A mass produced trash receptacle in the afternoon sun. 

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This carved book sculpture, "biblio-excavation", is created by removing all the excess text leaving only selected imagery. Images are backed with acid free cardstock to make them more ridged. The text block is sealed shut so only the cover opens. This creates both an easy way to display the sculpture as well as a simple storage solution since the work can be shut and housed with the rest of your readable library.

"Our Human Body: Its Wonder's & Its Care"

A former Big Mouth Billy Bass is transformed into a 3-dimensional false wooden plaque with wood grain made of actual grains (quinoa) and a mounted crappie fish, also made of crops in the distinctive black and yellow pattern of a crappie fish (corn, wild rice, canola, and other seeds and grains). Former bass fins have been replaced with crappie shaped fins. The plaque has an identifying sign just under the fish that is a pun: Croppie. This piece won a blue ribbon at the 2019 Minnesota State Fair in the Seed and Plant Craft Objects category of the Crop Art competition.

Croppie

A collage housed in a discarded black clock face. Collage depicts facial close up of Rembrandt’s “Portrait of a Woman” superimposed with the quote “I am someone’s daughter too.”

I am Someone’s Daughter too

A collage with two birds from a 1960s bird atlas sitting on opposite sides of the frame, one above text from a vintage algebra schoolbook reading, “Distance between two points” 

The Distance Between Two Points

Preservation of Dumpling invariants, including dough, ground pork, mushrooms, cabbage leaves,  green onions, ground pork, shrimp, ginger, green onions from Chinese New Year party with international students and friends

Frozen Time

A cerulean blue collage with celestial images, swirling gold glitter, cut-outs of Egyptian papyrus art, and a peacock feather. 

The Lovers, The Dreamers, and Me

An abstract jagged diamond shape made from 1 photographs taken at the Mega Mall 3 level escalators  . Color black with gold highlights.

Mega Mall Visions V

An abstract painting inspired by worn Italian wall that include warm and cool color Pat is and mark making.

Drezzo Wall

An impressionistic mosaic made with Legos of pink legs and blue sea with a hand holding a red beer can in the foreground.

Lego Legs (with beer)

A nice view of Blues and Taupe coffee cups warming your early morning coffee 

Start The Day

A painting of a flower's face, green petals with a black outline melting and presenting the form with a human lips slightly open showing a sliver of the front two teeth

Time Again

A display of heart shaped crop art with the word VOTE spelled out in black beans, children's art and another crop art in the shape of the United States with the word WELCOME.  On the top of the heart is a visiting live  woodpecker, getting a snack.  All the art is on a garden trellis.  

Crop art, kid art, woodpecker

A mixed media collage, horizontal fields of red, sepia, metallic gold, and green are overlayed with a zig-zag pattern of embroidery and beads, Mother Earth's abstract green eye gazes out from the upper left quadrant.

Cradle The Earth No. 8

An abstract pen drawing of a person from the waist up surrounded by a collage of patterns from found objects, blue and green photos of water, treetops, clouds and sailboats placed in circular patterns representing the movements of breath and wind. 

Wind Patterns 

Early spring inspired weaving. Neutral tones with a few highlights of yellow and red representing blooming trees. Some leaves and tree branches woven into the piece.

Homeschool 1

An abstract painting - two pieces of a dismembered shank bone, wired into a wooden panel, one of which has inserted into it a feather.  The panel carries sgraffiti, of which can be read "BEASTS."  It is painted in black, a bit of bright red and blue teal, the colored pencil scribbles are white, lime green and forest green

Beasts, Bone and Feather

Sisters smile and hold each other close as the snow started coming down more heavily on a cold winter’s night. 

Snow Sisters

A collage representing a small aspect of the year 2020 in a whole so far, including references to COVID-19, police brutality, racial injustice, a declining economy, and a failed presidency. 

It's Fun Being Number One

An imagined mountain valley at night with a winding river lit by the glowing full moon above, wisps of clouds among the distant peaks, framed by a steep cliff nearby.

A Midnight Moon

A 3-dimensional star surrounded by red tissue paper poppies. 

Red Poppy Monrovian Star

A black and white photograph of Medusa and her statues inside her castle. Gold and silver foil accents. 

Medusa

A green meadow with pine trees. Butterfly and lady bug rest on blue flowers. All under a brilliant pink sunset.

Meadow Mountain

Runnin' out'a time-Well that ain't good-Buster scrub

Abstract collage featuring torn shapes from photos and bright colored papers (reds, yellows, blues), music score fragments, and drips of black paint 

The A Train

A collage featuring the face of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg imposed on a picture of the Virgin Mary, and embellished with faux gems, sequence decoration, and lace trim. 

Saint Ruth

A collage of a woman wearing sunglasses and yellow tears surrounded by flowers and splotches of paint in a pop brightly colored pop culture style.

Psychedelic Tears

A painting of a whale silhouette with a vibrant landscape of orange and blue fish among a lush bed of autumn colored coral. 

Underwater Ecosystem

A screen printed image of a skull placed on top of acrylic paint. The skull appears to be melting and dripping, its primary color is green mixed with blue, outlined in orange and dark navy. The acrylic paint behind the skull are thick vertical brush strokes; black, yellow, teal, lime green, pink, magenta, royal blue, black. 

SMPTE Skull

A mixed-media assemblage showing headstones in a Jewish cemetery in Europe.

Shard

A photo of an original mixed media image of a Black woman with a non-descript face posing in a faux fur shawl and dress, elaborate church hat, earrings, and red boots. The background image is gold. The materials used include canvas paper, acrylic paint, and fabric remnants.

trying to help, 2020

Joshua Wilichowski