"Decorating nature" hotel/hospital/office/institution proposal

Custom art made on flora that is micro-local to the institution

where it will be displayed and/or sold.

fig. 153: maple leaf with winter-onset B. Rileyitis

For about 9 years, I've been creating art in my "Decorating Nature" series. To date, I've completed over 170 of these little "interventions with nature", primarily watercolors on leaves and rocks and other natural objects, photographed and printed on thick archival watercolor paper.

For nearly as long, I've seen that this could be a great series for a boutique hotel or an office or a hospital and have fantasized about creating art pieces in this vein from the micro-flora found around such an institution. 

The plan is this: I would go to the location in each season and find interesting natural objects to paint on, then photograph them in situ and print them up as artworks for rooms and common areas of the hotel. They make wonderful notecards (http://decnatnotecards.blogspot.com) and postcards and there's even a book signed and numbered by the artist.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Norm Magnusson is mildly renowned all over the world. 

He has shown in galleries and museums in New York and New Zealand, London and Paris and all over the United States. His work is in private and museum collections around the world, including NY’s MoMA (Franklin Furnace Artist’s Book Collection) and he’s been reviewed everywhere from the NY Times to the Washington Post to the Utne Reader, the Center for Sustainable Practices in the Arts magazine, GreenMuze and TrendHunter.com and many other national and international magazines, websites and blogs.

His “historical markers” and “decorating nature” series have both gone viral on the internet. He’s received a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant and a NYFA Fellowship, both for sculpture, a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant for painting, and a Lower Manhattan Cultural Council grant and a NYSCA grant (through the Center for Sustainable Rural Communities), both for public art installations. 

For the last 5 years, on August 29, the date of its world premier in Woodstock, NY, Magnusson has produced an anniversary concert of John Cage’s 4’33” at the WAAM Museum in that town.

He is the co-founder of FISHtheMOUSEmedia, a developer of educational apps for iOS; where his “Animal alphabet” app was widely acclaimed and honored with a prestigious Gold award from the Parents’ Choice Foundation.

WATCH!

May 2016 PechaKucha talk by Norm Magnusson:
"25 years of artistic practice in under 7 minutes"
Click here!


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fig 1: leaf of the clown tree

DECORATING NATURE -
PAINT (MOSTLY WATERCOLOR) ON ROCKS 
AND LEAVES AND STUFF,
PHOTOS TAKEN AND ARCHIVAL
COMPUTER PRINTS (GICLÉES) AVAILABLE


AN ART PROJECT BY NORM MAGNUSSON
(click here to read the "Decorating nature" book proposal on issuu.)

fig. 38: in autumn, some leaves will use color bars to help get everything perfect.

fig. 144: a tuft from the neighbor's hydrangea floated over in that last storm.

A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE 'DECORATING NATURE' SERIES

“Chaos is the order of nature and order is the nature of man.”

“A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down.”

I strive to create art that is both beautiful and meaningful, art that is aesthetically and intellectually accessible and deals with important themes. This body of work is on a theme that has informed a great deal of my creativity over the past couple of decades -- mankind’s complicated and vast relationship with nature.

We use nature how we see fit: we strive to bring order to it, we seek to explain it in a language that doesn’t belong to it, we try to make it prettier, we try to make it better, we try to make it more profitable. Some efforts succeed, some don’t.

This series, “Decorating nature” is about all that and is also all about beauty.

Beauty is the best friend of consideration. If a photo is pretty, the viewer will spend more time with it. If a viewer spends more time with it, they will begin to think beyond the surface of it and into the meaning of it. That’s the dynamic I hope to create in viewers of my work.

Lastly and maybe most importantly, this body of work is meant to be fun.

I hope you feel it is.

fig. 152: beneath the blanket of fresh snow, two heart leaves commingle.

(ARTIST'S RESUME ON BOTTOM OF PAGE)

The artist gives a gallery talk at "Nature, Inc." exhibition at ROCA in April, 2015.

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fig. 103: occasionally, leaves fall all the way from the sky.

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fig. 151: frequently, the most beautiful hearts are also the most complicated.

fig. 149: peak foliage

fig. 148: web rot overtakes a large oak leaf.

fig. 147: catalpa almost inundated by indigo fungus.

A gallery talk at "Funism: the art of Norm Magnusson" at SUNY Ulster in September, 2015.

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fig. 15: mountain laurel with peacock syndrome.

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PRINT DETAILS:

Archival computer prints, from 18" x 12" up to 108" x 72", each one individually inscribed and signed by the artist and printed on 100% post-industrial waste, archival and acid-free paper. They look good in all sizes but even better bigger.

Each giclée is individually created by master printer Steve Kerner of Stone River Fine Arts in Woodstock, N.Y. An artist himself, Mr. Kerner has dedicated the last 15 years to collaborating with visual artists to create the finest quality archival prints.

The giclées can be printed on a variety of materials, 100% recycled cotton rag, 100% cotton canvas or on special 505 gram, 100% rag, clay coated archival paper imported from England.

They're printed with ultra chrome K3 pigments.

A price list and more details can be seen by clicking here or, if you want to buy using Paypal, visit www.greenNaturePrints.com. Thank you.

Email: greenNaturePrints@gmail.com

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SELECTED PRESS ACCLAIM:

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fig. 73: a maple key with cartoonitus.

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fig. 3: stripeticoccus bacteria on maple leaf

fig. 23: bark of the invasive zebra birch, introduced to the New World in 1789.

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fig. 8: metamorphic rock undergoing underwater metamophosis

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fig. 5: rhododendron showing signs of pixelanimus infestation

fig. 127: late summer/early fall.

fig. 120: the vernal equinox has some amazing effects on the plant kingdom.

fig. 56: not normally associated with seasonal transformations, some stream-side stones actually will begin to pixellate in late autumn/early winter.

fig. 113: Some yellow poplar leaves develop faux thorns to repel predators.

fig. 104: Black walnut leaves are more colorful than those of their cousin, the English walnut.

fig. 141: togetherness

fig. 95: some oak leaves self-censor.

fig. 91: certain mosses secrete a pheromone that reacts beautifully with maple leaves

fig. 42: in late- to mid-winter, some leaves can be found in Florida sporting unnaturally bright colors.

fig. 118: Frequently, the last leaf to fall is the most colorful.

fig. 121: down near the playground, a yellow poplar, or 'tuliptree' drops its magnificent fruit.

fig. 138: beauty follows fast after some Spring showers.

fig. 140: a weed is just a plant in the wrong place, as seen here.

fig. 142: blue plus yellow makes green.

fig. 143: example of yin/yang in nature are quite common but very hard to find.

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(A special section devoted to the 'suite' prints, which have been requested by many collectors.)

fig. 134a: (clockwise from top left) winter, spring, fall, and summer

fig. 134b: Cape Cod's Ridgevale beach is home to many colorful specimens.

fig. 134c: a few of the many faces of the Tulip tree leaf.

fig. 134d: pixellation is found throughout nature.

fig. 134e: stripetococcus infestation can strike the leaves of any tree.

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fig. 117: A sea of red fungus spreads over this green leaf.

fig. 105: Leaves of the Anglerfish tree resemble the teeth of the eponymous fish.

fig. 100: brassica mel mellis produces a sweet nectar on the edges of its leaves.

fig. 99: a fresh bloom of the "exploding rainbow" flower.

fig. 92: certain mosses secrete a pheromone that reacts beautifully with maple leaves

fig. 90: it's said that if you arrange the leaves of the bluepoint tree in a circle, 

you will attract true love. 

fig. 81: spectrumcirculitis on a London plane tree outside Paris' Faculté de Médecin.

fig. 72: white-dot fungi fill every surface of a tree stump.

fig. 55: certain leaves pay tribute to fallen friends with tattoos.

fig. 58: yellow remembers orange.

fig. 54: some evergreens are not.

fig. 53: spiralchetes infest a redbud leaf.

fig. 51: rare and valuable seed pods of the money plant, lunaria annua.

fig. 57: gingko leaves are individually beautiful but collectively stunning.

fig. 50: genetically modified brown-eyed susan.

fig. 48: decomposition usually follows a predictable pattern, as seen in this river pine.

fig. 45: squirrels are easily mesmerized by the leaf of the rain drop tree.

fig. 41: the male of the autograph tree forms garish yellow patterns on its leaves in an attempt to attract a mate.

fig. 43: an older autograph tree leaf with its dignity intact.

fig. 37: many nuts are not patriotic at all.

fig. 33: the rare chameleobirch leaf can be harder to find than a 4-leaf clover.

(See video of leaf here.)

fig. 25: a 17 year old river rock.

fig. 22: to get by in a white world, some leaves will go so far as to change their appearance.

fig. 13: fantail fungus spreads over the face of a streamside stone.

fig. 21: the different colored needles of the eastern hemlock rarely intermingle.

fig. 6: leaf of the rare Christmas maple

fig. 12: late stage orangification of the cholla cactus

fig. 11: pinecone showing early signs of blueitis.

fig. 2: inner bark of the immature clown tree

fig. 4: eastern redbud leaves can camouflage themselves for self-defense

fig. 10: solitary leaf of the chevron tree

fig. 26: Butter clams along Cape Cod develop special markings in order to stand out.

fig. 34: bright colors and patterns can deflect attention from the aging process.

A video interview with the artist:

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Norm Magnusson  b. 1960, American

Awards / fellowships

NYFA (sculpture) 2015

NYSCA through CSRC (installation) 2014

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (installation) 2008

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, (painting) 1998-1999

Public art projects

2014            “O, pioneers” The Lawn on D, Boston, MA

2014            “Miners” Snyder House Historical Site, Rosendale, NY

2014            “On this site stood” Center for Sustainable Rural Communities, Schoharie, NY

2013            “Hidden gallery walk” Palenville, NY

2013            “I want to sleep with America” Woodstock, NY

2012            “Far and wide” Woodstock Artists Association Museum, Woodstock, NY

2012            “Historical tense”, Artspace, New Haven, CT

2011            “O+ Festival”, Kingston, NY

2010            “The art of inspiration”, Sculpture installation, Time Warner Bldg, N.Y., NY

2010            “Sculpture Key West Invitational,” Key West, FL

2009            “Sculpture Key West 2009,” Key West, FL

2008             “Strange bedfellows” Le Petit Versailles, NYC

2007            “On this site stood,” The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT.

2006            “The Byrdcliffe Outdoor Sculpture Show,” Woodstock, N.Y.

2006            “Unexpected Catskills” Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock, N.Y.

2005            “Karen DeWitt,” Historical marker with political content installed on 

               Heart’s Content Road in Greene County, N.Y.

2004            “Do unto others,” “Practice what you preach” Two :30 videos that aired 96  times on national             

                             tv leading up the Nov., 2004 election.

2003             “Jesus loves you, Bush doesn’t” Viral internet project

2000            “Pull toy” Cow Parade, Riverside Park, N.Y., N.Y.

Solo Museum Exhibitions

2011            “Public service public art project”  The Pember Museum, Granville, NY

2007            On this site stood" The Main St. Sculpture Project of 

                          The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT.

2003            “Metaphorical Menagerie” The Pember Museum, Granville, N.Y.

2001            “Image and Allegory,” The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

2000            “Norm Magnusson -- American Painter” The Springfield Art Museum, MO

Solo Gallery Exhibitions

2013            “Funism” SUNY Ulster, Muroff-Kotler Gallery, Stone Ridge, NY

2013            “Decorating nature” Evolve Design Gallery, Woodstock, NY

2009            “Descent into the political”  Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, MA

2008            “America's Seven Cardinal Virtues” Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, N.Y.

                      “Youth Culture in America” Muddycup Gallery, Kingston, N.Y. 

2006            “America’s Seven Deadly Sins” Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, N.Y.

2004            “Figures of speech in paint” Inquiring Mind Gallery, Saugerties, N.Y.

2003            “Vacation” Spike Gallery, N.Y., N.Y.

2002             “After the 11th” BridgewaterFineArts, N.Y., N.Y. 

2001            “The Animal Alphabet”  Bridgewater/Lustberg/Blumenfeld, N.Y. 2001            

1999            “Central Park Animals - Then and Now” The Arsenal Gallery, Central Park, N.Y. , N.Y.

1998            “American Paintings” Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, N.Y.

1997            “Norm Magnusson” J.J. Brookings Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

1997            “Travelogue” Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery

1996            “Norm Magnusson” Picturesque Gallery, Akaroa, New Zealand

1995            “Bestiary” Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery

1994            “The Normandy Paintings”  Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery            

1993            “Recent paintings” The Gallery Upstairs at Flamingo East, NYC

1992            “Norm Magnusson” The Gallery Upstairs at Flamingo East, NYC

Group Museum Exhibitions

2015            “The Stories we tell” Samuel Dorskey Museum, New Paltz, NY

2015            “Nature Inc” The Rockland Center for the Arts , Nyack, NY

2013            “Current hues of the Hudson” The Museum at Bethel Woods, Bethel, NY

2011            “Far and wide” Woodstock Artist’s Association Museum, Woodstock, NY

2009            “Food” Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery, SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge, NY

2005            “Over the top - Under the rug” The Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts

2003            “Genetic expressions: Art after DNA” Hecksher Museum, Huntington, NY

2000            “Animals in Art”  The Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Alaska

Selected Gallery Group Shows

2014      “re:Purpose” WFG Gallery, Woodstock, NY

            “Works on paper” Atwater Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY

            “Playing with a full deck” GCCA, Catskill, NY

2013     “Museum of controversial art” BAU Gallery, Beacon, NY

            “The Kingston Museum of Controversial Art” KMoCA, Kingston, NY

            “Cut & Paste” Muroff-Kotler Gallery, SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge, NY

            “These animals are driving me to abstraction” WFG Gallery, Woodstock, NY

            “Winter solstice show” Ai Earthling Gallery, Woodstock, NY

2012    “FU”  WFG Gallery, Woodstock, NY

            “Zoom In”  imogen Holloway gallery, Saugerties, NY

            “From Wall St. to Main St.” GCCA, Catskill, NY

2011    “SpoOk”, Oo Gallery, Kingston, NY

            “SpOor”, Oo Gallery, Kingston, NY

            “Change of climate”, Suite 503 Gallery, NY, NY

            “Rock City Pop Up”, Van Brunt Projects, Woodstock, NY

            “Route 28 or thereabouts”  Van Brunt Projects, Beacon, NY 

2010      “Define the decade” GCCE, Catskill, NY

“SKW inside” Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, FL

 “Mill Street Loft invitational”, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

 “Group show” Kleinert James Art Center, Woodstock, N.Y.

2009            “Decorating nature” Gallery 668, Battenville, N.Y.

“spctclr vws” One Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, NY

“Inaugural” Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, NY

2008             “Hudson Valley Invitational” Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, N.Y.

“Animal allegories” Gallery 668, Battenville, N.Y.

            “Wild thing” Ira Wolk Gallery, Napa, CA

2007            “Variations on a rainbow” Le Petit Versailles, N.Y., N.Y.

            “About face: artists not afraid of U-turns” GCCA, Catskill, N.Y.

2006            “New Hudson Room” Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, N.Y.

2005            “Compared to what” Gallery OneTwentyEight, N.Y., N.Y.

            “This is not an archive” Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.

2004            “Ambush” VanBrunt Gallery, N.Y., N.Y.

            “Happy Art for a sad world”  Spike Gallery, N.Y., N.Y.

2002            “Reactions” Exit Art, N.Y., N.Y.

2002            “Biennial” Bradford Brinton Memorial, Big Horn, Wyoming

2000            “Animals as Symbol” Curated online exhibition, Guild.com 

            “Salon” HereArt, N.Y., N.Y.

1999            “Urbiculture”  Sylvia White Gallery, N.Y., N.Y.

            “A big show of small work” Bridgewater/Lustberg/Blumenfeld, N.Y.                        

            “Portraits 2” Jorgenson Gallery, N.Y., N.Y. 

            “Wish you were here”  Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, N.Y., N.Y.

            “Framed”  Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, N.Y., N.Y. 

1998            “Open your heart”  Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, N.Y.

            “A big show of small works”   Bridgewater/Lustberg, New York, N.Y.

            “Anima Mundi”  Bridgewater/Lustberg, New York, N.Y.

1997            “Whit, Whimsy & Humor”  Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, N.Y.

            “Winter show”  J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, N.Y.

            “PhotoSoho”   Buhl Foundation, New York, N.Y.

            “Art walk ‘97 Show” J.J. Brookings Gallery, San Francico, CA.

            “A big show of small work 2”  Bridgewater/Lustberg, NYC

1996            “A big show of small work”  Bridgewater/Lustberg, New York, N.Y.

            “Summer exhibition”  J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, N.Y.

1995            “Creative Conflict”  Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, N.Y.       

                “High/Low/Art Soup”  Renee Fotouhi Fine Art, East Hampton, N.Y.

            “Animal Kingdom”  The Union League Club, New York, N.Y.            

             “Open your heart”  Christinerose Gallery, New York, N.Y.

                  “Preview of 1995”  J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, N.Y.

1994   “Then and Now”  Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, New York,N.Y.

            “Summer 1994”  J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, N.Y.

            “Accidental Tourist”  Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, New York, N.Y.

            “Garden in the Gallery”  Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, N.Y.

1994            “Group Show” Galerie Antoinette, Paris, France

1993            “Celebration of Victor Hugo” Galerie Les Etelles, Villequier, France

            “Group Show” Galerie Antoinette, Paris, France

            "Apres New York"  Galerie Les Etelles, Villequier, France

Curation

2014            “re:Purpose”, WFG Gallery, Woodstock, NY

2013            “The Museum of Controversial Art”, BAU, Beacon, NY

2013            “The Kingston Museum of Controversial Art”, KMOCA, Kingston, NY

2012            “FU”, WFG Gallery, Woodstock, NY

Lectures/Workshops/Classes

2014            “Descent into the political” Kleinert-James Gallery, Woodstock, NY

2014            “Nature art” Rockland Country Day School, Congers, NY

2013            “Decorating Nature” Rhinebeck Science Foundation, Rhinebeck, NY

2010            “Define the decade” Greene County Council on the Arts, Catskill, NY

2009            “Animal alphabet” Woodstock Day School, Saugerties, NY

2008            “Art that’s changed the way I see the world around me” Woodstock Day School

2001            “Image and Allegory” The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

2000            “Metaphorical menagerie”  The Springfield Art Museum, MO

Selected Bibliography

“Magnusson’s Decorating Nature” Woodstock Times, January 15, 2015

“Edible imprint: ‘Historical’ marker: Scottie Webb” Edible Hudson Valley, Summer, 2014

“ ‘Historical’ signs are really an art installation” Times Journal, June 3, 2014

“Woodstock artist opens local exhibit at the Schoharie Hive” Schoharie News, June 2, 2014

“Animal allegories”,  Animal Imagery Magazine, Spring 2012.

“The I-75 Project: Offering up food for thought at every rest stop”,  HolyKaw.alltom.com, Nov. 15, 2011.

“The I-75 Project”, ArtOlution (art/revolution) October, 2011

“The I-75 Project”, Idea.IdeaBing.com, Sept. 27, 2011

“America’s Seven Deadly Sins: The Political Art of Norm Magnusson”, Tikkun.org, Sept. 24, 2011.

“Work in progress: Interstate 75”, CSPA Quarterly issue 6, 2011

  

“#110 The I-75 Project, activism with a smile”,  ThisGivesMeHope.com, Aug. 4, 2011.

                                                                                                            

“Political art dots local museums’ landscape” Granville Sentinel, May 12, 2011.

“Artist erects social markers in Granville, NY” Rutland Herald, May 6, 2011.

 “Rewriting history with a wink” Utne Reader, April 13, 2011

“Street signs and pixilated leaves: the art of Norm Magnusson”  Washington Post, Oct. 29, 2010

“Art of Social Conscience: The I-75 Project by Norm Magnusson” LaughingSquid.com, Oct. 25, 2010

“Just a little bit subversive”, CommonDreams.org, Oct. 21, 2010

  

“Gentle, public activism: Magnusson’s I-75 Project”,  TheSocietyPages.org, Sept. 22, 2010

“Markers of American Decline”,  ProvisionsLibrary.com, Sept. 22, 2010

“Signs of trouble on the I-75”, osocio.org, Sept. 9, 2010

“Decorating nature by Norm Magnusson”, Wine and Bowties, Feb. 20, 2010

“Artist adds colors to nature” GreenPacks, Feb. 19, 2010

“Mother nature’s forest canvases, kicked up a few colorful notches” Greenwala, Feb. 16, 2010

"Decorating nature series", GreenMuze, 15 February, 2010

“Political descent”, Woodstock Times, November 5, 2009

”Norm Magnusson’s ‘historical markers’”, Woodstock Times, July 31, 2008

“Norm Magnusson”  Sculpture, June 2008

“On this site stood a man with a message”  The New York Times, Sep. 30, 2007

"Signposting America," Eyeteeth: A journal of incisive ideas, Aug. 18, 2007

“Standing ground – The Aldrich goes Americana, sort of”, Bedford Mag., July 2007

"Parting shot: Norm Magnusson," Chronogram, August, 2007

“Magnusson’s markers highlight social issues,” Ridgefield Press, July 12, 2007

“I saw the sign”, Modern Painters, June 2007

  

”Norm Magnusson - On this site stood,” American Towns, June 3, 2007

“On this site stood: culture jamming history,” Art Threat, May 29, 2007

“Énoncé de l’artiste,” Esse arts + opinion, Spring-summer 2007

"Painting politics," The Woodstock Times, August 3, 2006

“A blossoming of political art” The Huffington Post, June 6, 2006

“Art that pushes the limits of studio walls,” Atlanticville Press, September 7, 2005

“Caution: angry artists at work,” The New York Times, August 27, 2004

“Vacation,” The New York Times, September 12, 2003.

“Norm Magnusson,”  The Week, August 29, 2003.

"Images of a beautiful era, and of scientific breakthroughs," The NY Times, July 27, 2003

"Pember Museum has Art Exhibit," The Granville Sentinel, February 19, 2003

 “Artist’s ‘funism’ provides lesson behind each animal,” Springfield News Leader, Oct.18, 2000

"The Artist’s Way,"  Adweek, August 16, 1999

"Norm Magnusson,"  Review, March 1, 1997

"Travels with Magnusson,"  Where New York, February, 1997

"Ecological awareness with paint and a brush,"  The Villager, February 12, 1997

"From the Big Apple to Akaroa,"  The Press (Christchurch), March 27, 1996

"Fun-ism in art,"  The Beta Theta Pi Magazine,  Spring 1996

"Museum/Gallery Notes,"  Wildlife Art News, Sept./Oct. 1995

"Norm Magnusson,"  Cover, September, 1995

"Viel Rauch um nichts,"  Der Vogel, August 18, 1995

"Raw News,"  Raw Vision, Summer 1995

  

"Animal Rites,"  The Villager, June 28, 1995

“Norm Magnusson,"  The New Yorker, February 28, 1994

“Scene Change,” The Villager, February 16, 1994

“Dimanche, les ecoliers invitaient aussi a voter," Le Courier Cauchois, March 27, 1993

“La peinture sur le chemin des ecoliers," Le Courier Cauchois, January 23, 1993

“A la decouvert d’un peintre americain avec les ecoliers de Villequier," 

Paris Normandie, 1/22/93

“A Self-taught Village Artist Creates a ‘Funism’ Style," The Villager,  Sept. 9, 1992.

“Enjoyable and Accessible Art,"  The  Villager, August 19, 1992

Museum Collections

Anchorage Museum of History and Art - Anchorage, Alaska

The Museum of Modern Art - New York, N.Y. 

(Franklin Furnace/Artist’s book collection)

The Springfield Art Museum - Springfield, Missouri

The Pember Museum - Granville, N.Y.

Selected Private Collections:

Mr. William Burback                                                                  Garrison, N.Y.            

Mr. and Mrs. Kristen and Johann Eveland                                 New Canaan, CT.                        

Mr. Kenneth Cole                                                                        New York, N.Y.

Mr. and Mrs. Ione and Marshall Crenshaw                                Rhinebeck, N.Y.

Ms. Kim Dickens                                                                        Los Angeles, CA

Mr. Joe Reece                                                                             New York, N.Y.

Ms. Jill Sobule                                                                            Los Angeles, CA

Mr. & Mrs. Andy and Kate Spade                                             New York, N.Y.

Mr. Theo Spencer                                                                       New York, N.Y.

Dr. & Mrs. Harlan Waksal                                                         Telluride, Colorado

Tanya Wexler & Amy Zimmerman                                            New York, N.Y.

Public/Corporate Collections

AmSouth Bank - Birmingham, Alabama

Fidelity Insurance - Boston, Mass.

Kenneth Cole - New York, N.Y.

Kohler – Kohler, WI

Simmons, U.S.A. - Atlanta, Georgia