Oberon
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ne of my Baroque stage, deeply layered resin pieces. Oberon was the king of the fairies in A Midsummer Night’s […]
Pax
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his piece shows the first time I started to inlude objects in the layers of resin.
Ophelia
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]ased on the tragic character from Hamlet. With thanks to J.W. Waterhouse’s great painting.
Enfilade Series
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]t Versailles, when the mobs came for Marie Antoinette she barely escaped by slipping through a hidden door in her
Palazzo Enfilade
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]art of my on-going fascination with Venice. This enfilade is made up of several rooms in different palazzos.
Barbaro Enfilade
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]art of my series on enfilades. This one is made up of several rooms at the Villa Barbaro, one of
Marguerite de Valois (1553-1615), The Glutton
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]wo times a queen. Known through history as the notorious La Reine Margot. Not a bigot, she saved many Protestants
Louise of Lorraine (1553-1601), The White Queen
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]ull and pious, Louise of Lorraine worshiped her husband Henry III. Unable to have children, she had chronic depression. After
Henry III (1551-1589), The Hypocrite
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]omma’s boy and probably gay. Vacillated between doing drag and wearing too much jewelry to flailing himself bloody doing penance.
Elizabeth of Austria (1554-1592), The Kindly Bigot
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he wife and queen of Charles IX. Virtuous, beautiful and warm hearted. Devout in her piety to the point rigidity.
The Valois Dynasty Series
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Valois family dynasty ruled France during the turmoil of the French Renaissance. The era was much like today, but without
Francis II (1544-1560), The Brief
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]arried at 14, king at 15 and dead at 16, Francis II did not live long enough to do much
Catherine de Medici (1519-1589), The Conciliator
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]atherine was married to Henry II and had to compete with a mistress, Diane de Poitiers, who ruled her lover.
Henry II (1519-1547), The Quiet Burn
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ullen in his youth he blossomed as king and merrily killed as many Protestants as he did deer. Henry II
Francis I (1494-1547), The Ambitious
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]rancis I was the first true renaissance monarch of France. His reign coincided with the Protestant Reformation. His Catholic paranoia
Louis XII (1462-1515), The Father of the People
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] successful administrator and reformer. Louis XII had three wives but no children. In his gouty old age he died
Anne of Brittany (1477-1514), The Wealthy
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]nne was the richest woman in Europe. She married Charles VIII and Louis XII. She ran the country for them