Obtainium Art - A gallery of assemblage works

" Las Canicas de Dios" (God's Marbles)   All the roadsigns are there, the trappings, the rules.  We can choose to obey the r...

"Snake by D.H. Lawrence" ● In high-school, one of my favorite poets was D.H. Lawrence. And one of my favorite Lawrence poems w...

" It's all in My Head " ● Fourth in this series. Collage on canvas. Vintage encyclopedia pages are the foundation for all...

" Listen " ● Third in a series. Collage on canvas. Vintage encyclopedia pages are the foundation for all 4 collages in this ser...

" Bird At The Window " ● Second in a series. Collage on canvas. Vintage encyclopedia pages are the foundation for this collage, ...

" Black Birds " ● Collage on canvas. Vintage encyclopedia pages are the foundation for this collage, overlaid with images from ...

"Come Play With Me" ● This is a brand new piece, and totally interactive. A vintage oak file box has been altered and embellishe...

"Oh Happy Day" ● Assemblage in a silver wooden cigar box, with a glass front. The box is lined with bright colored cotton cloth. ...

" Family Life"  This is a sweet box I made for a very dear sister of mine. It is bright, colorful and very fun. The momentos ar...

"A Great Story" ● This clock box assemblage is covered in handmade paper and further embellished with magazine images. The metal ...

  "Just Joe" This is an early piece, created for a very special person. This vintage clock box is covered with beautiful ...

"Art and Beauty"   An 'eye candy' over-filled box with images reminding us to look and look again, and again.  Vintage bra...

"The Magic Chamber" This sweet glass-lidded box is covered in interesting religious iconic papers and marbled tissue.  Ins...

"Daddy Long Legs" ● This assemblage is constructed with remnant 2x2 pieces of lumber from a recent remodel. Each piece is covere...

" Open Heart" ● Assemblage constructed in a vintage sewing machine drawer covered on the inside with "bleeding" tissue....

  "Pray For Me"   ● Assemblage made of a constructed fruit crate painted red.  On a background of lace, ribbon and faux...

"Like Never Before" ● A sweet assemblage made in a glass covered cigar box that has been collaged with magazine images including a...

Carpe Diem  (Bending All the Rules) ● Assemblage consisting of various vintage wood pieces, book, mirror, dried flowers in glass...

" The Memories We Keep " ●   Some are only moments, others are bigger than life. but what defines us are the memories we hold on...

  Buck Rogers Says "Sorry" ●   Mixed media, duck decoy covered in bleeding tissue papers, and embellished with a variety of found...

"Confused" ●   With all the choices before us and before our children, how do we decide which path to choose?  Do they all...

"It's All In Your Head" ● The beauty, the sorrow, the love and the colors. We can see it all so clearly. Mannequin head, embe...

"Imagine" ● Assemblage, porcelain doll head in a vintage sewing machine drawer, with children's blocks and wind-up music box....

"48" ● Mixed media assemblage, constructed in a vintage humidor cigar box, containing vintage ceramic miniature busts on hand cra...

I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to ...

This assemblage is made in a box that may have had a previous life as a jewelry box.  I covered the box in poka-dot fabric, and the glass d...