Friday Egg: Gold Leaf

Another golden egg: This time it is an etched goose egg done in a ferny leaf pattern and then covered in sheets of 23.5K gold. So I called it Gold Leaf! Too obvious? Probably, but I could think of no other name once I thought of that one. I like that small bits of the white eggshell underneath peak out from between the leaves, the same way the sun might filter through a shady grove of trees.

As with any of my works, this piece is available through Camiba Art Gallery. 

Happy Friday!

Friday Egg: Caritas Super Exaltat Omnia

An ostrich egg, pure white and unaltered, broken open to reveal an inner life of golden light. A representation of the love a parent gives a child. The highest and deepest love to the child, as represented by the golden inner lining of the egg that protected and nurtured the child. But such love is not without consequence. The egg has to break for the child to grow. The dual states of parenthood, of love and pain.

This work can be seen at Gallery 701 at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside Drive, in their show "Naissance" beginning November 18th and running until February 20, 2017.