Altered Art by girl in a box

Altered Art
By Girl in a Box

Back in 1987 I bought an unfinished ceramic head at a place in Chicago called The Alley. Back then it was your typical gothic/punk head shop.   Around the same time I bought a Nefertiti Bust as well, which I also still own. By the way This was the beginning of me collecting heads. Since then I have over 5 unusual heads. This one had become my least favorite. Back then I had painted black and white with bright red lips so I decided to give it a make over. 80's Head
2004

Collaged using magazine clippings from glamour, fashion and professional hair magazines.
Medium: Liquitex Gloss Medium.

This was my first Altered Piece.

Eye Bowl
2004

I love the shape of fish bowls so that was my next project. This one no longer holds fish but lights up when I put a votive or tea light inside. This one is also collaged using old magazines from work with gloss medium. ..

Shadowbox
2004

As you can see I have a Eye Fetish. Here is the backdrop to a shadowbox I started. I haven't finished this one yet and will have to post a new picture once I get it done.

Night Gallery
2004

Inspired by a dream I had as a child about my mother dying and her battle with cancer.

Mixed mediums: Acrylic paint, gloss medium and medical guaze on canvas board.

Not So Perfect
2005

"I cut myself open.. so that I might have... another chance to heal."
(cursive on gold background)

A link between Body image and self mutilation.

Paper Cut of the Heart
2005

This collage was inspired by a poem I had written called Paper Cut of the Heart.

Gloss medium on particle board.

Paper Cut of the Heart
September 28, 2002

This slice;
A crack in muscle
A scratch on
the eye ball of love

Not as sad as cero sis of the liver
Not as quick as cancer
or as shocking as
a heart attack during
a game of canasta

but thin and sharp
as an avocado leaf
and as sure as a leak
in the Hoover dam

Japanese Butterfly Box
2005

Mixed Medium.

Left: lid of Box
Right: inside of lid

Cocktail Tray
Feb 2005

Done over a wood tray I found at the thrift store and sealed with Gel medium.

Quote on tray:
Inside this room all of my dreams become realities and some of my realities become dreams. -Gene Wilder

Mary's altered bedroom picture:

A girl at work received a beautifully framed print for Christmas, she loved the colors, but didn't love the Asian theme so she asked me if I would alter it. I think it turned out quite well. It's hard to tell what I did and what was the original picture. Unfortunately there was a glare from the light above when I took the picture.