Through Our Eyes. Madison.

And the a new photo of my recent piece, set to go out on its way to Minnesota soon.

Madison, seen through the eyes of an individual, revealing a city and culture unique, even to the people who were there alongside him.

The piece was created for a dear friend who just left Madison as a way to always keep it in his mind (and home). The objects and places are all taken from a list made by the friend, placed onto the piece in a "stream-of-consciousnes" approach to better depict the personal and unique memory of the place rather than the actual layout.

To comment on the geography or lack-there-of, this is the first piece of this type that has been based off of a real location instead of dream imagery or storytelling, such as the following piece (http://marionart23.blogspot.com/2012/11/new-and-sold.html) so it's a been a bit of a learning curve to get the personalization along with the right amount of recognizable structure. I just started a similar project that is based around the idea of a "primitive schematic" of an old car which would be a bit more true to reality in terms of placement of the objects, and I'd also like to continue this concept with more locations...a cemetery being one that i think would translate well.
I'm definitely looking forward to creating some pieces that keep the layout more true to reality, but with this first piece, I felt the extreme personalization fit best with my experiences in Madison, along with how the friend (who the piece ultimately has to please) tends to remember the city.