Candy Box Series
1997-2002
Just one year into making art, working from a tiny studio sublet in Hoboken I started collecting materials everywhere I went. An empty wood box that once held delicious chocolates was saved and while taking a class at the Arts Student League I created my first collage in that box. My teacher thought I was onto something and introduced me to the work of Joseph Cornell. My husband and I began to make similarly-sized boxes, and thus the Candy Box Series was born.
That first effort, inspired by a trip to Morocco, is called Mint Is A Must In The Tannery. Over 5 years, filling these boxes with recycled pieces of the past became the foundation of my early artistic work, until by 2002 I was ready to break out of the box.
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Mint Is A Must In The Tannery · 9.75 x 15.5 x .75
Open Ocean · 9.5 x 15 x .75
Edith's Floor · 15.75 x 23.875 x .75
On The Mesa · 24 x 33.75 x 1.25
After The Storm · 10.75 x 15.5 x 1.125 sold
Bare Trees · 9.5 x 15 x .75
remember...never forget · 9.5 x 15 x 1.75
So It Goes · 16 x 30 x .75
Cellar Sky · 15.625 x 24 x .75
K2 · 14.875 x 15 x .75
