WONDERBOX 1

Mixed media

17”Lx34”Wx79"H Oak wood escritoire w/ display cabinet (species unknown), Coins, Otolith, Feathers, Caviar jar, Stamps, Dandelions, Morel mushrooms, Zebra and quagga mussel shells, Fossils, Navy Ring, Cattails, Photographs, Light, Glass

2021


Wonderbox 1 is about love and death, the things that we carry, and the things that we leave behind.  Each item in this escritoire is a gift to or from the artist, as is the display cabinet itself.

Collection courtesy of the artist. Escritoire w/ display cabinet courtesy of Mary Ann Pinto.

Featured Coin: THRACE, PANTIKAPION – 4th century BC – Tetrachalk

Obverse: Head of Pan wreathed with ivy. Reverse: Lion's head / Griffin, Sturgeon below.

This project is a part of Lake Sturgeons' Guide for Surviving the Anthropocene (LSGFSA).

 LSGFSA is generously supported by the Global Warming Art Project grant, Ben Perrone and the Environmental Maze project donors, and administered by the Art Services Initiative of Western New York. It would not be possible without the support of the Lower Great Lakes Fish & Wildlife Conservation Office, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS).