Work samples
About abbi
For many years I made art in my Provincetown studio, and gained some acclaim as a regional artist and teacher. At an inevitable crossroads, a friend talked me into visiting Baltimore in 2003. I fell head over heels for Bmore's historic, artistic and most importantly, eccentric character which made me feel totally at home. For 15 years I taught in Baltimore City Public Schools, ultimately developing an award winning program for elementary gifted and talented students.… more
Heart music
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Whatcha get for lovin meMixed media, collage on rehabbed watercolor. 7"x10"
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Rock da boat (don't tip da boat over)Mixed media, collage, metal foil on rehabbed canvas 12x14””
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Heart BreakerMixed media, collage, metal foil on rehabbed watercolor. 14"x10"
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BeBOP I love you babyMixed media, collage, metal foil on rehabbed watercolor. 10"x7"
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Spring can really heart you up the mostMixed media, collage on rehabbed watercolor. 9"x12"
Collage in the time of COVID
I found myself poring through old sketch books-lots of sturm und drang notations amongst the drawings-things never change. A long time ago I was supremely comforted by Annie Dillard’s admission in the New York Times: “I hate writing. I love having written.” During this global period of angst, I craved a push from the muse. Nope. I went back to my Japanese calligraphy practice. I couldn’t bring three paintings to the finish line. (They are still idling on the runway.) So. I took out decades old watercolors and cut them up and made collages, trying to be playful. It didn’t work. I agonized over these, too! I posted art on facebook. People told me I was working a lot. I didn’t feel that way. But that has been my way for more than 40 years.
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Ay Yai Yai Yai10x10" Watercolor, ink, wrapping paper
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Call it-NOW10x10" Watercolor, bingo marker, stamp from old linoleum block, ink-like I said, so many versions I had to stop myself.
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ISO of Spontaneity7x10" Watercolor, frog tape, metalic pieces from cookie package, bits of destroyed paintings.
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Scape10x14" Watercolor figure drawing rehabed with pieces of destroyed paintings , mica flakes
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So what if it doesn't work?14x10"Watercolor figure drawing rehapped with calligraphy, pieces of destroyed paintings
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BMA Guanyin10x10" Rehabed watercolor figure drawing, ink, napkin, metal bits from cookine package
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Nymph10x10" inked figure drawing, tracing, napkin, scanned and printed leaves, metal leaf
Critters
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doggies16x20" acrylic on canvas
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Renaissance Man SamRegal boy cat, deserves the sort of DaVinci background. Watercolor 9X12"
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Lachlan the 120 pound boxerAcrylic 16x20"
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Waverly Hardware's famous mascot Ben16x20" Acrylic on Canvas
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TK the rescueBeautiful, nervous and kind, this little guy probably would have benefited from prozac, hate to say... Acrylic on canvas 20x16"
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Sara Sara SaraMatriarch Acrylic on canvas 24x24"
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doggies16x20" acrylic on canvas
Collaborative Artist Books
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Baltimore elegy
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Storm Catapprox Pencil drawing, calligraphy cutouts, metal leaf on spray painted children's book
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heartwood
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source
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no urgency just the doing
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butter fly
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East German hearts
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Nietzsche
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berning luv
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Organicartist book made with recycled pages 5x8"- watercolor, teabag tag, produce stickers
Black and White
Stills
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Bastet power20x16" Acrylic on canvas
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HARVEST (the buyer calls it THE TOMATOES)16X20" Acrylic on canvas The yellow tomatoes were most delicious, according to my dog who strafed for the first ripe one.
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After the cleaning lady10x14" Watercolor My mother's glasses, much admired in my childhood through a glass case. I later broke the leftmost.
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Chinese Box15x20" Rehabbed watercolor, ink Thank you Charles Burchfield, for working and reworking some of your watercolors for decades.
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Vase from Italy *you must read the title as my aunt Filomena spoke it "...from IT-lee"14x10" Rehabbed watercolor, ink Thank you Charles Burchfield, for working and reworking some of your watercolors for decades.
Porch Paintings
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Park View24x36" Acrylic on canvas
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Toward Lennox's with Cinnamon24X32" Acrylic on canvas
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Dusk in the hood16x20" Acrylic on canvas
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Rachel's green chairs9x12" watercolor
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To the east9x12" watercolor
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Looking west9x12" mixed media on paper
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Claire's west9x12" watercolor
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Clare's to the eastClare's to the east 9x12" watercolor
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Fireman Mike's9x12" watercolor
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Neighbors9x12" watercolor
Yer ordinary Oyster
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Elegant oyster9x8" Oil on paper, metal leaf, belgian linen
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Greyscale oyster9x8" Pencil, oil on paper, metal leaf, belgian linen
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Blue rising oyster 2 of 222x30" watercolor
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Purple oyster 1 of 222x30" watercolor
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Brown oysters on silk8x10" linocut, silk, metal leaf
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Simple tan oysters8x10" Linocut, metal leaf
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Ivory oysters16x20" Linocut, metal leaf, calligraphy on mulberry
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Horizontal 416x20" linocut, calligraphy, newspaper
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Favorite greens16x20" linocuts, acrylic, metal leaf, calligraphy, newspaper
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Floaters8x10" Linocut printed over watercolor landscape *I call these 'rehabs'