Mantel Paratroopers Last Jump – good bye uncle buddy. 24”x24” x 2”. Neon tubes and paints. This is the title of all the color field sqs.
 You Don't Miss Your Water Till Your Well Runs Dry. 1997-2000. 48” in diameter x 6” deep. Hot rolled steel, neon, and halogen. The cartoonish drawings give a light spirited first impression but if you spend a bit of time with the pieces their images reveal their nightmarish side. Private collection San Francisco
       
     
  Blues for Max. 2000 24’ x 11” x 11” Child’s white pine chair, light bulbs. Max was an 18-month-old boy that drowned in my backyard pond. I did a number pieces around this loss. Collection of the artist  

Experience at Council Grooves.1982. 11’ x 22’ x 6” Neon tubes and paint. Collection the Mpls. Institute of art. Gift of Bruce Dayton

 

 

 

 

 

 
All images (c) 2005 by Cork Marcheschi