Here are some items that haven't made it on to my website. Some of them are short runs of cards and books and other odds and ends. If you are interested in purchasing please contact me at dawn@nakfinearts.com
50/50 Book
Limited quantities
6" x 8", spiral bound, 28 pages
$25.00
I was in a group show in the summer of 2009 called "50/50." The premise of the show was to have the invited artists create 50 pieces in 50 days. There were 67 artists in the show. We were each given 50 - 6"x6" pieces of masonite and everyone came up with their own concept. My concept was to base each tile on a specific day's events and was created with one word done in positive space and the other in negative space. The chosen words, usually opposites were to convey the happenings of that day. For instance: Day 10 (5/27/09) was "FAIR/FOUL." (President Obama nominates Judge Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme court Justice. Raised in the South Bronx Sotomayor is a life-long baseball fan.) I was happy with the way the piece turned out and created a limited number of books with all 50 tiles so I would have a record of this project - and a journal of sorts of 50 days in 2009. To see each tile in detail and to read what transpired on each day see my older blogs.
50/50 Paintings
Coincidentally, I was working on a 50/50 project of my own before the above mentioned group show. For my 50th birthday last December (2008) I created 50 new pieces. Some of them were paintings on cardboard with the positive/negative, 50/50 theme. Some of them were inspired by the 2008 Election and all were reminiscent of the old WAIT/WALK traffic signs. I think my palette took its lead from the colors used in "The Cat in The Hat." Here's how they looked installed:
50/50 Paintings for sale
YES/NO
12" x 10"
acrylic on cardboard
$25.00
RIGHT/WRONG
12" x 10"
acrylic on cardboard
$25.00
OBAMA/MCCAIN
12" x 10"
acrylic on cardboard
$25.00
PALIN/FEY
12" x 10"
acrylic on cardboard
$25.00
PRO-LOVE/ANTI-LOVE
12" x 10"
acrylic on cardboard
$25.00
SAFE/OUT
12" x 10"
acrylic on cardboard
$25.00
HOME/AWAY
12" x 10"
acrylic on cardboard
$25.00
CASH/CREDIT
12" x 10"
acrylic on cardboard
$25.00
BULL/BEAR
12" x 10"
acrylic on cardboard
$25.00
JOBS/GATES
12" x 10"
acrylic on cardboard
$25.00
MAC/PC
12" x 10"
acrylic on cardboard
$25.00
ipod/MP3
12" x 10"
acrylic on cardboard
$25.00
JONAS/MILEY
12" x 10"
acrylic on cardboard
$25.00
FIFTY/FIFTY
12" x 10"
acrylic on cardboard
$25.00
CONTROLS - red
14" x 14"
(4 - 6"x6" paintings)
acrylic on cardboard
$25.00
A couple of paintings were inspired by the images we watched during the
2008 Summer Olympics in Bejing
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Bejing #1
30 1/2" x 15 1/2"
acrylic on canvas
$125.00
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Bejing #2
30 1/2" x 15 1/2"
acrylic on canvas
$125.00
And a couple were inspired by time spend in peach orchards during my youth
50/50 Card Sets
ENVIRONMENT card set
Set of 4 cards
$6.00
BASEBALL card set
Set of 4 cards
$6.00
POLITICS card set
Set of 4 cards
$6.00
FOODIE card set
(KROC/WATERS - think "Ray" & "Alice")
Set of 4 cards
$6.00
CIVIL RIGHTS card set
Set of 4 cards
$6.00
Some other cards I've created recently
Drive/Bike/Fly card
"The human race is challenged more than every before to demonstrate our mastery, not over nature but of ourselves." - Rachel Carson (1907-1964)
Set of 4 cards (one design)
$6.00
Oprah/Limo card
"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down." - Oprah Winfrey
Set of 4 cards (one design)
$6.00
APRONS
"Usu" apron
(usu is the name of the bowl using in pounding mochi)
Hand stitched fabric applique
100% cotton natural canvas
$25.00 (one left)
Usu apron detail
Baseball Diamond apron
Machine stitched fabric applique with buttons/bases
100% cotton natural canvas
$25.00 (one left)
Baseball Diamond apron detail
Mochi Mouse Club apron
Screen printed /100% cotton
White (w/adjust. neck) $20.00
Natural canvas $15.00
Mochi Mouse Club apron detail
