Black and White Tourists Visit Egypt

 2006      12 x 19”    30 x 47.5 cm      Hand Pulled Serigraph      18 stencils      Edition 51   A.P. 7

One of my favorite things when visiting tourist spots, is that occasionally you run into a complete stranger, and strike up a conversation, as if you have known each other forever. In this serigraph Zebras, Penguins, and a Dalmatian mix together as an eclectic group of tourists, who randomly meet in front of one of the Egyptian wall murals. I am exploring the opportunity to run into a stranger, and to exchange cultural differences and perspectives, using animals which are all Black and White, and obviously from different continents, in the spectacularly colorful setting of an Egyptian Pyramid. This modern Egyptian art work that I have created, is based on many little vignettes that I have borrowed from different Egyptian murals, as a tribute to this incredible period in human art history. The Hieroglyphs in my serigraph, (these are phonetically based), do contain a pearl of wisdom for anyone who cares to translate them.

This Hand Pulled Serigraph has participated in International Exhibits based in;

The Open Show, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, , England 2008 ~ Won 2nd Prize

2008 Fall Open Juried Exhibition, The International Museum of the Horse, Lexington, Kentucky, USA 2008

NJEAA, Art of the Horse, Ninth Annual Exhibition, Bedmaster, New Jersey, USA 2008

Dirty Fingers Say a Lot II; The Foundry Arts Centre, St. Charles Missouri, USA 2008

Embracing Our Differences, Island Park, North Port, Florida, USA 2008

Embracing Our Differences, Sarasota, Florida, USA 2008

RRV Museum International Juried Fine Art Competition, Red River Valley Museum, Vernon, Texas, USA, 2008 ~ Won Wilbarger Reality Award

21st International Exhibition on Animals in Art, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, 2008 ~ Won Honorable Mention

7th Annual Art Inter/National, Here and Abroad, Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA 2008

Lines into Shapes, Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park, Colorado, USA 2007 ~ Won First Place, Original Prints

The Five Senses, Northbrook Public Library, Northbrook IL, USA 2007

Whimsical Muse, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 2006-2007