"Vision and Reality" at NC Women"s Hospital in February

I have a show of mostly new work at the North Carolina Women's Hospital, Women's Health Information Center located on the ground floor of N.C. Women's Hospital, 101 Manning Dr. Chapel Hill, NC. 20% of sales to benefit Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. I'll be having a reception Friday, 2/19 from 4-6. Stop by if you can.
Top: "Testing the Waters" Bottom: "Visions and Realities"

Dream of the World and Its Wonders

"Save Me"

I made this piece a while back. It is 5 panel glass window.

I made this piece awhile back. My son gave it to a friend for her birthday. I hope she likes it.

Can't remember the title

I made this piece a few years ago and had it in a show called "Art and the Feminine Divine". The piece of wood was originally a serving tray with little cut out places for small bowls and a cutting surface. Well stictly speaking, originally the piece of wood was a tree and before that a seed. It has had quite an interesting life. Who know what is in store for it next.

GRACE

I made this a while back for a friend who lent it back to me for a show. Unfortunately it was either stolen or I missed placed it and someone "found" it. I have been hoping it would show up somehow but it hasn't. I used a fruit crate I found on the street in NYC, much to the embarassemtn of my family I carried it around with me until we got back to our hotel.

Petroglyph

I've posted this before.This is a statement from my most recent show. Don't worry I had someone help me edit it. Contact me at shrinemaker@mail.com
Artist Statement:
I started making these shrines sometime in 2002 with my art teacher and friend Marki. The first shrines were from tangerine boxes and things lying around the house. I liked using things that had very little sentimental attachment. I felt like I was creating something without any rules or responsibilities. The freedom and surprise I felt with each shrine I made seemed to bring to light aspects of my life and myself that I had forgotten or been unaware of. Memories, images, and feelings from my childhood returned as I worked on new shrines. Once I got started I really couldn't stop.I grew up in a big Catholic family in Detroit. I never felt especially religious but I did associate my church with my home, my neighborhood, my family, and my developing female identity. Home, neighborhood, and family were at the core of how I saw and still see myself as a woman. I realize how people, especially girls and women, from my early childhood influenced me, inspiring, shaping, and populating my art.One of the strongest pleasures of my childhood was the time I spent wandering around the alleys of my neighborhood, doing what we called alley picking. I loved finding discarded things and bringing them home to a new life. I wasn't just collecting stuff. I came to feel a kind of obligation to them. It was hard to throw them away. In my shrines I use mostly things I've found in an alley, on the street, in my own trash, or at a thrift shop. Many pieces in this show are made from remnants of a room-remodeling project in my home. I like to think that all broken things can have a new life if given a chance. I am always so happy when something, the uglier the better, that I've been looking at in my box of stuff for years finally finds its way into just the right place in a piece. In these pieces, I am trying to reclaim a spirit of the Divine that emanates from the ordinary but transcends the everydayness of the objects I use. I don't believe my art has more of the Divine than other earthly objects, but I feel something spiritual awakened and at work when I am creating. When I recognize the piece I've worked on is complete, I am so grateful to have found this connection to God in my life.Artist Bio:I am a self-taught artist and physical therapist. Although I took the first unconscious steps in my creative life when I became a childhood ally picker, it wasn't until about six years ago that I started making art out of things that other people would consider junk. Although having shows of my work has never been my goal, I have presented my work in Chapel Hill, in Lawrence, Kansas, and in Richmond, Virginia.

I made this for an auction. I used an old badmitton birdie and a candy wrapper.

Guidance for Development

This piece is made from the back of a crib that I picked up at the dump. I also used alot of book covers and records.

Admit One

Asia

Shadows in the Heavens

Luck

Untitled

The picture on this one doesn't show the 3 dimensionality. The center section is actually a cookie tin. I need a title for it.

Name and Address

This is made from the back of a chair. I sold it last year but got it back briefly for a picture.

"Faika"

Circle of Compassion

The door on the front opens.

New Pictures

I just got back photos from my photographer, Barney K. He did a great job once again. I'll be posting pictures in the next few weeks. Here are a couple to start with. Charron

Benedictus Fructus/ from Scrapel Hill Exhibit

Cup a Joe

I have a show at Cup a Joe in Chapel Hill for the month of June. They're open until 9:30 each night. Check it out when you're going to the movie or having a cup of coffee. Thanks, Charron

East End Gallery Exhibit

'Transitions'
Artist's Reception during 2nd Friday Art Walk: Friday, May 8, 6 - 9 pm_... hope to see you there!

Jean LeCluyse & Charron Andrews invite you to see their recent work at the East End Gallery May1 through May31.

East End Gallery
The ArtsCenter
300-G East Main Street,
Carrboro, 919.929.2787

East End Gallery hours: Tues - Fri: 5 - 7 pm • Sat: 2 - 4 pm http://www.artscenterlive.org/index.php?a=Events&b=Gallery

SCRAPEL HILL

I have a piece in the Scrapel Hill Art show from now until mid June at University Mall in Chapel Hill. It is near the mall entrance of A Southern Season. Check it out and vote. There is also a "Gala opening" on April 23 (25.00) Money goes to two local charities. Thanks, Charron

This is a statement from my most recent show. Don't worry I had someone help me edit it.
Artist Statement:
I started making these shrines sometime in 2002 with my art teacher and friend Marki. The first shrines were from tangerine boxes and things lying around the house. I liked using things that had very little sentimental attachment. I felt like I was creating something without any rules or responsibilities. The freedom and surprise I felt with each shrine I made seemed to bring to light aspects of my life and myself that I had forgotten or been unaware of. Memories, images, and feelings from my childhood returned as I worked on new shrines. Once I got started I really couldn't stop.I grew up in a big Catholic family in Detroit. I never felt especially religious but I did associate my church with my home, my neighborhood, my family, and my developing female identity. Home, neighborhood, and family were at the core of how I saw and still see myself as a woman. I realize how people, especially girls and women, from my early childhood influenced me, inspiring, shaping, and populating my art.One of the strongest pleasures of my childhood was the time I spent wandering around the alleys of my neighborhood, doing what we called alley picking. I loved finding discarded things and bringing them home to a new life. I wasn't just collecting stuff. I came to feel a kind of obligation to them. It was hard to throw them away. In my shrines I use mostly things I've found in an alley, on the street, in my own trash, or at a thrift shop. Many pieces in this show are made from remnants of a room-remodeling project in my home. I like to think that all broken things can have a new life if given a chance. I am always so happy when something, the uglier the better, that I've been looking at in my box of stuff for years finally finds its way into just the right place in a piece. In these pieces, I am trying to reclaim a spirit of the Divine that emanates from the ordinary but transcends the everydayness of the objects I use. I don't believe my art has more of the Divine than other earthly objects, but I feel something spiritual awakened and at work when I am creating. When I recognize the piece I've worked on is complete, I am so grateful to have found this connection to God in my life.Artist Bio:I am a self-taught artist and physical therapist. Although I took the first unconscious steps in my creative life when I became a childhood ally picker, it wasn't until about six years ago that I started making art out of things that other people would consider junk. Although having shows of my work has never been my goal, I have presented my work in Chapel Hill, in Lawrence, Kansas, and in Richmond, Virginia.

This was actually first made as a postcard. I needed to frame it for a show. I used a door face from a bathroom remodel. The back ground on the card is a prayer rug with other images imposed on it as well as some chains around the edges and bottom. The "mat" is a piece of fabric. I love this piece titled "Daily Prayers"

This is a door from a bathroom cabinet destined for the landfill. The central image is from an album cover, Linda Ronstatt. There are alot of little broken things glued on. This actually looks much better in real life.

Song From the Islands

This piece is about 2o in x 20 in. made on a piece of plywood left over from a remodeling project. The image is from an album cover )Songs from the Islands) and the body is actually a "monkey pod" dish nailed to the board. There are pieces of fabric, CDs, bottle caps, netting from a produce bag, pictures of shells and a few real shells. At the bottom there is a 45 record to complete the mermaid fin. You can't see it because of the black background.

I made this piece on the bottom of a cabinet drawer left over from a bathroom remodel. The yellow around the edeges is wood glue that was stuck on there. The central image is from a Smithsonian magazine that featured early art of Ethiopia. I've added paint, cloth, a key, other images and some broken jewelry, I think.