Daily Essentials, 2024, 5 x 14.5 x 11” Poplar wood, acrylic, jewelry findings, non-biological medical waste Ben Cline and Ray Bernoff Some people won’t go out without their jewelry. Others can’t leave the house without their medication. Chronic illness is not known for its aesthetic appeal, but with this piece, we ask “What if all…
Swollen, 2024, 13 x 17” Acrylic, mixed media art waste (including watercolor, spray paint, paper, resin, and lightbulbs) on canvas K.C. MacPhail and Ray Bernoff “Swollen” expresses our experience with pain caused by chronic inflammation, marrying Ray’s waste-based art practice with K.C.’s portraiture to create something swollen and suffocating. The subject is exhausted, resigned to…
Community Trash, 2024-ongoing Mixed media art waste from friends and community members (including watercolor, acrylic, fabric paint, spray paint, PVA glue, paper, resin, and wood) on previously used canvases The ‘Community Trash’ series is an extension of my series ‘Trash Paintings‘. For Community Trash, I collect discarded or unwanted materials from friends, family, and community…
The saying goes; one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Local artist Ray Bernoff has taken that proverb quite literally, collecting Worcester’s trash and creating artwork. Sarah Barnacle, Worcester Telegram & Gazette Sarah Barnacle of the Worcester Telegram and Gazette wrote an article about my Trash Paintings series. I’ve been collecting arts- and crafts-related waste…
This gory pill art project, The Wound Will Not Heal, started with this mask I made at a Halloween Open Hacks at Technocopia. Jessica Sadlier suggested doing white tissue papier-mache over a painted underlayer for a creepy, realistic skin look. That mask got me thinking about other ways to use this skin effect, and that…
I finished this bead curtain from prescription bottles in September 2022. A “portière” is a curtain that goes over a door. I’ve never seen prescription bottle art like this anywhere else. If you know of any, please send it to me! I would love to see it. Here’s what I had to say about this…
Safe Foods 2024 Aluminum foil, stone clay, Hershey’s kisses wrappers and plumes, found objects, cardstock, spray paint, acrylic paint, glass microbead paint inspired by David Seltzer, Sea Salt/Lemon Sage With celiac disease, every meal is a risk. Gluten hides everywhere, from restaurant griddles to soy sauce and licorice. Since my diagnosis, I’ve identified “safe foods” I…
I got into printing, mainly block prints and linocut in 2023. Here’s some of what I’ve made so far. Most of what I’ve been printing is fruits and vegetables! I sold a few of these through ArtsWorcester at StART on the Street and Worcester Pride in 2023. See more of my art.
Trash Paintings, 2020-ongoing Mixed media art waste (often including acrylic, PVA glue, paper, cardboard, and Sculptamold) on canvas board In my series ‘Trash Paintings’, I only use materials left over from other art projects—unused acrylic paint lingering on the palette, sheets of half-dried glue from the morning after a papier-mache session, snippets of cardboard picked…
I recently went to my first demolition derby.I found it shocking, obscene, and fun. The first collision scared me, but by the end I found the less violent impacts almost routine.