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

Medusa

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)

Roadside scene on a lovely country road in northern MN as the autumn palette begins to work its magic.

Ode to the Road Series #4

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

Pastel and Watercolor Sketch of a Small Child Wearing Cookie Monster  Pajamas Standing At A Window With An Image of a British Soldier in a Gas Mask Outside.

Small Child Wearing Mask At Window

Mixed Media Collage of 1950's hollywood type sitting atop a circular ViewMaster reel Titles Move Stars, Hollywood. Space like circles balance out the area

Starlet

This collage  captures trees in the foreground and the suggestion of trees in the distance. It is dusk with a light blue tone in the sky and background and  a deeper blue grey tone in the trees. Behind and in front of the trees there is a gentle glow of fireflies. Some in the foreground, but most filling the background becoming smaller in the distance. There is a darker gold center to the flash and a softer glow emitting around it. There is texture on the surface from paper overlays.


Fireflies

Spiraling crossed over lines of stitched multi-colored embroidery threads, creating a stylized tree, accented with a five-pointed yellow star hovering above the tree. The white background is framed with a green and red boarder.

Variegated Christmas Tree

A drawing of two multi-colored mandalas that converge in the middle, where the letters E V O L V E embellish their meeting place.

Love, in other words

Abstract painting on a matchbox with found objects (matchstick and lint) in the foreground. 

Lucky Strike

image of a crashed object, with surroundings and text

panel study

A white four by six inch rectangle on a black felt background. The rectangle shows an ink stamped typewriter, colored green, a grawlix on the page rolling out of the top.  To the right of the typewriter are two typewritten lines.  The top line says It was the best of times, crossed out in red, the bottom line says it was the worst of times.

Assessment: 2020 As A Postcard

A drawing of a blue girls head covered in icy blue flowers.

Flowers of blindness 

Cutout pictures of green, gray, purple, and blue mountains arranged in a herringbone pattern.

Herringbone Mountains

Image of a lone woman against a colorful abstract backdrop; repetition of shallow semi-circles suggest movement of time & space, evoking a feeling of aloneness.

Alone in the Past

A drawn and cutout skull of a mouse with utensils in hand (fork and knife) atop a Polaroid photo taken in the forest of Michigan with a piece of paper underneath that reads : I woke up today. 

Awake and Hungry 

Covid Summer 2020

A stained glass panel featuring a pink heart, the letter J and a dove surrounded by architectural elements

Valentine for Julie

Red canvas rectangle printed with a white hosta leaf that is angled from the top left and navy blue vertical lines attached to a black canvas with an overlay of black tulle stitched onto the burlap with 5 stitches of heavy blue thread and extending onto the black canvas.

Hosta 2

Color of Water: Under the Sea has vibrant colors and shapes resembling the idea of a coral reef; stitching and beads enhance the movement of the brush strokes and shapes.

Color of Water: Under the Sea

Collage containing images pertaining to nature, landscapes, and culture. A moon on the top of the piece contrasts with an earth on the bottom right corner.

Bored,

Blinded

Isle of Holy Name Lake. Intercostal view from my studio. color symbols of fall color, grasses, sky, water

Lake Series #7

Heronymus

A painting of a blue whale in front of a sea shelf with a UFO and different sea plants. 

New Beginnings

slightly elongated ball shaped soft sculpture, various shades of blue, textured fabric and smooth ribbons are woven together like a basket.

 . . . deep blue sea

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 collage portrait of a person with green hair and comically large facial features; blue eyes extending larger than the hair and head, and a mouth wearing red lipstick taking up roughly half of the face. The portrait is surrounded by a wreath of arms sprouting in all directions and the background is a multitude of bright and busy colors and patterns including stripes, stars, clouds, polka dots, flowers, and random shapes.

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

Mosaic of a Yellow Finch sitting on top of pink flowers. Made with stained glass and sitting in a wooden frame made from barn wood. 

Spring Returns

Last year, father Al Landes passed away from pancreatic cancer. He had a pile of tools in his garage and he was the kind of man that could fix anything. The six months from the time of his diagnosis was a nightmare as we watched him slowly deteriorate sitting in his recliner. The wrenches and tools represent  conventional medicine and the unconventional ways I tried to save him. His dog Dixie never left his side. Generally  I am an artist that paints in vivid exploding colors. This work is rendered in desaturated color because the color left me during this time. 

Medusa, 2019

Amy Coppersmith