Paper fortune tellers are objects of play for children. But the question of our futures endures beyond childhood. As we grow we consider the implications of fate versus free will. How often is our path determined by ourselves or by things beyond our control?
30”x34”
oil on canvas
2021
24”x48”
oil on canvas
2022
18”x18”
oil on panel
2021
16”x20”
oil on canvas
2023
12”x24”
oil on panel
2021
Figures are used in an iconographic manner, a vessel to the message that what is familiar is also unknown. Graphic two dimensional backgrounds are their own symbolic, hieroglyphic type language and are used to further convey the meaning of the overall image. Combining senses of realism with emotional expressionism, each work is version of reality interpreted and invented.
24” x 36”
oil and charcoal on canvas
2019
12x24
Oil and graphite on cradled panel
2019
18”x24”
oil and charcoal on canvas
2023
16 x 20
oil on panel
16 x 16
oil and graphite on panel
18” x 24”
oil and graphite on cradled panel
2018
24x24
Oil and graphite on cradled panel
2019
16” x 20”
oil and ink on canvas
2017
Ordinary objects with stories to tell.
20”x23” oil on panel
30”x40” oil on canvas
30”x40”
oil and charcoal on canvas
2022
10”x10”
oil and charcoal on panel
2022
9’X12”
oil on panel
2022
18”x18”
oil and charcoal on panel
2023
4”x4”
oil on panel
2019
4”x4”
oil on panel
2020
6”x6”
oil on panel
2020
6”x6”
oil on panel
2020
16”x16”
oil and graphite on panel
2020
4” x 4”
oil on cradled panel
2018
4” x 4”
oil on cradled panel
2018
4” x 4”
oil on cradled panel
2018
4” x 4”
oil on cradled panel
2018
10” x 10”
oil and carbon on panel
2018
12” x 12”
oil and carbon on panel
2018
10” x 10”
oil and carbon on panel
2018
10” x 10”
oil on panel
2018
16” x 20”
oil on panel
2016
Exploring the implications of womanhood and its societal expectations. Presented using mostly self portraits and occasionally objects.
24”x24”
oil on panel
2023
16”x20”
oil and graphite on panel
2018
24”x36”
oil and charcoal on canvas
2018
16”x20”
oil on panel
2020
24”x36”
oil and graphite on canvas
2018
24”x24”
oil on canvas
2017
24”x36”
acrylic and oil on canvas
2017
4”x4”
oil on panel
2019
4”x4”
oil on panel
2019
9”x12”
collagraph monoprint with acrylic paint
2023
4”x4”
oil on panel
2018
4”x4”
oil on panel
2018
4”x4”
oil on panel
2018
30”x40”
oil on canvas
2020
25”x30”
oil on panel
2021
19”x33”
oil on canvas
2021
16”x40”
oil on canvas
2020
The doll is an object given to girls to create play that mimics the expectations of their future roles. The doll is ubiquitous, the same over and over, but carries a multitude of meanings. What are these meanings and what happens when we grow up and do not conform to these expectations?
12”x12”
oil and graphite on panel
2018
12”x12”
oil and graphite on panel
2019
12”x12”
oil and ink on panel
2020
12”x12”
oil and graphite on panel
2018
18”x18”
oil on panel
2020
Beginning in 2020 Marcia Wood Mertinooke and Melissa Brennan collaborated remotely on a small series. Haikus written by Melissa Brennan. Images by Marcia Wood Mertinooke.
Your mother’s china
Teacups for target practice
Her old dog howls
Unpacks his teacups
Sees a rat, names it Fred
A home of her own
Sips gin from teacups
Tossed everything else on the lawn
She kept the china
Nucleus is a project begun in 2020 and continuing. Exploring the idea of what home is and how one is connected to their home. Using traditional paper piecing quilt methods, the hexagons are hand sewn. The houses are printed on fabric and sewn to the center. By incorporating traditional domestic handwork with the concept of the nuclear family, this series reflects and questions our ideas of home.
Block prints made in limited numbers, affordable and available through Etsy.
8”x16” block print
