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More Black peices....
These range from 4' high to 2+1/2' high....
these are there early development
I call them Black peices as they are alwys black which is the queen of all colours.

"No one ever won a war by sitting in a ditch"

"No one ever won a war by sitting in a ditch"

More Black peices-
After doing a few of these I dropped the photo elements.....

"No one ever won a war by sitting in a ditch"

"No one ever won a war by sitting in a ditch"

"No one ever won a war by sitting in a ditch"

"No one ever won a war by sitting in a ditch"

one more..

"No one ever won a war by sitting in a ditch"

i love the one with the skull and also the one right below that one.

"I am Akba-Atatdia"

From here my work spread out - one aspect became 'Box' peices they were about the same size but with little compartments that represented fifferent ideas, thoughts or memories.

The compartments were often filled with toys as often that was all I could find to fit in. The works are made from wood glued or nailed together then painted black and then dry brushed.

"No one ever won a war by sitting in a ditch"

And a few more....
most are around 24" high

"No one ever won a war by sitting in a ditch"

The last elements of these I will show you are 2 furniture peices that I had also made. The first is an old kitchen cabinet that I cut in half (halving its breadth) added some cells, roughed it up then painted it.

Dresses 3'x4'x1'

The second is a vanity which was a huge endeavor to make. It all stemmed from a friend who gave me her burnt out light bulb collection.

Vanity
5'x3'x2'

"No one ever won a war by sitting in a ditch"

"No one ever won a war by sitting in a ditch"

A couple more ( i loved making these- can you tell?)
I liked the idea of religious tryptyches as well and here are a few inspired by them.
the last one- 'Rebirth' was huge it was like 5' tall and difficult to move around but was really fun to make!

"No one ever won a war by sitting in a ditch"

Here is an 'Earthwork' I call Moberly Point
which was done in Moberly Lake B.C.
Its just a lot of stacked rocks- A back breaking yet fun afternoon went into this....

"No one ever won a war by sitting in a ditch"

Another line painting with some charcters at the bottom
Again I really love halftone patterns....

Green Lady
66" x 34"

and a detail photo as well
(oops one is scanned backwards...

"No one ever won a war by sitting in a ditch"