Museum Mash

I found that, if I want to make the museum experience mine, I could sketch details of objects on display in museums or sketch parts of historic buildings and recombine them to create a new image as evocative as the many parts.  I did this for a 2001 exhibition at the Johns Hopkins University’s Evergreen and Homewood mansions.  Paintings from this show are labeled JHU.  I then did 24 paintings derived from the Walters Art Museum’s holding in 2002-3.

Walters Art Museum
ThinkerThe Thinker

(Walters) Watercolor, 18 Sept. 2003, image 19 5/16″ x 14 1/2″, $1,250.  Based on the Walters’ Egyptian collection.

fertile crescentFertile Crescent

(Walters) Watercolor, 24 Aug. 2003, image 18 1/2″ x 14″, SOLD

WALTERS-Believer copyBeliever

(Walters) Watercolor, 26 Feb. 2002, image 18 1/2″ x 14″, $1,250.  Based on an Ethiopian manuscript in the Walters’ collection.

FATEFATE (Sixes & Twelves)

(Walters) Watercolor, 22 Feb. 2002, image 20″ x 20″, $1,500.  Based on the Walters medieval collection.

ethiomenian_1Ethiomenian

(Walters) Watercolor, 2 May 2002, image 26 1/8″ x 16 7/8″, SOLD

DeathDEATH

(Walters) Watercolor, 11 Dec. 2003, image 19 5/16″ x 14 13/16″, SOLD.  From the Walters’ Egyption collection.

"Beating A Dead Horse" 17 1/4" X 13 3/4", Water Color. Scott Ponemo.

Beating A Dead Horse

(Walters) Watercolor, 10 April 2003, image 17 1/4″ X 13 3/4″, $1,250. From the Walters’ medieval collection.

Maryland Center for History and Culture

VP MHS Attributed to LanniuerAttributed to Lanniuer

(JHU) Watercolor, 17 Feb. 2000, image 19 1/2″ x 13 7/8″, $950. This image is based on a suite of furniture at MCHC.

Mt. Clare Mansion

VP Mt. Clare AviaryMt. Clare Aviary

(JHU) Watercolor, 24 Nov. 1999, image 19 1/2″ x 16″, $950.  The painting combines elements found at Mt. Clare mansion in Baltimore.

VP- Mt. Clare GenerationsMt Clare Generations

(JHU) Watercolor, 29 Nov. 1999, image 19″ x 15 1/4″, $950.  The painting combines elements found at Mt. Clare mansion in Baltimore.

Homewood House

VP Homewood MahoganyHomewood Mahogany

(JHU) Watercolor, 2 Sept. 1999, image 18 3/4″ x 13 5/8″, $950.  The objects and patterns in this painting were found in Homewood House on the Johns Hopkins University campus in Baltimore.

Hampton

VP Hampton BirdhouseHampton birdhouse

(JHU) Watercolor, Oct. 1999, image 21″ x 12 5/8″, $950.   The components of this painting derives from objects at the Hampton National Historic Site in Towson, MD.

Lloyd St. Synagogue

VP Lloyd St.Lloyd St.

(JHU) Watercolor, Jan. 2000, image 19 1/2″ x 15″, $950.  The components of this paintings were found at the Lloyd Street Synagogue in Baltimore.