One Eyed Annie's

Grateful Light. Homage to the Grateful Dead. Yes, it’s a bowling pin lamp...was kind of fun to make. It’ll be part of my upcoming Summer of Love show. Opening reception August 25 at Bucktown Center for the Arts in Davenport, IA. All part of the Alternating Currents festival of music and arts. https://www.alternatingcurrentsqc.com/

Jimi. Created on reclaimed pallet wood using a couple of different size torches... one roughly the size of pen. Will be part of my upcoming show... opening reception on August 25. https://www.facebook.com/events/405950036423947/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A5%2C%22page_id_source%22%3A899456950172031%2C%22action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22main_list%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%7B%5C%22page_id%5C%22%3A899456950172031%2C%5C%22tour_id%5C%22%3Anull%7D%22%7D]%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D

Gunpowder Peace -- Created by lighting gunpowder on fire. Video on my Facebook page... https://www.facebook.com/OneEyedAnnies/videos/1325088897608832/

This will be one of the pieces on exhibit for the “Down the Rabbit Hole” show with my daughter during the month of August at the Mississippi River Distillery in LeClaire, IA. If you live in the area, mark your calendar for the August 14, 1 - 2:30 p.m. artist reception... we’d love to see you!

One more piece done and ready for the "Down the Rabbit Hole" show during the month of August at the Mississippi River Distilling Company in LeClaire, IA. This is a special joint show with my daughter. We'd love to see you on August 14, 1 - 2:30 p.m, for our artist reception. If you can't make the reception, our work will be on display throughout the month. This is my tribute to Hunter Thompson and Ralph Steadman, the artist for the "Fear and Loathing" books. It's a burned image on reclaimed pallet wood, with several coats of urethane to make it shine. I wanted it to have a little feel of graffiti on a fence, so I staggered the wood, left nails in, etc. The image is one of Steadman's. I switched out the Fear and Loathing words for Gonzo... the word Thompson used for the brand of journalism he did. I've also added the rabbit ears because I can't think of anyone who went further down that rabbit hole more than Thompson

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Shakespeare Lamp. Fun piece. Made from old books, painted black with Shakespeare silhouette, and tragedy/comedy masks in top corner.

Cherry Blossom Table. Old table my daughter purchased at a second hand store for $5. Poured concrete top. Cherry blossom painted with acrylic. Top sealed with epoxy resin.

Bat Logo. As with The Crow below... made with a torch, burning the wood. Really burnt this one.... could see glow of fire inside wood and occasion out the flame burning from the wood. On reclaimed pallet wood... painted white before burning and coated with urethane after to seal in the ash/burnt portions.

The Crow. Outline made with wood burning tool. Bulk of piece created by using a torch to burn the wood. On reclaimed pallet wood, stained and coated with urethane to seal the ash/burnt wood.

Mosaic Skull. Reclaimed pallet wood. Skull burned into wood. There is about a two inch gap from the wood in front to the wood the skull is on, to allow light to shine in from side as well as front.

Recycled Cross. Made from pallet wood and recycled aluminum cans.

This one was fun. It’s an old time radio that, by the time I got it, was just the casing around it... the radio had already been thrown out. I put speakers in the back that you can plug into your phone or ipod. The front has little birds hanging in it. There is a back cover... I just left it off for the photo.

Guitar made from melted wax, coated with resin/epoxy

Torch light... made from an old torch I picked up at Habitat Restore.