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What is an Icon? Icons are symbols of a particular culture and idealogy. They are meant to be easily recognizable and associated with a particular group of people. They have a specific reaction, depending on the audience, and will arouse emotions according to the viewer's sensibility.
Icons, to me, are very stimulating to my imagination, and, therefore, easy for me to interpret in my various art projects.
African Queen - front view |
African Queen - side view |
NEW!! African Queen
34" high x 20" wide x 28" deep
mixed media sculpture
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| "African Queen" - She was discovered by Dr. Anthony Requiem in 1950 in Ghana. He was on an expedition to find a lost tribe of albino natives who kept themselves hidden because of their unusual skin color. He never found this tribe, but did discover this idol. He immediately recognized that this was an important artifact and brought it back to London, England where it was immediately sold at auction. Now available to you, "THE AFRICAN QUEEN". |
NEW!! Funky Monkey
40" high x 30" wide
mixed media
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| "Funky Monkey" - A dancer doin' the "Funky Monkey". "Funky Monkey" started with the background. I came across this black paper tapestry in a flea market, and instantly was drawn to it. From the background, the piece sprang to life with the African figure leaping in time to distant drums. I love to peruse flea markets, resale shops, hardware stores and the like. This is where I get a lot of my ideas for my mixed media work. |
Impossible Dream
50" high x 40" wide
mixed media in shadow box
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| "Impossible Dream" - is every female (or male) artist's artful daydream. The handsome model comes to life, takes her into his arms and sweeps her into his magical world of romance; only to return as the image on the canvas, never to materialize again. She diligently finishes the portrait, hoping he would materialize again, but it never happens. As time goes on, she is satisfied to gaze at her painting remembering her imaginary encounter. She never sells it. |
Mermaid
14" high x 16" wide
mixed media on paper
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Shahrzad
40" high x 50" wide
mixed media on canvas
"Shahrzad" - A lovely mid-eastern woman daydreams in her garden window. This piece won a Gold Medal in the Amsterdam Art, "Nielson Bainbridge" competition.
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Marlena
50" high x 50" wide
mixed media on wood
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NEW!! Idols
18 1/2" high"x 18" wide
mixed media
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"The Idols" - These came about from a Styrofoam packing container which looked to me, in my "mind's eye", like little primitive dolls. I cut them out and decorated them with various pieces of broken jewelry and found objects and them placed them on a place mat and then a support board.
While I'm not driven to pray and genuflect in front of them, I do think they'd make a decorative addition to a room.
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Miss L.A - front view |
Miss L.A - back view |
Miss L.A.
26" high x 20" wide
mixed media diptych
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Kwanza
21" high x 21" wide x 9" deep
mixed media wall sculpture
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Fetish
16" high x 12" wide
mixed media in plexiglass
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NEW!! Where Is Auntie 'Em?
14 1/2" high"x 17 3/4" wide
mixed media
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"Where is Auntie 'Em?" - Auntie 'Em had a problem. She had a hard life. She didn't finish school, never worked, never married, didn't socialize much, but she did have one close friend; Alcohol. She was never without her bottle. It was always by her side, drying her hard luck tears, warming her cold heart, and never complaining. What a great friend! Whenever we couldn't locate Auntie 'Em, we'd just look around the house on all the floors, underneath or behind the furniture, and eventually she'd show up. I decided to do this collage in her honor.
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Mommie Dearest
36" high x 36" wide
mixed media
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"Mommie Dearest" - The cruel mother, stiff, unrelenting, unloving, making her innocent daughter cry and cry and cry. Unfortunately women who are not mentally equipped to love and cherish their offspring have children who are subjected to their mother's damaging attitudes.
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NEW!! The Lovers
18 1/2" high x 14" wide
wood carving
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Ramses
24" high x 36" wide
mixed media in plexiglass box
"Ramses" - This piece is a finalist in the experimental category, 2001 Annual Art Exhibition - The Artist's Magazine. It depicts an Egyptian mummy in front of his dreams.
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Spectrum
40" high x 30" wide
mixed media on paper
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Spectrum #1
30" high x 20" wide
mixed media
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"Spectrum" - A collage representing man through the ages. The nude man reflects some of his inside organs representing his vulnerability. He is holding on to a Gucci watch; marking time. The coliseum to the right of him is still standing, the rock star to the upper left of him is probably dead from an overdose of drugs. Notice he is positioned in front of Las Vegas, where he did his last gig. The native woman dancing underneath him is in the throes of a ritualistic dance. There are skulls of her ancestors underneath her feet. A conglomeration representing various facets of modern man. |
Kon Tiki
30" high x 40" wide
mixed media
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Blowfish
24" high x 28" wide x 8" deep
mixed media
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Medicine Chest - open view |
Medicine Chest - closed view |
Medicine Chest
25" circle with tail
mixed media
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Caged
31" high x 23 1/2" wide
mixed media
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The Midwife
50" x 50" Diamond
mixed media in plexiglass box
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"The Midwife" - A surreal African midwife and all the births she administered during her long career - an award winner! 1st prize in the "Black
History Month" art exhibition at the Second City Council, Long Beach, CA February 2002.
"Manhattan Arts International" Showcase Award, "Herstory" juried
competition, New York, NY
This is done in a large diamond shaped plexiglass box frame. |
Ra
50" high x 40" wide
paper sculpture in plexiglass box
Ra the sungod, an ancient idol is an award winner too. Honorable Mention & Showcase Awards were given by North Light Cover Contest, Manhattan Arts & Entertainment Magazine - 7th Annual Competition, and the Sacramento Fine Arts Center.
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NEW!! Sacrifice
30" high x 24" wide
mixed media on paper
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NEW!! Mardi Gras
30" high x 20" wide
mixed media on paper
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NEW!! Africanz
16" high x 16" wide
mixed media
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NEW!! Makondi Man
22" high x 16" wide
mixed media
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NEW!! Azteca
22" high x 16" wide
mixed media
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:: PUZZLE SERIES - puzzle mixed media paintings by Ione Citrin
Gadget
23" high x 23" wide x 5" deep
mixed media
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Fancy Fan
40" high x 30" wide
mixed media assemblage
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Shell Of Treasure
36" high x 36" wide
mixed media in plexiglass
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"Shell of Treasure" - Walking along the lovely Santa Monica beach I find wonderful shells, fish skeletons, lost jewelry, and all the sundry "washed-up", dried up and left-over's of life on the beach. These are truly little treasures and I cannot resist picking them up and storing them in my studio. One day I looked at my "stash" and realized I should do something with my loot, so I created "Shell of Treasure" made from the sands of the Santa Monica Beach/Pacific Ocean.
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Sea Flower
16" high x 24" wide
mixed media on wood
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Glass Pinata
23" high x 16" wide
mixed media
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"Glass Pinata" - A mixed media piece housed in a plexiglass box frame consisting of 90% colored glass pieces arranged on hand made paper depicting a central flower surrounded by petals.
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M'Lady
42" high x 37" wide x 37" deep
mixed media sculpture
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The Old Gang - front view |
The Old Gang - detail view |
The Old Gang
71" high x 54" wide x 11" deep
mixed media
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"The Old Gang" - Started with an old pallett found in an alley. Immediately drawn to the depressions in the pallette, I decided to fill them with funny faces of different men. I started with one, then thought of another type of person, and then another.
Then I realized these guys were home boys, all growing up in a particular neighborhood, going to the same schools, and so kept their little clique together throughout their lives.
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NEW!! Katmandu
20" high x 16" wide
mixed media on paper
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NEW!! Kinshassa & Ali
24" high x 16" wide
mixed media on paper
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NEW!! The Last Rose of Summer
24" high x 19" wide
mixed media on wood
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The Mummy - front view |
The Mummy - rear view |
NEW!! The Mummy
40" high x 35" wide x 35" deep
mixed media sculpture
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