I’ve been working on a series of three shadow boxes that I’ll show the completed versions of you shortly. I thought you may enjoy seeing a bit of the process of the work.

For one of the boxes i wanted to have a starry sky in the back. Since the box was about boyhood/masculine identity I chose to drill holes in the wood and use marbles as the "stars" per-say. That way if there is light behind the work the marbles will glow. At the top of the picture is the silhouette cut out of the landscape and houses that is part of the same piece as well. The dalle de verre scraps of glass I ended up using in the same piece.

For one of the boxes I needed an image of Phoenix Arizona at night, so I did a little oil painting for it.
Hi Tim,
I love seeing your works in progression….
Marbles and moons and shadowboxes…oh my!
I really like the moon/baseball and Mr. Wirt makes for a very good model.
Cheers….Kathy