3/4"
1994, glazed porcelain with platinum
(Collection of Sherry Smith, Austin, TX, PURCHASED FROM GG Feb 2002
Stackable Handkerchief bowls
(5 pairs and 2 spares, white irregular bowls with gold trim)
Various sizes from 4 to 8 inches
2008, glazed porcelain with gold
Star Bowl
1994, glazed porcelain with gold and mother of peal
2 pieces, 3 ¾” x 10 ¼” x 10 ¼”
Starting Line for Stone Throwers
1992, glazed porcelain
1 ¾” x 12 ½’ x 10 ¾”
Stuffed Animus
(blue teddy bear with bib. Adaptation of 14thc. French illumination from the Cloisters Apocalypse, "John Eats the Book and Is Commanded to Prophesy". 23" x 16 1/4" x 5"
2000, glazed porcelain with acrylic scumbling
Styrofoam Knows: Forgive is unequal to Forget
(2 versions, Small "styrofoam" coffee cup with chewed lipstick marks)
4 1/8" x 3 1/4" diameter
1993, glazed porcelain (Collection of Pat & Tom Ricks, Laguna Beach, CA)
PURCHASED FROM GG 2/94)
1996, 5 ½’ x 3 ¼” dia., glazed porcelain`
DONATED TO TX FREEDOM NETWORK, purchased by Melba & Ted Whatley, Austin, TX )
Sweet Caroline's Hundred Hearts
(100 Valentine candy conversation hearts, with bag)
approx. 2" x 7" x 4"
1997, glazed porcelain with white gold
(Collection of Caroline Walker, Dallas, TX, COMMISSION BY W.E. Walker 3/98)
Tabula Rasa Magic Slate
(with Velazquez's Sybil with Tabula Rasa and poem)
1 4" x 11" x 7"
1997, glazed porcelain with platinum
(Collection of John Dowdall, Dallas, TX, PURCHASED FROM EDITH BAKER 4/00 )
Ted, Truth, Truman Hat
(beige gimme cap with Truman quote, modeled after Harvard hat)
approx. 3 1/2" x 7" x 9"
1994, tinted porcelain with underglaze
(Collection of Ted Whatley, Austin, TX, gift)
Tempest on a Teapot
(irregular teapot with Giorgione's The Tempest)
7" x 10" x 6 1/2"
1998, glazed porcelain
DONATED TO TX FREEDOM NETWORK Nov 2003, purchased by?
Texas Prize, No Joke
(4 joker cards and chips on 5 x 7 matboard)
2007, glazed porcelain with acrylic
DONATED TO ARTHOUSE as gift to Erin Driscoll, Austin
Texas Tea: Long Neck
(Lone Star beer bottle with Parmigiano's Madonna with the Long Neck)
8 1/2" x 2 1/2" diameter
1998, glazed porcelain with platinum
DONATED TO TX FREEDOM NETWORK, Nov. 2002, purchased by Liz Dunlap & Mike Murff, Austin, TX )
There is Nothing At All Comfortable About Thrones II
(2 versions, mandorla bowl of Byzantine Christ Enthroned)
2" x 6" x 9 1/8"
1993, glazed porcelain with gold
#1 artist trade with Kathleen Hamlet 1993
#2 Collection of Frank & Kathleen Niendorff, Austin, TX, GIFT
There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
(red lunchbox with painting of Grunewald's Crucifixion from the Isenheim Altarpiece
7" x 7 1/2" x 4"
1994, glazed porcelain with overglaze and platinum
(Collection of Sherry Smith, Austin, TX)
PURCHASED FROM GG by Tommy Jacks in 1992
Thorns in the Flesh are not Pointless
(6 versions, flesh tinted plate surrounded by rose thorns and leaves)
1991-1993, glazed and tinted porcelain
(collections: Merri Moltini, St. Louis, Eden Box; Austin, TX; Laura Mendenhall, Austin TX; Harriett Gibbs Dallas, TX; Teresa Dickinson Bella Vista, AR; Earlene Henry,Springdale, AR)—most were gifts
Time and Transfiguration
(Polaroid camera with 4 shots of Monet's series of Rouen Cathedral)
6" x 4 ½ x 6 ¼" (5 parts)
2003, glazed porcelain with gold & mother-of-pearl
(Collection of Camille & Dave Lyons, Austin, Texas, PURCHASED FROM CIDNEE PATRICK in 2004 )
The Trajectory of Love
(old baseball glove and ball, with adaptation of Fra Angelico's Sermon on the Mount from San Marco Monastery, Florence)
2 pieces, 4 3/4" x 9" x 10 1/4"
2005, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Carol Murdock, Kerrville, TX, COMMISSION BY DON MURDOCK, partial gift, Oct 2005 )
Tressa's Egg
(egg-shaped funerary urn with copy of Tressa Hawkin's Madonna in the Desert)
approx. 6" x 4", with stand. (Egg made by Cap Brooks)
2000, glazed porcelain
(Private Collection, Georgetown , TX , COMMISSION BY TRESSA HAWKINS/ GIFT to her mother, June 2000)
Twirling in an Atrium
(rectangular room with tower, stairs and corner, tiny figure in red turns in the center; poem on the walls refers to Dallas Museum of Art)
5 1/2" x 9" x 9 1/2"
1994, porcelain with tinted slip and glaze
Typo?
(vintage green typewriter with toy tractor and adaptation of Frida Kahlo’s The Wounded Deer)
41/2” x 11” x12”
2007
(Collection of Rick Brettell, Dallas, TX , gift Aug 2007)
Unlimited Redemption on Triple Coupons
(small plate with grocery coupon)
7” diameter
1992, glazed porcelain
Vice
(2 versions… spent shotgun shells on card)
each shell app: 1/2" x 2 1/2"; card is 5" x 7"
2006, glazed porcelain with gold, ragboard card with graphite
(#1— 3 shotgun shells, DONATION TO ARTHOUSE 5/06, purchased by Chula Reynolds, Austin)
(#2--- 2 shotgun shells DONATION TO AUSTIN INTERFAITH MINISTRIES, May 2009, purchased by Patti Speier )
The Welcome Mat is Out
(doormat with Coptic relief of Entry into Jerusalem, and "Sicca Pedes")
13" x 20" x 1/2"
1997, glazed porcelain with acrylic
(Collection of Ron & Kay Smith, Austin, TX, PURCHASED FROM GG? Jan 1998 )
What Measure of Grace?
(white measuring cup with red verses)
5” x 9 ¼” x 6”
1992, unglazed porcelain
What’s the Target?
(red and white plate, with dart holes, after Target stores and Jasper Johns)
9” diameter
1991, glazed porcelain
Wheel of Life
(turntable for ceramics, with incised labyrinth from Chartres Cathedral)
4 ¼ x 7 diameter
2010, glazed porcelain
(Collection of Margaret McDermott, Dallas, purchased from MAC show, May 2010)
Women’s Work is Never Done
wood palette with 3 paint tubes, brushes and cups, with adaptation of Vigee LeBrun’s Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat)
1 ¾ x 15 ½ x 12 ½
2010, glazed porcelain with gold and white gold
(Collection of Rick & Carol Brettell, Dallas, gift from MAC show)
Work in Progress
(tackle box with 27 tubes of oil paint, rag, oil, turp, varnish, and 5 unglazed tubes & 1 brush; also with Arkansas fishing license and river map;
Adaptations of Michelangelo’s Manchester Madonna, Arcimboldo’s The Sense of Smell,
Bouts’ Anointing of Jesus’ Feet, Frankenthaler’s Interior Landscape, and Raphael’s Miraculous Draught of Fishes.
Paintbox: 8 x 15 x 14 ½
2010, glazed porcelain with gold and white gold
You've Earned 'Em
(pair of child's cowboy boots with spurs)
each app. 9 1/2" x 10" x 3 1'2"
2005, glazed porcelain with white gold
(Collection of Robert & Maureen Decherd, Dallas, TX, COMMISSION BY MAUREEN DECHERD )
Zippedy-Do-Dah Bible (II)
(2 versions, warped and abused Bible with broken zipper, safety pin and masking tape labeled "Exclusive Use Edition" and "R.S.V.P.")
#1)1993-- 2 1/2" x 6 1/8" x 8 3/4", 1993 glazed porcelain with gold, sold to Bill Walker who gave it to Dr. ??, 1993
#2) 1995--11" x 6" x 6", 1995 glazed porcelain with gold and platinum
DONATED TO TX FREEDOM NETWORK, purchased by Sherry Smith, Austin, TX )
MOSAICS and PAINTINGS
Amanda Dawn
(portrait of my niece, 1988-2002)
2002, 24” square oil on canvas, with silver leaf
(Collection of Holly & Dave Meehan, Rogers, AR, gift)
A Nice Little Color Exercise
1975?, oil on canvas
33 ½” x 33 ½”
Bottles
(still life of several colored glass bottles)
1970?, oil on panel
Broken Tables
(2 vintage TV tray tables with broken plates from Leonardo's Last Supper and Warner Sallman's Head of Jesus)
each table: 25 1/2" x 21 1/2" x 17"
2006, mosaic of china shards
(long term loan to Museum of Biblical Arts, Dallas)
Caladiums
1976?, oil on canvas
(Collection Wendy & Doug Fenn, Plano TX, gift)
Capitol and Cantaloupes
1972?, oil on panel
(Collection Larkin Geyer, San Diego, gift)
Carousel Horses
1972 ?, oil on canvas with gold leaf
(Collection of Bianca DeLille, Fayetteville AR, purchased from GG in 1972 )
Carousel with Balloons
1972 ?, oil on panel
(Collection Wendy & Doug Fenn, Plano, TX, gift)
Cherry Pie Annunciation
1974, Oil on canvas
20 x 15”
Adaptation of St. Albans Psalter, Annunciation
Corn on the Cob
1973, oil on canvas
11 ¼ x 10”
Dawn
(mosaic of sunrise)
app. 14" x 26"
2002, mosaic of porcelain shards
(Collection of Holly & Dave Meehan, Rogers, AR, gift)
Eggs in Field
1974, Oil on canvas
13 x 12 ¼”
Egret
1971 ?, oil on panel
(Collection of Pam Wagner, Austin, gift)
Grandmother in Her Rose Garden
1983, oil on canvas
(Collection Earlene Henry, Springdale AR, gift)
Iraqi Pomegranate
(4 square panels installed with cross-shape between, of large dripping pomegranate)
2004, oil on panel with gold leaf
installed 29" x 28"
(Collection of Melba & Ted Whatley, Austin, TX, purchased from GG 1/05 )
Iris
(4 square panels framed together in horizontal, of Japanese iris)
2004, oil on panel with silver leaf
app. 13" x 50"
(Collection of Pat & Earlene Henry, Springdale AR, gift Dec 2004)
Madonna Triptych
Oil and gold leaf on panel
Adaptation of 6th c. Byzantine icon of the Virgin
Pages of Pomegranates
(4 panels hinged together horizontally, pomegranates & branches front and back)
2004, oil on panel with gold leaf
12" x 32" (sits on tabletop)
(Collection of Helene Gordon, Ohai, CA, purchased by Lacey Gordon as gift 9/07)
Polka Dot on Plaid
(4 sequential panels of spotted dog circling/committing to plaid dogbed)
Circle, Scratch, Sniff, Center
1996, each 24" square, oil on panel
(Artist's collection)
Pomegranates in Plentitude
(painting of cut pomegranates in mandorla shape)
26" square
1998, oil on canvas, with gold leaf
(Collection of Joy Anderson, Austin, TX,purchased from Lyons Matrix Jan 1999 )
Predella
(3 panels, pomegranates & branches against fence)
2005, oil on panel with 22K gold leaf
installed horizontally: 16" x 64"
(Collection of Sherry Smith, Austin, TX, purchased from GG 2009 )
Refugee Feet
1969 ?,
oil, sand and cloth on panel
(Collection Pat & Earlene Henry, Springdale AR, gift)
Scouts and Peas
1973?, Oil on canvas
Servant Tray
mosaic of china shards & hummingbirds on silverplate platter
5" x 26" x 11"
2007
Donated to Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center May 2008, purchased by
Carol Jacobs, Dallas,TX )
San Vitale Swallow
(mosaic of bird adapted from ceiling mosaic of San Vitale, Ravenna)
14 3/4" x 11 1/4"
2006, mosaic of glass smalti, gold leaf, marble
Sistine Pomegranates
diptych, each panel 24" square
2004, oil on panel with gold leaf and silver leaf
Springdale Rose Bowl
(shard mosaic on large bowl, with First Methodist Church , Springdale inside)
App. 8” x 14”
2007
(Collection of Earlene Henry, Springdale , AR , gift 2007)
Stone Pomegranate
(mosaic of single pomegranate)
7 1/4" x 10"
2006, marble mosaic
Three Very Lemons
1973? Oil on canvas
(Collection Larkin Geyer, San Diego, gift)