Objects of Veneration
This project is an appreciation of objects, often made for cultic or religious purposes by anonymous makers from all parts of the earth over the past centuries and millennia. Each object is identified by source and provenance as possible.
Ancient Mask I, gouache on handmade paper, 30 x 20 in. (from 6000 year old facial ossuary – burial urn – found in the Galilee) 2012 |
Ancient Mask II, gouache on handmade paper, 30 x 20 in. (from 6000 year old facial ossuary – burial urn – found in the Galilee) 2012 |
Ancient Mask III, gouache on handmade paper, 30 x 20 in. (from 6000 year old facial ossuary – burial urn – found in the Galilee) 2012 |
“I Went to the Animal Fair” mixed media with gouache on handmade paper, 32 x 22 in. (from ceramic zodiac figures from the Northern Wei Dynasty, 6th Century in the Seattle Asian Museum) 2012 |
“Santo Angel” mixed media with gouache, charcoal, and chalk on handmade paper, 32 x 22 in. (from handcarved Santo Angel made in the 19th Century in Cebu, Philippines, from the artist's collection) 2012 |
“Crucifix” gouache on handmade paper, 32 x 22 in. (17th Century handcarved crucifix from Guatamala, collection of Yonnah Ben Levy) 2013 |
“Memsaab” gouache on handmade paper, 32 x 22 in. (from head of a puppet from India, early 20th century, from the artist's collection) 2013 |
Terracotta Figure, gouache on handmade paper, 31 x 21 in. (from miniature, 5 in. sculpture by Yonnah Ben Levy) 2012 |
One Kid (Had Gadya) (gouache on handmade paper, 28 x 20 in.) 2013 |
“Insomnia” (Nail Fetish, Congo, 20th Century, collection of David Cassera) 2013 |
Netsuke (Kabuki musician, Japan, from the artist's collection) 2013 |
Relic (Central America, mid 20th Century, from collection of Jack Gunter) 2013 |
Hathor, gouache on handmade paper, 32 x 22 in. 2014 |
Stele, mixed media with encaustic on handmade paper, 31 x 21 in. 2014 |
Heaven and Earth (from 3000 year old terracotta Philistine temple model) in the collection of Museum of Philistine Culture, oil pastels and crayon on handmade paper, 26 x 20 (private collection) 2015 |
Three Faces of Eve, mixed media with gouache and charcoal on handmade paper, 21 x 31 in. (from cult figurines at the Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem, 2500 BCE) 2013 |
Scarab (Middle Bronze Age) mixed media with gouache and charcoal on Fabriano paper, 22 x 30 in. 2012 |
Riders, gouache on handmade paper, 22 x 32 (from Persian miniature in artist's collection) 2013 |
Rattle, gouache on handmade paper, 22 x 32 (NW Coast Native American in artist's collection) 2013 |
Ode to a Grecian Urn, mixed media on handmade paper, 22 x 32, 2014 |
Siren, mixed media with nail polish on handmade paper, 22 x 32, 2014 |
Eskimo Effigies, oil pastels on handmade paper, 21 x 27 in. 2015 Ancestor Effigy, (China, 17th Century) gouache and enamel on handmade paper, 22 x 32 in. 2016
Shard I, mixed media with oil pastels, crayon, and charcoal 20 x 27 in. on handmade paper, 2017 |
African Masks, mixed media with oil pastels on handmade paper, 19x 27 in. 2016 “The Dead (Elysium or Bust)” (late Roman Effigies) mixed media with oil pastels on handmade paper, 20 x 27 in. 2017
Herd Boy, oil pastels on handmade paper, 21 x 31 in., 2017 |
Shard III, oil pastels on handmade paper, 21 x 31 in. 2017 |
White Horse, oil pastels, gouache, and gesso on handmade paper, 21 x 31 in. 2017 |
Shard II, mixed media with oil pastels, crayon, and charcoal on handmade paper, 2017 |
Santo Virgin, oil pastels on handmade paper, 30 x 20 in. 2017 |
Petroglyphs, mixed media on handmade paper, 21 x 31 in. 2016 |
Ancient Coins, mixed media with oil pastels on handmade paper, 27 x 20 in. 2017 |
Queen, mixed media with oil pastels, crayon, and charcoal on handmade paper, 27 x 20 in, 2019 |
The Wine Dark Sea, mixed media with oil pastels on handmade paper, 26 x 20 in. 2020 |
Birds Head Haggadah, mixed media with oil pastels, crharcoal, and graphite on handmade paper, 20 x 26 in. 2020 |
Fallen Gods and Titans, mixed media with oil pastels and charcoal on handmade paper, 19 ½ x 25 ½ in. 2020 |
The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, gouache on handmade paper, 20 x 25 ½ in. 2020
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The Golden Calf, oil pastels on handmade paper, 20 x 25 ½ in. 2020 |
The Brazen Serpent, gouache and pastels on handmade paper, 36 ½ x 31 in. 2020 |
“Pass Over” gouache on handmade paper, 34 x 20 in. 2020
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Male and Female Figurines from Ancient Lebanon, mixed media, pastels, colored pencils, chalk on handmade paper, 18 x 26 in.
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Mimbres (Sandstone Figurines from New Mexico), mixed media with gouache on handmade paper, 20 x 31 in. |
Hermes, mixed media with charcoal, chalk, and pastels on handmade paper, 17 ½ x 22 ½ in.
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Pre-Columbian Mayan Terracotta Miniatures, gouache on handmade paper, 21 x 31 in. |
Nike (Winged Victory), mixed media with gouache on handmade paper, 22 ½ x 17 ½ in. |
Eros (Cupid), gouache on handmade paper, 34 x 20 in.
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Don Quixote, mixed media with crayons, gouache, and soft pastels on handmade rice paper, 26 x 18 in. |
Neolithic Ivory Carving, gouache and crayon on handmade paper, 34 x 16 in.
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Carved Baroque Angel, crayons and gouache on handmade paper, 36 x 24 in.
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African Carving My Mother Gave Me, gouache on handmade paper, 28 x 21 in.
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Housepost, Eagle Clan, Bella Bella, BC, gouache on handmade paper, 21x29 in. |
Egyptian Eyes, encaustic wax, 13 ½ x 21 in. |
Turtle Carving, Philippines, early 20th century, gouache, pastels, graphite on handmade paper, 22 x 29 in. |
Netsuke II, gouache and sumi ink on handmade paper, 20 x 29 in. |
Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, gouache on handmade paper, 32 x 22 in. |
Peruvian Mask, mixed media with encaustic wax and oil pastels, 31 x 21 in. |
Rimmonim (Finials for Torah staves) oil pastels on handmade paper, 21 x 32 ½ in. |
Jacob's Sheep, encaustic and oil pastels on handmade paper, 20 x 30 in. |
Antique Brass Chanukia (Chanukah Menorah) gouache on handmade paper, 26 x 20 in.
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Water Carrier, oil pastels on handmade paper, 32 x 22 in.
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Griffins from a Roman Sarcophagus, encaustics on handmade paper, 27 ½ x 20 in.
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Southwest Indian Mask, encaustics on handmade paper, 25 ½ x 20 ½ in. |
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