Plastic Dan Sorpresa

Cortona, Italy
1988
Acrylic on canvas
29.125 x 20.125 in. (74 x 51.1 cm)

Artist's collection

The virtues of plastic are examined in this image of a small, user-assembled, toy found inside the egg-shaped, Italian confection called Kinder Sorpresa. With a given name of Dan, the figure is the patron saint of my studio, where this painting usually resides.

Classwork, University of Georgia Studies Abroad.

Exhibition History

  • The Art of Conservation

    March 4 - April 30, 2020

    Circle Gallery, UGA College of Environment + Design

    Athens, Georgia