Think Small '20 at the Lawrence Street Gallery

I'm fortunate that I have three pieces chosen by juror Vianna Szabo for the Lawrence Street Gallery's Think Small '20 Exhibit. The gallery will be holding a Facebook Live session at 2:00 pm next Sunday, December 6th.  It's a great way to view the entire exhibit from the comfort of your own home and the gallery now has online shopping available on the website. 

Gen 7 Sorrow

Gen 7 Sorrow was created to help bring attention to how we presently choose to either support or deny sustainability can impact the future generation’s environmental existence. A Native American concept that “urges the current generation of humans to live and work for the benefit of the seventh generation into the future” was the inspiration for this piece. How we consume natural resources and continue to put convenience over sustainability through all the plastics we use on a daily basis will affect the future’s environmental health. “Eco Baby” represents the seventh generation and depicts how they will have to carry the burden of our consumption and waste disposal choices on their backs.

 

For The Fun of It

This piece is a celebration of childhood games. From simply marking an "X" or an "O" or rolling a few dice to more complicated strategies of what moves to make next or how to combine random letters to create words with the most value, games help us relax while building eye-hand coordination skills and cultivates our competitive natures. Rather by luck or by skill, games help us to entertain oursleves and bring some fun back into life.

 

The City Never Sleeps Ever

Randomly juxtaposed pieces of rusty detritus inspire this representation of urban life. Each piece reveals a part of the story, from the corrugated cardboard used for shelter by some lesss fortunate citizens to the remnant of a calculator keypad for those who need help counting their wealth. Indications of human interaction with the city landscape are depicted through graffiti-style wall markings, torn layers of event posters, a key to a door of refuge from the noisy bustle and a stray bottle cap that is all that remains of a thirst quenched.

*****UPDATE*****
The City Never Sleeps Ever was awarded 2nd Prize by juror Vianna Szabo! Thanks so much!