I specialize in unique found object assemblage art.  I have work in the permanent collection of the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos, NM and The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center in Colorado.  I have been in art exhibits too numerous to mention here from California to North Carolina and especially in the Western U.S.  I would be happy to send you my resume upon request.  This is a unique and one of a kind piece. I received my MFA from the University of Guanajuato in Mexico, and my Master of Art Education at the Hartford Art School in Connecticut. I earned a BFA degree from the Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore.  
Reliquaries are traditionally found in Catholic churches holding "relics" of the saints (toe nails, hair, bone fragments, clothing bits and other holy bits and pieces. This is a toungue in cheek neo-folk post-modern take off on this theme. Please examine the photos carefully before bidding or making offer.  Thanks for looking! Jeff Brown. 

Artist statement:

 "Discarded bits of cultural ephemera, lost artifacts, corroded materials and time-worn weathered surfaces and patinas, evidence of nature's ravaging effects-- these are the particularly romantic and exotic sources that inspire my work. Many of my pieces are nostalgic and reminiscent of once-significant objects, often from my own childhood; a Cracker Jack toy ?surprise,? a discarded lead soldier or a fragment of foreign paper currency. The aesthetic criteria for a found object's inclusion in my assemblage or collage is its venerable sense of time, wear and use with a feeling of origins from another time or far-away place. I'm after a sense of familiarity mixed with a feeling of rebirth and even a reaction of challenge or mystery with that which we would otherwise feel comfortable... that, and a purely aesthetic combination of materials, objects, and original artwork."

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