Found object

Rituals are a feature of almost all known past or present human communities. Often, a ritual is a sequence of repeated actions believed to have symbolic value. Rituals include various acts of worship associated with organized religions and cults such as compliance with religious obligations or ideals, satisfaction of spiritual or emotional needs of the […]

This is an altered doll. She’s been painted with copper and then a verdigris patina was applied on top. Her lovely blonde hair now resembles something more like steel wool with copper streaks through it.
This doll symbolizes me, going through chemotherapy. I call her the Garden Statue.  Like a statue she just stands passively while […]

As 2008 draws to an end the 100-art-doll challenge is far from over!
The goal Stacey and I set ourselves of creating 100 art dolls in twelve months has not been achieved. This is the obvious place to insert numerous excuses however…
 In principle, a project such as this has always meant to add or contribute something to […]

Alien Visitor was inspired by three themes: (1) the work of Professor John E Mack; (2) Carl Sagan’s book, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space (1994); and (3) Planet Earth, the home of human life.
Professor John E. Mack was an eminent Harvard psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and Pulitzer Prize winner. His clinical […]

Well, it’s been a long time between posts. Please excuse me. I have been on vacation. First I went to Indiana to visit my wonderful parents and siblings and extended family. Then my husband and teenage son and I stopped in HAWAII and FIJI on our way back to Australia. Wow! We were gone a […]

Edvard Munch’s, The Scream has been referred to, not so much an incident or a landscape, but as a depiction of a state of mind. Fortunately, many versions of The Scream survived through time since painted, sketched and lithographed from 1893 to 1910. It wasn’t just the image that inspired my latest submission but the artist’s diary entry dated, 22 January […]

Lycanthropy is the supernatural ability of a person to transform into a wolf, or wolf-like creature. The term is derived from the Greek word: Lykánthropos. However there exists a psychological disorder in which a person believes he or she has transformed into an animal, often behaving like the animal into which they have transformed. The […]

Saint Francis of Assisi is one of my favourite saints. He is known as the patron saint of animals, birds, and the environment. Introduced to the lives of saints, both mainstream and obscure, by my grandmother, I continue being fascinated by stories of St. Francis communicating in prayerful and mystic ways with birds, wolves, dogs […]

In comparison to previous posts, I found this one the most difficult to write. In contrast however, this submission to the 100-art-dolls challenge was the most enjoyable to create.
Even though this character, called Neonlorn Badland is my favorite of all sculptures that I have created thus far for this project, the reflection that inspired his […]

I was walking the dog and found this broken plastic hook on the edge of the football oval. What in the heck was something like this doing here? Turned upside down, I thought it would make a good nose for an art doll. I put it in my pocket and kept walking, eyes to the […]