the ‘grino series

Some comments and quips, background… anonymous to the series title.

For me there’s nothing new with painting or making with cardboard. It fascinates my imagination and tears ever so unnaturally, leaving much to chance and little to manipulation. I also love using unconventional materials and combining elements which in sequence are related, ie tree branches/ twigs to cardboard to paper.

How this particular series became the ‘grino collection is based on my little grandson Elio’s language short cuts and his love of San Pelegrino bottled water, which in our family we’ve been drinking for decades. Now all of us, adults included use this axiom when offering water to guests, each other or any comer to the door…

I’d been making assemblage structures from the used boxes for years and this latest arrangement utilizing cut out Pelegrino boxes is the most recent . Topic wise the themes of falling/flying, myth/heroes, Native American imaginations, animal totems, recognizing your saints and portraiture figure strongly.