I created the first Bonnet in 1972,
it was a
wonderful mix of ideas and materials—I was at the end of several
years of doing “dress-up” and performance, and was looking
to create art that would exist in space—sculpture. I had been collecting
antique hats. They were piled on my work-table along with my recent experiments
in life-casting. I was applying make-up to a rubber casting of my own
face—it seemed logical to put the face inside one of the hats. I
covered it with black veiling and was thrilled with the image.
Bonnet #1 was the start of about 6 years of working figuratively—I
created numerous figures and tableaux until 1978 when I did Miss Havisham.
Bonnet
no. - 1 1972
Mixed Media Life-cast/life size Collection of the Artist
Bonnet
no. 8 - 1972
Mixed Media Life-cast/life size Private Collection
Leaves
1973
Mixed Media 2' X 10' X 8' Installation
Collection of the Artist
Remnants:
An Homage to Lily Bart, from Edith Wharton's House of Mirth 1974
Mixed Media/Tableaux 5 ½' X 12' X 9'
Installation at Grandview Gallery, Los Angeles
Collection of the Artist
Remnants
Detail of life-cast figure
Bonnet
no. 10 - 1974
Mixed Media Life-cast/life size with glass eyes Collection of the Artist
Untitled
1976
Mixed Media 3' X 8' X 6' Life-cast/life size figure-resin mixed with marble
dust
Installation at Wight Art Gallery, UCLA, MFA Exhibition Collection of the Artist
Self
Portrait As An Old Maid 1977-8 Mixed Media Life-cast/life size Collection of the Artist
Self
Portrait As An Old Maid Detail-latex rubber life-cast face with glass eyes
Miss
Havisham 1978 Mixed Media 2/3's life size
Installation
Destroyed
