PRESERVATION OF
FORGETTING AT
NEON HEATER GALLERY
PRESERVATION OF
FORGETTING AT
NEON HEATER GALLERY
The Town Between My Toes
2019
sand, wax, raw rigatoni and shell pasta, pleather, black food coloring, olives, carrots, olive pits, cotton string, resin, wire, wood, paint, rocks, teddy bears
size varies (6' tall)
Pea-n-Carrot Tree
2019
preserved peas, carrots, and peppers, gravestone dust, beads, rocks, sand, resin, paint, plastic, streamers, pleather, wood, string, mosaic tile
12x12x44"
Altar To Resurrect My Seven-Year-Old Self
2017-2019
handmade paper pulp made from kid's construction paper and gravestone dust, wax, sand, dry rigatoni and
manicotti pasta, pleather, black streamers, teddies that people did not want, olive pits, paint, wire, shells & coins from
my childhood collections
8 x 4 x 8'
The Town Between My Toes
2019
sand, wax, dry rigatoni and shell pasta, pleather, black food coloring, preserved olives and carrots, olive pits, cotton string, resin, wire, steel, wood, paint, rocks, teddy bears that people did not want, beads
size varies (6' tall)
Purple Bush with Untimely Frost
2022
handmade paper pulp made from kid’s construction paper and gravestone dust collected from a gravestone carver, epoxy resin, vellum, sand, paint, wire, plasti-dip
73 x 36 x 73"
Tree Arch
2021
black pleather, sand, felt, wax, string, wood, paint
86 x 80 x 60"
Purple Bush with Knuckle
2021
handmade paper pulp made from kid’s construction paper and gravestone dust, sand, wood, paint, string
54 x 54 x 62"
Tree Arch with a Booster Seat
2023
sand, pleather, felt, papier-mâché, wood, used food and drink containers, elastic, cotton, magic sculpt, plaster, wire, plasti-dip, drop cloth, fabric dye, paint, stick-on gem
10 x 9 x 7'
Teddy
2023
papier-mâché, color pencil, ink, marker, container I drank out of, sand
7 x 9 x 14.5"
Sand Plants #1-4
2023
black sand, playground sand, foam
~16 x 13 x 25" (top) or ~12 x 12 x 15" (bottom)
Hot Dog Tree
2019
preserved onion, banana pepper, and potato stix, gravestone dust, paint, plastic, mosaic tile, resin, wood, rock, sand, teddy bear preserved in wax
20 x 16 x 46"
Pizza Tree
2019
preserved olives and red onion, gravestone dust, wax, lashes, flock, rock, wood, wire, paint, plastic, mosaic tile, resin, and that string from a Babybel Cheese
12 x 18 x 36"
Pea-n-Carrot Tree
2019
preserved peas, carrots, and peppers, gravestone dust, beads, rocks, sand, resin, paint, plastic, streamers, pleather, wood, string, mosaic tile
12 x 12 x 44"
Muffin Tree
2019
preserved sliced almonds, crushed walnuts, and muffin liner, gravestone dust, wax, raw pasta, sand, rock, wood, paint, plastic, resin, mosaic tile, cotton string
8 x 10 x 38"
Salad Tree
2019
preserved olives, carrots, spinach, maple tree seeds, and croutons, gravestone dust, sand, shell, wood, rock, paint, plastic, resin, string, mosaic tile
14 x 9 x 30"
Shrine for My Pocketed Youth
2020
sand, wax, air dry clay, rocks, marbles, chain, fishing lures, beads, bells, kid’s construction paper, wood, paint, plastic, resin, pleather, fake grapes, craft animal eyes, seashells and coins from my childhood collections
size varies (central tree is 86 x 36 x 36")
Black Tree
2020
pleather, wood, paint, sand, olive pits saved from olives that I ate, wire, plastic
76 x 24 x 24"
Three Thumb Secret Keeper
2020
sand, wax
49 x 52 x 13"
Footsie Ring on Pointed Pillow
2020
pleather, velvet, string, paint, sand, chain, marbles, air dry clay
5 x 21 x 15"
Seeds
2020
string, black acrylic paint, plastic, resin
~1 x 1 x 6" each
Sand Patties
2020
sand, wax
11 x 6 x 7"
Rainbow Maker
2020
sand, air dry clay, hand cut confetti
9 x 8 x 2"
Sand Toys
2020
sand, false eyelashes
4 x 3 x 1" (black) & 4 x 2 x 1" (yellow)
Triangle Tool for the Shy and Guarded
2020
sand, chain, bells, beads, wire
16 x 11 x 6"
Pocket Serpent
2020
pleather, sand, wax, string, paint, resin, plastic, grommet, chain, bells
5 x 10'
Sand Toys (for wall)
2020
sand, air dry clay, rocks
~4.5 x 5 x 1" each
