![Flower Fence Shadowbox, 1998](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/4db71384-c665-4f4b-ab4d-4b2095b8fa84/189e0af9-0821-4124-ac0a-e42c004d4df7_rw_1200.jpg?h=29ad7b9f0b117f6dab6845da4d95996a)
Flower Fence Shadowbox, 1998
![Detail, Flower Fence Shadowbox, 1998](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/4db71384-c665-4f4b-ab4d-4b2095b8fa84/5522cdec-b5f1-42ea-98d3-029e96423baf_rw_1920.jpg?h=1652d1b0720798ea0ccf530e79c023bf)
Detail, Flower Fence Shadowbox, 1998
Flower Fence Shadowbox, Wood, Metal, Toys, 1998
I bought this shadowbox for a dollar at a yard sale in the 90s. I did not alter the shadowbox. My wife found and gave me the rusted metal grate for a paint tray laying in the street on a walk one day. When people know you use found objects in your artwork, they often find things to give to you to work with. I attached wires and flower beads to the grate to resemble a flowering vine on a fence. I placed some old toys from my childhood on the shelves of the shadowbox and hung the beaded grate in front.
![Marbles Shadowbox - Acrylic, 1989](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/4db71384-c665-4f4b-ab4d-4b2095b8fa84/f28d941e-322a-4425-a7ca-90763997ce9e_rw_1200.jpg?h=bc018cea9efb3f6ed7a9fbc12bfdc822)
Marbles Shadowbox - Acrylic, 1989
![X Ribbon Shadowbox - Acrylic, 1989](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/4db71384-c665-4f4b-ab4d-4b2095b8fa84/777239da-b7b5-4193-8dfe-a8ac20da65b7_rw_1920.jpeg?h=97d40d7469f1768174f319e1e411ab21)
X Ribbon Shadowbox - Acrylic, 1989
![Spiral Cloud Shadowbox - Acrylic, 1989](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/4db71384-c665-4f4b-ab4d-4b2095b8fa84/bce2bc13-37d1-47ff-962f-b4771d6d442b_rw_1200.jpeg?h=8f4f0be45aabc95ca7c473466f347681)
Spiral Cloud Shadowbox - Acrylic, 1989
Shadowboxes, 1989
I painted a series of shadowboxes with acrylic paint to give to my family for gifts in 1989.
![Spindles Shadowbox, 1992](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/4db71384-c665-4f4b-ab4d-4b2095b8fa84/cf7f2832-cec9-430e-a5b9-ae34f435a26a_rw_1920.jpeg?h=b3806d6baebfcbf4908ada60e14ae0ec)
Spindles Shadowbox, 1992
![Spindles Shadowbox, 1992](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/4db71384-c665-4f4b-ab4d-4b2095b8fa84/0208da6c-90be-438a-998f-a940d65f2fc6_rw_1920.jpeg?h=393ade3ebb06568eb816dc1460406c4a)
Spindles Shadowbox, 1992
![Spindles Shadowbox, 1992](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/4db71384-c665-4f4b-ab4d-4b2095b8fa84/e49a3866-4308-42c9-bc33-483bc52497ac_rw_1920.jpeg?h=2e629914d883c3a96e4689cec9fcc641)
Spindles Shadowbox, 1992
Spindles Shadowbox, 1992
A gift to my mother. She hung it up in her living room and loaded it with hundreds of tiny mementos.
![Tea Set Shadowbox, 1988](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/4db71384-c665-4f4b-ab4d-4b2095b8fa84/261b8cad-098f-4350-8495-e4aef0f33adb_rw_1920.jpg?h=8c712cfbb3d5b34209e4e01704dfbf0e)
Tea Set Shadowbox, 1988
![Tea Set Shadowbox, 1998](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/4db71384-c665-4f4b-ab4d-4b2095b8fa84/ad211615-52e1-42fa-9cbb-eab8a39f4de1_rw_1920.jpeg?h=6c0a9fb6b8fa0af5d944ae4b2d5d7190)
Tea Set Shadowbox, 1998
![Shadowbox, April 1998](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/4db71384-c665-4f4b-ab4d-4b2095b8fa84/3ae5250b-e049-40c0-9ee2-f388281b63ef_rw_1200.jpeg?h=2425f63025623685013e6a34b066ec21)
Shadowbox, April 1998
Left and Center: Tea Set Shadowbox, acrylic on wood, 1988
When I was a tot, my parents gave me a toy tea set, which I still have. My Dad glued back together the pieces I broke while I was serving tea to the table where a number of my dolls were seated. The shadowbox came with the set but was in rough shape by the time I became an adult, so I painted it.
Right: Shadowbox, April 1988