Watch the Video of my first Solo Show!
Very special thanks go to Robyn Dolgin of Ft. Collins for her expert Spacial Consulting, and
Don Rose and Just George (Weickert) for muscles, sweat, and logistics.
Katrina Toucke Productions produced the video AND donated extra time to boot!
An AUM for Molly
AUM: The primordial sound of the Universe, Ultimate Reality. Eight-Petaled Lotus: In Buddhism, the Noble Eight-fold Path to mental purity and spiritual perfection.
The Back Story: Molly, a beautiful young woman wrapped in a hand-woven Tibetan shawl, boarded the O’hare shuttle and sat across the aisle from me. We struck up an conversation–first about our reasons for going to Moline: she, to see her family after months in Tibet and I, to supervise my daughter while her father was away singing an opera somewhere. The conversation, which lasted the entire 4-hour ride, became quite deep The death of my son was still raw in my heart.
Molly was a videographer for Outdoor Magazine and had worked several months in Tibet, after which she studied with her guru awhile. Her story was amazing and helped lift me out of my sagging emotions. When we arrived in Moline, we debarked the shuttle and shared a heartfelt goodbye hug. I hadn’t thought to get her full name.
Once home as I began to unpack my computer case, I was caught by surprise to find a pair of beautiful silver earrings bearing the Aum symbol in Sanskrit. She had slipped the earrings into my unzipped computer case when I wasn’t looking. This mosaic is for Molly.
Orange Coin Good – El Salvador – Pais #1
This is an historical work, marking the event Bitcoin became legal tender in El Salvador. It features El Salvador’s national bird, Toroguz, and its national tree, the Maquilishuat. When the female on the upper branch glances down at the male’s tail to determine his fitness to be her mate, her gaze is caught by the brilliance of the bitcoin in his beak. He is sure to win her affections, as he has both the tail, and the coin! A BITCOIN-ONLY SALE. Offered for ONE wholecoin.
Mosaic Construction: Each piece of glass is cut by the artist using a variety of tools. The thinset and grout used in this piece are premium grade, manufactured for underwater applications. Substrate is moisture-proof cement and fiberglass coated foam. Steel reinforced. Hanging hardware is installed through the substrate and beneath the mosaic itself, bearing the full weight of the piece.
Archival Canvas Giclee Reproductions:
36×48″ SCARCE Edition of 210, exact size of the original glass mosaic, rolled for mailing, hand numbered x/210 and signed, with historical inscription along the sides of the stretched canvas. $1500 USD or BTC equivalent, plus shipping.
18×24 OPEN “GIFTING” edition, with historical inscription along the sides of the stretched canvas, rolled for mailing. $250 USD or BTC equivalent, plus shipping.
Note: Orders of the original mosaic size (36×48) are limited to 210, mirroring the scarcity of Bitcoin, for which mining will cease forever at 21 million coins.
Inscription: Along the left side of the canvas wrap: “Orange Coin Good ~ El Salvador ~ Pais #1″
Along the right side of the canvas wrap: “Presidente Nayib Bukele ~ Septiembre, 2021″
Reproduction Quality: These are the highest quality archival reproductions, using archival inks on Chromata white canvas, OBA-free, 390GSM with two coats of protective Glamour 2 Gloss varnish. The prints themselves do not fade and the varnish increases protection.