Monday 19 December 2011

Mary Installed


The Be Mindful Series containing the reduction print of Mary has a temporary home at Neighbourhood Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 79 Hiawatha, in the east end of Toronto. The pieces are installed in the stairwell leading to the sacred space, in the sacred space proper, the hallway that leads to the  children's area and also in the Wiggle Room, where young parents and toddlers spend time. The small Mary Printed works on small  textured canvases are based on Marys seen in Mexico on deteriorating plaster walls. 
Mary Says Practice , 24" x11'5" reduction print in grey scale, NFS


Mary Says Practice , 24" x11'5" reduction print in grey scale, NFS



Mary Makes Ten Unitarian Principles, 11'5" x24" , reduction print, NFS 

LMR: Colour Wheel behind alter, made 2008, rejuvenated Dec. 2011NFS

Mary Installed 18 times, reduction print, $60 each unframed  or $100 framed each 

Mary Installed Close up 



What Paul Said, Be Mindful- Mom, each $250 unframed $280 framed,
both made on hand made paper, with tissue, gold leaf, xerox, ink, acrylic, 2010

Be Mindful Mary, Your Compass, The Book of Your Soul,   $65 each unframed, $100 each framed, Book $300
book altered with gold leaf, thread, floss, ink, glasses, grommets, acrylic paint, copper wire

Mary Influencing the Unitarians, installation of 6, $60 unframed each $100 framed

Mary Installation of 9 , theme of Safe Harbour, Mother of  Jesus the Fisher of Men
$60 each or $100 framed each   

Mary on Canvas, Mexican Fresco Influence, ink, acrylic, beads, skewers, print 
as installation $600 
Mary Printed , ink, acrylic paint print on canvas, 8 x 11$50

Mary Printed , ink, acrylic paint print on canvas, 8 x 11$50
Mary Printed , ink, acrylic paint print on canvas, 8 x 11$50
Mary Printed , ink, acrylic paint print on canvas, 8 x 11$50
Mary Printed , ink, acrylic paint print on canvas, 8 x 11$50  
Mary Printed , ink, acrylic paint print on canvas, 8 x 11$50
Mary Printed , ink, acrylic paint print on canvas, 8 x 11$50  
Mary Printed , ink, acrylic paint print on canvas, 8 x 11$50
Mary Printed , ink, acrylic paint print on canvas, 8 x 11$50
Mary Printed , ink, acrylic paint print on canvas, 8 x 11$50  

Mary Installed

Some of the pieces from the Be Mindful Series are finally in a temporary home. The locale is Neighbourhood Unitarian Universalist Congregation at 79 Haiwatha, in the east end of Toronto.
The pieces are in the stairway leading up to the main sacred space, in the sacred space and in a room dubbed "the wiggle room" where young parents and children hang out near the sacred space.
Mary  Says: Practise  reduction print in monochromatic greys, 24" x 11'5"
October 2011 Not for Sale





Ten Principals from Mary, print reduction 11"5" x 24" October 2011 NFS


Eighteen Marys in a Sacred Space each print  

















Tuesday 22 November 2011

Manic Fabrications recent assemblages, collages, paintings, and prints



The push me -pull me of the sexes, the Male and Female in all of us. The love we have for our spouses, our muses, our lovers and friends. I try and utilize items found and kept from the road, or dumpsters, from family and friends, or from the sweepings of a studio. My larder is full of it and so my work needs to be made; to empty the space up and to create work based on the opportunity of what lies in these scattered shoe boxes.

This new work is inspired from art hanging in my bedroom. These new works are based on two paintings of my own eye and my husband, David’s eye. They were made in 1995, based on drawings made from looking into David Renzetti’s eye and he looking into mine. There are aspects of both large paintings that give me ideas for many  works. This is a sampling of those works. My intention was to use up as much junk in my basement, of my hoard of fabulous detritus so that we would have more space. I am reveling and rejoicing in my union with the love of my life and my love of interesting detritus.  One of the works we worked on together- entitled
 “Manic Fabrications
Directions: arrange me”.
It is s also the title of the show. This is the epitome of all that is me. Manic Fabrications was  partly created from materials cut by my father Donald Lloyd McKinley- a furniture manufacturer and designer, over 15  years ago, as well as items donated by David or found. Each diamond, and rounded handle are from pieces he intended for something.  He would stay up all night creating jigs to cut wood a certain way and then not finish the project- moving on to a new way of cutting wood. There were hundreds of pieces lying dormant and unused for 12-40 years. I am freeing them from their boxes; not as necessarily intended but, with, care, intention and certainty. He was manic in his fabrication s and for the past two months I have been enjoying that Manic nature in myself.

Works included are all made form a two month period -September-October 2009.

 Lauren McKinley Renzetti
Maker of fabrications
October 11, 2009.


DCR: What He Saw I , detritus on canvas board, 13"  x 17" October 2009
$200

DCR What He Saw II, detritus on canvas board, 13" x17"  October 2009
$200




Manic Fabrications, Direction:Arrange Me. Each piece 4” x 8”, wood, copper, acrylic paint, October 2009  
$400 for the set 
Manic Fabrications, Direction:Arrange Me. Each piece 4” x 8”, wood, copper, acrylic paint, October 2009
$400 for the set 


close up of one 
close up of another 


LMR: eye study,  (LMR watercolour2), 8 X8 watercolour, October 2009 $45 unframed
LMR: eye study III, (LMR watercolour eye), 11 x 15, watercolour, October 2009$60 unframed     

LMR: eye study II, (LMR watercolour eye), 11 x 15, watercolour and pastel, October 2009 
$60 unframed


LMR: silkscreen eye, 12 x 19, 4 layer silkscreen, October 2009 $35 unframed $55 framed  
LMR: silkscreen eye, 12 x 19, 4 layer silkscreen, October 2009 $35 unframed $55 framed   


LMR: eye print, 8 x 11, mono print , October 2009. 
$15 unframed $40 framed  
LMR: eye print, 8 x 11, mono print with leaf print , October 2009.$15 unframed $40 framed      
LMR: eye print, 8 x 11, mono print with leaf and sequins, October 2009.
$15 unframed $40 framed  
LMR: eye am, 8x 11, Styrofoam print, stamps, October 2009 
$15 unframed $40 framed  
LMR: My World View, (LMR close up), 14 x 16, acrylic, mixed media on canvas board, October 2009
$150
LMR: Family Reflected (LMR close up 2) 12 x 12, acrylic, mixed media on canvas board, October 2009
$150


DCR: my key, 16 x 20, acrylic on stretched canvas, mixed media, October 2009$350    
DCR: Landscape in Wood (DCR church eye), 18 x 24, acrylic on stretched canvas, mixed media, October 2009
$350