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Soup to Nuts, 2023
36” w. x 30” h. x 17” d.; height including ribbon drape is 46”
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, stain, glue, wood rods, cardboard, ribbons
Photos by Shaun Roberts

Exhibition History:
American Grown, September 9 - November 18, 2023, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
American Grown/Fog Art Fair/SF Art Week, January 18 - March 18, 2024, Saint Joseph’s Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Grow!, Palo Alto Art Center, September 21 - December 15, 2024, Palo Alto, CA

Indurate (of a size that is remarkable), 2023
29” h. x 46” w. x 58” l.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, stain, glue, wood rods, wood slats, metal rods, Sonotube, cardboard mailing tubes, basketball hoop frame

Exhibition History:
American Grown, September 9 - November 18, 2023, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
American Grown/Fog Art Fair/SF Art Week, January 18 - March 18, 2024, Saint Joseph’s Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Grow!, Palo Alto Art Center, September 21 - December 15, 2024, Palo Alto, CA

Croquembouche, 2022
26 1/2” h. x 15" dia.
Italian crepe paper, stain, glue, floral wire, chalk, chicken egg shells, hat stand, metal platter on pedestal, epoxy adhesive
Acquired by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture in 2024

Exhibition History:
American Grown, September 9 - November 18, 2023, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
American Grown/Fog Art Fair/SF Art Week, January 18 - March 18, 2024, Saint Joseph’s Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Ministry of Culture, Saudi Arabia, permanent collection

This piece was meant to be a giant piece, with thousands of roses on a palette, like piles of jeans waiting to ship. I always intended to have the rotting roses on the bottom, the whole thing a disgusting tribute to the waste we cannot stop creating across all commercial industries. I realized a few weeks in that working around the clock I could only make on average eight roses, so decided to bring the scale down substantially. I have a huge affinity for cuisine as art, a la Jules Gouffé or Salvador Dalí, so it came to me to create a croquembouche from these English roses, their heads each about the size of the cream puffs used for this confection. Food runs through the show (American Grown), if mostly in my head, as there was an element of elegant food preparation that came from one of my grandmothers, while I'm not sure I ever tasted food made by the other, and I thought a lot about my grandparents while making this work.

Some notes about the piece itself:

Each rose is built inside a real chicken's eggshell. There are 114 roses in the piece, and we ate every egg. The roses are finished all the way to their calyces and stems, and are only attached to a center post by wire, so that each rose is actually independent and unmarred by attachment to each other. This piece took four to five months to finish, and I had to return to it several times because I would become discouraged never having enough roses to finish it each time I went to add more to the conical shape.

Cockscomb Rose, 2023
45” w. x 36.5 h. x 20” d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, spray paint, glue, wood rods, cardboard, soft pastel
Acquired by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture in 2024, photos by Shaun Roberts

Exhibition History:
American Grown, September 9 - November 18, 2023, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
American Grown/Fog Art Fair/SF Art Week, January 18 - March 18, 2024, Saint Joseph’s Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Ministry of Culture, Saudi Arabia, permanent collection

Excerpt from Still Life with flowers on a marble tabletop, 2023
29” w. x 30.5” h. x 21.5” d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, stain, glue, cardboard

Exhibition History:
American Grown, September 9 - November 18, 2023, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
American Grown/Fog Art Fair/SF Art Week, January 18 - March 18, 2024, Saint Joseph’s Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA

Did I Win?, 2023
50” h. x 49” w. x 22” d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, stain, glue, steel aerialist hoop, cardboard, plastic ball
Private collection

Exhibition History:
American Grown, September 9 - November 18, 2023, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
American Grown/Fog Art Fair/SF Art Week, January 18 - March 18, 2024, Saint Joseph’s Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA

580085, 2023
33” w. x 32.5” h. x 15” d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, stain, glue, cardboard, wood rods, rubber balls
Private collection, photos by Shaun Roberts, photos 4 and 6 by the artist

Exhibition History:
American Grown, September 9 - November 18, 2023, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Byproduct/Burnt Offerings (Ranunculus), 2022
29 3/4" deep x 27” diameter
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, stain, glue, Quik-Tube
Photos by Shaun Roberts

Exhibition History:
American Grown, September 9 - November 18, 2023, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
American Grown/Fog Art Fair/SF Art Week, January 18 - March 18, 2024, Saint Joseph’s Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA

The (Brown) Crown, 2023
38” w. x 32” h. x 38.5” d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, stain, glue, wood rods, wood skewers, cardboard mailing tube, basketball hoop frame, misc. hardware bits, bungee cords, velcro
Photos by Shaun Roberts

Exhibition History:
American Grown, September 9 - November 18, 2023, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Originalism (December 15, 1791 - present), 2023
23” h. x 15” w. x 14” d.
Italian crepe paper, stain, glue, floral wire, chalk, vintage flag pole holder, ribbons
Photos by Shaun Roberts, first photo by artist

Exhibition History:
American Grown, September 9 - November 18, 2023, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
American Grown/Fog Art Fair/SF Art Week, January 18 - March 18, 2024, Saint Joseph’s Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA

Pioen, 2025
49” h. x 49” w. x 18” d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, paint, glue
Collection of Katharine Vanderdrift

Untitled, 2022
16” w. x 24” h. x 15” d.
German, Italian, and Chinese crepe paper, glue, wire, floral tape, stain, chalk, golden dust, eggshells, wooden skewers, plastic floral cage, found urn

Exhibition History:
Paper Show, July 9 - August 6, 2022. Heron Arts, San Francisco, CA

Split Rose, 2020                                                                                                          
34.5” w. x 29” h. x 20” d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, stain, glue, wood rods
Private collection, photos by Shaun Roberts

Exhibition History:
Somethings Things Come Together, January 9 - February 27, 2021, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
NSFW, November 7 - 28, 2020, Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA

Stunted, 2021                                                                                                          
66” w. x 54” h. x 19” d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, stain, glue, wood rods
Collection of Emily Sawtell, photos by Shaun Roberts

Specimen G (Prolapsed Rose), 2019                                                                                                          
22" w. x 25” h. x 12 1/2" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, glue
Private collection, photos by Shaun Roberts

Exhibition History:
What Befell Us, April 19 - June 15, 2019, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Orchid Vignette, 21st Century, 2020                                                                                                      
17" w. x 24 1/2” h. x 18" d.
German crepe paper, stain, glue, floral wire, coat hanger, floral tape, chalk, ribbon
Contact Eleanor Harwood Gallery

Exhibition History:
Informing Memory: Process, Place, and Notion, January 27 - April 16, 2022, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
Posies: A Pocketful, August 26 - October 2, 2021, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA
Orchids: Attraction and Deception, February 4 - August 1, 2021, Barry Art Museum, Norfolk, VA
Paper Show, July 9 - August 6, 2022. Heron Arts, San Francisco, CA
Grow!, Palo Alto Art Center, September 21 - December 15, 2024, Palo Alto, CA

Specimen C (Ranunculus), 2019                                                                                                          
33” diameter x 19” d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, stain, glue
Private collection, photos by Shaun Roberts

Exhibition History:
Lush, January 16 - February 6, 2021, Hashimoto Contemporary, NY, NY
Cut Up, March 18 - June 30, 2020, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
What Befell Us, August 2019, Saint Joseph’s Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Art Market San Francisco, April 25 - 28, 2019, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, Fort Mason Festival Pavilion
What Befell Us, April 19 - June 15, 2019, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA

WAP, 2020                                                                                                          
33” w. x 37” h. x 18.5” d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper. glue
Collection of Ashley Longshore, photos by Shaun Roberts

Specimen A (Strawflower), 2019                                                                                                         
36” diameter x 11” d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, stain, glue
Private collection, photos by Shaun Roberts

Exhibition History:
What Befell Us, August 2019, Saint Joseph’s Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Art Market San Francisco, April 25 - 28, 2019, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, Fort Mason Festival Pavilion
What Befell Us, April 19 - June 15, 2019, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Three Chrysanthemums, 2020                                                                                                          
48.5” w. x 43.5” h. x 23” d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, stain, glue, wood rods
Private collection

Exhibition History:
Somethings Things Come Together, January 9 - February 27, 2021, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Cut Up, March 18 - June 30, 2020, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA

Specimen F (Strawflower), 2019                                                                                                          
39” diameter x 13 1/2" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, stain, glue
Collection of Kristen Graham, photos by Shaun Roberts

Exhibition History:
What Befell Us, August 2019, Saint Joseph’s Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA
What Befell Us, April 19 - June 15, 2019, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Specimen D (Double-Headed Chrysanthemum), 2019                                                                                                          
40" w. x 28” h. x 17" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, glue, metal rods
Private collection, photos by Shaun Roberts

Exhibition History:
What Befell Us, April 19 - June 15, 2019, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Untitled, 2019
27” diameter x 16 1/2" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, glue
Collection of Jacqueline Butler

Specimen E (Platinum Blonde), 2019 
66" w. x 66” h. x 18" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, glue
Private collection, photos by Shaun Roberts

Exhibition History:
Cut Up, March 18 - June 30, 2020, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
What Befell Us, August 2019, Saint Joseph’s Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA
What Befell Us, April 19 - June 15, 2019, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Specimen B (English Rose), 2019 
48” diameter x 19 1/2" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, stain, glue
Collection of Ashley Longshore, photos by Shaun Roberts

Exhibition History:
What Befell Us, August 2019, Saint Joseph’s Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Art Market San Francisco, April 25 - 28, 2019, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, Fort Mason Festival Pavilion
What Befell Us, April 19 - June 15, 2019, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Cremon Mum, 2016
52" diameter x 14" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, glue
Private collection, Dubai, photographs by Scott Chernis

Exhibition History:
Flower Power, June 23 - October 1, 2017, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Preternatural, November 26 - December 29, 2016, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Nature Constructed, May 4 - 29, 2016, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

Irregular Incurve Chrysanthemum, 2016                                                                                       
36" diameter x 15" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, glue
Collection of Lauren and Nathan Acker

Exhibition History:
Nature Constructed, May 4 - 29, 2016, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

Café au Lait Dahlia, 2018                                                                                                                                              
39" diameter x 13 1/2" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, glue
Collection of Karla Freund

Carnations (and other flowers), 2018
20" w. x 20" d. x 20” h.
Italian, German and Chinese crepe paper, stain, glue, floral wire, floral tape, found glass vases
Not for sale

Exhibition History:
Flora, March 29 - September 9, 2018, Cornell Art Museum, Delray Beach, FL

The Ends III, 2019
18" w. x 18" d. x 20” h.
Italian and German crepe paper, stain, glue, floral wire, floral tape, found glass vases
Not for sale

Exhibition History:
Pulp + Process, February 21 - April 21, 2019, Society of Arts + Crafts, Boston, MA

The Ends II, 2018
18" w. x 18" d. x 24” h.
Italian and German crepe paper, stain, glue, floral wire, floral tape, found urn
Not for sale, photos by Shaun Roberts

Exhibition History:
Pleasure Garden, July 7 - August 4, 2018, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Untitled installation, 2018                                                                                      
Bouquets and large scale pieces ranging from 12-24" diameter
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, stain, glue, floral wire
Private collection, Geneva, Switzerland

Peach Peony, 2018
31" diameter x 13 1/2" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, glue
Private collection, Canada, photos by Shaun Roberts

Exhibition History:
Pleasure Garden, July 7 - August 4, 2018, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA

For Shame, 2015
26" dia. x 14" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, stain, glue
Collection of Catherine and Richard Martin, photo portrait on couch by Stella Vazquez

Exhibition History:
Pulp + Process, February 21 - April 21, 2019, Society of Arts + Crafts, Boston, MA
Beyond the Bouquet, January 22 - April 22, 2018, Sturt Haaga Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Flower Power, June 23 - October 1, 2017, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Preternatural, November 26 - December 29, 2016, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Nature Constructed, May 4 - 29, 2016, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Botanica: All Things Plant Life, July 12 - Sept 6, 2015, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Dead of Winter, January 7 - February 4, 2015, Rare Device, San Francisco CA

Chrysanthemum (The Wilt), 2017                                                                             
34" diameter x 15" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, stain, glue
Private collection, Dubai

Exhibition History:
Flower Power, June 23 - October 1, 2017, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA

For Stella, II, 2016-2017
34" wide x 24" deep x 40" tall
Italian, German and Chinese crepe paper, stain, glue, floral wire, floral tape, eggshells, foam cone, found urn
Not for sale

Exhibition History:
The Fine Art of Paper Flowers, September 7 - 11, 2017, Rare Device, San Francisco, CA

For Stella, 2015-2016
20" wide x 16" deep x 26" tall
Italian, German and Chinese crepe paper, stain, glue, floral wire, floral tape, eggshells, found urn
Not for sale

Exhibition History:
Nature Constructed, May 4 - 29, 2016, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

Strawflower, 2016                                                                                
36" diameter x 14" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, stain, glue
Private collection

Exhibition History:
Nature Constructed, May 4 - 29, 2016, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

Cabbage Rose, 2014
22" dia. x 15" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, glue
Private collection

Exhibition History:
HEADS, May 2 - 28, 2014, Rare Device, San Francisco, CA

The Ends, 2018
18" w. x 18" d.
Italian and German crepe paper, stain, glue, floral wire, floral tape
Not for sale

Exhibition History:
Beyond the Bouquet, January 22 - April 22, 2018, Sturt Haaga Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Dahlia I, 2014
30" diameter x 13 1/2" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, glue
Private collection, photos by Sarah Deragon

Exhibition History:
HEADS, May 2 - 28, 2014, Rare Device, San Francisco, CA

Dahlia II, 2014                                                                             
35" diameter x 14 1/2" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, glue
Collection of Karen Wendel

Exhibition History:
Flower Power, June 23 - October 1, 2017, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Nature Constructed, May 4 - 29, 2016, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
HEADS, May 2 - 28, 2014, Rare Device, San Francisco, CA

Festiva Maxima, 2017                                                                                      
30" diameter x 14" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, glue
Collection of Lauren and Nathan Acker

Dahlia IV, 2015
34" diameter x 16" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, glue
Collection of Jessie Black, center photo by Oliver Vazquez

Exhibition History:
Nature Constructed, May 4 - 29, 2016, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

Dutch Study I, 2015
29" dia. x 14" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, glue
Private collection

Dutch Study II, 2017
32" dia. x 14" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, glue
Collection of Sumana Rao

Dutch Study III, 2017
36" dia. x 15" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, glue
Collection of Kirk & Jennifer Fernandez

Chrysanthemum I, 2014                                                                            
24" diameter x 12" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, glue
Collection of Karen Wendel

Exhibition History:
Nature Constructed, May 4 - 29, 2016, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
HEADS, May 2 - 28, 2014, Rare Device, San Francisco, CA

Chrysanthemum II, 2014                                                                                
23" diameter x 11 1/2" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, glue
Collection of Marie and Frank Murphy

Exhibition History:
Nature Constructed, May 4 - 29, 2016, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
HEADS, May 2 - 28, 2014, Rare Device, San Francisco, CA

Marigold I, 2014                                                                                  
39" diameter x 15" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, glue
Collection of Nalini Narayan

Exhibition History:
Nature Constructed, May 4 - 29, 2016, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Botanica: All Things Plant Life, July 12 - Sept 6, 2015, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Oner for You, One for Me, November 1 & 2, 2014, Rare Device, San Francisco, CA

Marigold II, 2014                                                                           
30" diameter x 16" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, glue
Private collection

Exhibition History:
Nature Constructed, May 4 - 29, 2016, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
One for You, One for Me, November 1 & 2, 2014, Rare Device, San Francisco, CA

Pink Peony, 2014                                                                           
28" diameter x 11" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, glue
Collection of Karen Wendel

Exhibition History:
Nature Constructed, May 4 - 29, 2016, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
HEADS, May 2 - 28, 2014, Rare Device, San Francisco, CA

Untitled (from The Fine Art of Paper Flowers), 2017                                                                          
28" diameter x 13 1/2" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, glue
Collection of Emily Berman

Coral Charm Study I, 2015                                                                     
30" diameter x 14" d.
Papier mâché, Italian crepe paper, glue
Collection of Julia Engel