Collage: "Otto Jotto Jotto"

"Otto Jotto Jotto" (2006)

Personal collage, created for home.

Detail shots below:

       

Source materials include:  1960s Shop Rite cookbook clippings, vintage postcards from 1964 - 65 Worlds Fair, images from Broadway 1940s and 1950s theatre posters, postage stamps of the 1930s, cigar bands and other vintage commercial and paper materials.

Things Go-Go Better With...

1960s vinyl from the go-go boot wearin' Jeannie C. Riley (also available on 8 track).

Once More To The Beach

The American Beach-going Family: Circa 1968.

See You In The Sun

Every Summer Ago:  Photographers Unknown.

Graphic Reportage: Desktop Jar

Two graphic takes on the contents of a jar sitting on my desk at work.  17 September 2010.

We Go Way Back: Dionne & Me

Only in the past ten years have I begun to collect and really listen to the 1960s pop music masterpieces that were orchestrated around the honey-smooth voice of Miss Dionne Warwick.  Upon beginning to do so, however, I realized that her voice had been a part of my backdrop for a long time.  Since childhood, though I couldn't really name it, there was a particular voice that always grabbed my attention over the AM and FM stations that my grandparents listened to.  It was nothing like the rest of my growing pop-rock-punk-funk-R&B-alternative sensibilities, but it felt immediately welcoming, familiar, wise and (oddly) lighter than air.

I am glad to report that from these black vinyl platters, it sounds richer than ever to my seasoned ears.

 Thank you, Dionne... Then, now and always.

A Troika Of Tubes

Three electron radio tubes from the inside of a 1950s radio.

Assemblage: Crayon Box

1950s, 1960s & 1970s crayons affixed to a painted stretch canvas.

Another personal assemblage of collected items from 2006 that's displayed in my home.

Last Petals At The Party

Parting Glance:  The very last blooms of Summer.

Scott's Garden.  Hamilton, New Jersey:  September 2010.

Button Jar Dartboard

Personal item:  A 2006 decorative assemblage I made for home. 

Found dartboard affixed with buttons from one of my grandmother's button jars as well as window glass and copper-covered moulding pieces from the Asbury Park Casino.

More personal than conceptual, but fun to look at.