"Wildfire" series

3D fire art composed with 2D collage

Experimentation with remnant ash and remains from Glen Ellen home and painting studio

"Assemblage trio" | 2020 | 3 @ !5" x 12" (framed) " remnant fire debris, gesso, Sharpie maker on mixed paper types | Currently displayed at Rebuild North Bay Foundation, Sonoma CA

Wildfire study 009 | 2019 | 13" x 8" | remnant fire debris with paint brush, wood, painters tape, plaster, gesso, house paint, ink pen, resin, packing paper mounted on foam board

Wildfire study 007 | 2019 | 11" x 8" | remnant fire debris with plaster, gesso, house paint, graphite, packing paper mounted on foam board

Wildfire (study 001) | 2019 | 10" x 7" | resined remnant debris: paint tube, survived adobe paint, wood, stencil and misc on Sharpie ink, gesso, house paint, painter's tape and packing paper

Wildfire (study 002) | 2019 | 6" x 5" | resined remnant fire debris: plaster, wood and ash with painter's tape, SKU label, Sharpie ink pen, gesso, house paint and packing paper

Wildfire (study 003) | 2019 | 9" x 6" | resined fire debris: wood, ceramic and ash with newsprint, gesso, house paint, collage, painter's tape and packing paper

Wildfire (study 004) | 2019 | 8" x 8" | remnant fire debris: wood and ash with resin, latex glove, newsprint, gesso, painters tape, stencil and packing paper

Wildfire (study 005) | 2019 | 8" x 10" | remnant fire debris: wood and ash with resin, house paint, gesso, collage, stencil piece, painter's tape and packing paper

Wildfire (study 006) | 2019 | 6" x 10" | remnant fire debris: metal lids, cardboard and ash with resin, latex glove, gesso, Sharpie pen, painters tape and packing paper

Wildfire (LOvE) | 2019 | 12" x 8.5" | remnant fire debris: wood and ash with resin, latex glove, newsprint, house paint, gesso, painters tape, clear rubber stamp ink pen and packing paper

"Wildfire (untitled)" | 2018 | 14 x 18" | remnant wood, cardboard, ash with gesso, pigments, zero-VOC resin on plywood board

side 1

side 2 and displayed

Wildfire (fire exit) | 2018 | 6 x 9 x 2" | enamel and zero VOC resin on recovered WI-FI metal box

"Wildfire (flag) studies" on plywood panel | 2018 | 8 @ 16" x 20"

As a revisit to an homage and appropriation of Jasper Johns "flag" motif painting [1954-55], as well as a continuum from my "911" series" [2001], this time: "an assault on humanity and hitting home" [2018]. In the genre of recycled "Fire" Art, the remnant material collected from my burnt down Glen Ellen home and studio lost in the Nuns Wildfire, 2017, transforms from loss then to gain now for healing and contribution to move forward.

flag (wildfire04) | picture frame, glass, wood, metal, vacuum roller, collage, plaster and resin on plywood panel | Photo by Oshen Morphy. Slated for exhibition @ Petaluma Arts Center - 29 September 2018

flag (wildfire 07) | wire file piece, wood, molten metal, metal, paint tube, collage, plaster, gesso, graphite and resin on plywood panel | Photo by Oshen Morphy.

flag (wildfire01) | toaster oven tray, wood, metal, ash debris, collage, plaster, gesso and resin on plywood panel | Photo by Oshen Morphy.

flag (wildfire05) | toaster oven tray, flying pan handles, crowbar, metal, wood, graphite, gesso, plaster and resin on plywood | Photo by Oshen Morphy | Slated for exhibition @ Petaluma Arts Center - 29 September 2018

flag (wildfire06) | picture frame, glass, wood, metal, demitasse cup, collage, plaster, gesso and resin on plywood panel | Slated for consignment at Sonoma Museum of Art.

flag (wildfire 02) | picture frame, glass, burned photograph, ash debris, paint tube, wood, molton metal on plywood panel | Photo by Oshen Morphy | Slated for exhibition @ Petaluma Arts Center - 29 September 2018

flag (wildfire03) | toaster oven tray, ash debris, wood, metal, plaster, gesso, collage and resin on plywood panel. Photo by Oshen Morphy.

flag (wildfire08) | 1 gal Odorless Mineral Spirits can, ash debris, wood, crowbars, molten metal, glass, plaster, gesso, collage and resin on plywood panel. PHOTO BY Oshen Morphy.

Wildfire preliminary "studies" | 2018 | 20" x 16"

Wildfire (study01) | fire debris, collage, pen, gesso and resin on plywood panel. PHOTO BY Oshen Morphy | Slated for exhibition 5 Oct 2018 @ Santa Rosa Arts Center, Santa Rosa CA

Wildfire (study02) | charcoal stick, paint tubes, burned sludge, circuit board pieces, lid, collage, pen, gesso and resin on plywood panel. PHOTO BY Oshen Morphy.

Wildfire (study03) | exploded butane canister, glass herb containers, enamel spraypaint cans, starbucks cup, plastic bottle, paint cans, collage, gesso and resin on plywood panel.

flag (study05) | 2018 | 6x9x3" | remnant glass, paint brush, cardboard, putty knife, A&B VOC-free resin on recovered etching plate mounted on wood pedestal | On consignment: Jennifer Gray Thompson, Rebuild Sonoma Foundation, Sonoma CA

flag (study06) | 2018 | 24"x48" | recovered remnant electronic metal box, tracklight fixture, metal, wood, sliding screen door bottom, metal ruler, ash debris atop collage, enamel, stencil, gesso and A&B VOC-free resin on plywood panel | Private Collector: Jay Vargas, Santa Rosa, CA

Wildfire [flag 06] | 2018 | 24"x48" | electronic metal box, tracklight fixture, metal, wood, sliding screen door bottom, metal ruler, ash debris, collage, enamel, stencil, gesso and zero A&B resin on plywood panel | Slated for exhibition @ Santa Rosa Arts Center, Santa Rosa CA

“flag 07 (mystery box)” | 2018 | 24 x 48” | remnant fire debris, collage, enamel, gesso, plaster, zero VOC A&B resin on plywood panel | commissioned by Jay Vargas, Santa Rosa, Ca

"Wildfire (Culinary Fire Art)"

charwildfired and well-done-02 | 2018 | 14"x14", remnant wood, oil paint tubes atop acrylic paint, collage, gesso, plaster and A&B VOC-free resin on plywood panel | Exhibited Art Escape, Sonoma, 13 October; private collector: Jan Rosen, Petaluma, CA

charwildfired and well-done04 | 2018 | 16"x 20" | wood, enamel, stencil, collage, plaster, gesso and resin on plywood panel | Exhibiting Art Escape, Sonoma CA, 13 October

charwildfired and well-done | 2018 | 14"x14" | wood, acrylic, collage, gesso and resin on plywood panel.

charwildfired and well-done03 - detail | 2018 | 16"x20" detail | wood, acrylic, collage, stencil, enamel and resin on plywood panel.

Wildfire (utensils) | 2018 | 16 x 20" | metal spatula, cheese grater, knifes, glass, paint tube, fire debris, collage, pen, gesso and resin on plywood panel. PHOTO BY Oshen Morphy | Slated for Sonoma Museum of Art Retail store

Wildfire (demitasse polka dots) in process | 16 x 20" | ceramic porcelain w/ inlaid gem stones and tarnished gold plating; paint can lid, molten metal, plaster, wood on plywood panel

"deep pan Wildfried (study02)" | flying pan, molten metal, wood, paint tubes, collage, pen, enamel, stencil, rubber stamp, "N. Rockwell plate" piece, gesso and resin on plywood panel. PHOTO BY Oshen Morphy | Slated for Petaluma Arts Center

"deep pan Wildfried (study01)" | flying pan(s), lid, molten metal, wood, metal tongs, glass, collage, pen, enamel, stencil, rubber stamp, "N. Rockwell plate" piece, gesso and resin on plywood panel | Consigned to Sonoma Museum of Art Retail Store

Preliminary sketches

Drawings

flag (2D3D) | in process | 2018 | 22" x 28" | ash debris, gesso, enamel, stencil, shellac on paper

flag (2D3D) | 2018 | 22" x 28" | ash debris, gesso, enamel, stencil, shellac and zero VOC A&B resin on paper

flag (2D3D, color) | in process | 2018 | 48" x 60" | ash debris, household paint, enamel, stencil, plaster, and polyurethane on sanded pastel paper

"elements"

"fire and glass" | detail and in stage process | fire remnant: glass, rag pieces, ash debris, iron decor, paint tube | Collab with Helena Donzelli

2018 | 3 @ 20" x 16" |
wood, collage, stencil, enamel, plaster, gesso, resin and fire remnant objects as described on plywood:

"Wildfire and pumpkin" | burnt pumpkin skin, wood, ash debris, glass, bingo card, embroidered linen napkin pieces, paint tube, old nail pin and resin on plywood panel.

"Wildfire and glass" | fire remnant: glass, rag pieces, ash debris, iron decor, paint tube | Collab with Helena Donzelli

"Wildfire and rags" | fire remnant: rag pieces, rose branches, pumpkin skin and seeds, ash debris, nails, cardboard atop mixed media and VOC-free resin | on consignment: Sonoma Museum of Art, Sonoma CA, 2018