I Couldn't Make It New Again
24.062"h x 24.062"w
200250100
Primarily black, green, and red. Top quarter is black, middle 3/4 is green, bottom quarter is red. Thick paint has been scratched through to expose some of the canvas pattern. There is a little blue and purple between the green and red. Verso. On TL stretcher bar: I Couldn't Make It New Again / 2002 33/02.
Toucan Gallery Confirmed 1/15/2008. Slide Sent To Dianne Borsini-Burr, Half Moon Bay, CA 6/23/03.
Of A Distant Mind
24.125"h x 24.125"w
200250800
Red border across bottom. Rest of painting is greens and blues. White spatter in C. A little blue drips into red in BC. Verso. TC stretcher frame: Of A Distant Mind 2002. TC vertical stretcher bar: 30/02. CR stretcher bar: 19 3/4. Stamped on BC vertical stretcher bar: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT.
Slide Sent To Dianne Borsini-Burr, Half Moon Bay, CA 6/23/03. Not Accepted - Slide entered "34th Annual Juried," Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA 11/22/02. Not Accepted - Entered "America's 2000 All Media Competition," Minot State University, Minot, ND 5/10/2002.
How Love Ruins You
24.062"h x 24.062"w
200250900
Dark border across top. Red border across bottom. Greens and blues through C. White spatters. Areas throughout with intentional scratching to expose canvas. Verso. TC stretcher frame: How Love Ruins You 2002 32/02.
Slide sent to Dianne Borsini-Burr, Half Moon Bay, CA 6/23/2003. Not Accepted - Entered "2002 International," Nese Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY 5/10/2002. Slide Entered "Cedar Key Arts Center National Juried," Cedar Keys, FL 11/22/02.
Come Close The Way A Lover Might
24.062"h x 24.062"w
200251000
Dark border across top. Red border across bottom. Greens and blues through C. White spatters. Dark area in CR. Some blue in B red border. Verso. TL / TC stretcher frame: Come Close The Way A Lover Might 2002. TC vertical stretcher bar: 31/02. Stamped CL stretcher bar: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT. BC vertical stretcher bar: 19 3/4.
Slide sent to Dianne Borsini-Burr, Half Moon Bay, CA 6/23/2003.
I am Unaquainted with Anyone
29.875"h x 22.25"w
200253800
Deckle edge paper. Green across top, with a little yellow. Primarily red across C. Lavender below. Dark strip across B. A few small white spatters. Verso, backing board. Sticker TL: Bradford Brinton Memorial / (307)672-3173 / 239 Brinton Road, P.O. Box 460 / Big Horn, Wyoming 82833 / Exhibition: 15th Annual Holiday Show / Date: December 2-23, 2005 / Title of Work: I Am Unaquainted with Anyone / Artist/Lender: Neltje / Notes: . TC sticker: NELTJE / I Am Unaquainted With Anyone / Acrylic On Paper 2002 / 30" x 22" 27. Covered stickers in TR and CR.
Rejected "Works on Paper National Biennial" Perkinson Gallery, Milliken University, Decatur, IL 7/29/2003. Accepted "Wyoming Watercolor XVII" Wyoming Watercolor Society, Wheatland, WY 2/4/2003. Exhibited 3/15 - 5/1/2003. Accepted "15th Annual Holiday Show" Bradford Brinton Memorial, Bighorn, WY 12/2 - 12/23/2005.
One Pure Sound III
30.187"h x 30.062"w
200256200
Deckle edge paper. Dark blue borders across T and B, medium blue across C. Yellow and white in TR. Pink and red in BR. Verso. All 4 corners: 34/02. TC: One Pure Sound III. Watermark BL: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>.
One Pure Sound IV
30.187"h x 30.062"w
200256300
Deckle edge paper. Dark blue borders across T and B, medium blue across C. Large red area in TL / TC. Bright blue area in TC / TR. Verso. All 4 corners: 35/02. TC: One Pure Sound IV. Watermark BR: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>.
Ready to Leap
60"h x 48"w
200350000
Primarily reds across center. Blue and black across top. Blues across bottom. Vertical streaks of white on right from top, almost to bottom. Vertical streaks of white on left in center. Heavy paint use. Verso. TL vertical stretcher bar: Ready / to / Leap / 2003 / 8 / 03. Sticker on C stretcher bar: Neltje / Read to Leap / Acrylic on Canvas / 2003. Stamp on CL stretcher bar: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT. Crossed out on CR stretcher bar: illegible numbers / 2000 / Not a Good / Place to / Hide. On BC stretcher bar: 55 3/4.
Old title: Not a Good Place to Hide. Slide sent to Dianne Borsini-Burr, Half Moon Bay, CA 6/23/03. Sheridan Fulmer Library 4/3/03.
Because You Refused
60"h x 48"w
200350100
Reds across top. Dark across C including black, blues, reds, pinks. Teals across bottom with black and blues. Vertical white streaks primarily on right, a little in C on left. Heavy paint use. Verso. In pencil on vertical TC stretcher bar: Because / You / Refused / 2003 12/03. Stamped on CR stretcher bar: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT.
Old title: In Jarred Light. Rejected "03 new Art '03 National" Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA. 4/3 - 5/3/03 - Sheridan Fulmer Library.
Elation and Defeat
48"h x 48"w
200350200
Reds and grays across top. Horizontal middle section is largest of 3 sections and is primarily yellow. Blues across bottom. White drips and spatters on surface. Verso. In pencil on TC vertical stretcher bar: Elation / and / Defeat / 2003 13/03. Sticker under writing: NELTJE Top / Elation & Defeat / Acrylic On Canvas 2003 / 48" x 48" 13A2003. Crossed out in C on stretcher bar: 2/01 Error of Judgement. BC of stretcher: <bar code sticker>. In marker: 48. Corners of stretcher have metal adjusters and can be keyed.
Old title: Error of Judgement. Slide sent to Dianne Borsini-Burr, Half Moon Bay, CA 6/23/03. Accepted to "28th Annual Open" San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA 9/15 - 11/15/2003.
I Have a Desire to Eat Lamb Chops
48"h x 48"w
200350300
Blue paint with a little white across top. Darker colors through middle, horizontal section including blues, reds, and grays. Bottom is primarily red. White streaks and spatters on left side, BC, and CR. Verso. Crossed out on TC vertical stretcher bar: 5/01 4/01 Contemporary Context. Beneath in pencil: I have / a desire / to eat / lamb / chops / 2003 15/2003. Stamped upside down on CL stretcher bar: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT. Crossed out on C stretcher bar: Contemporary Context.
Old title: Contemporary Context. 4/3 - 5/3/2003 - Sheridan Fulmer Library.
Make No Mistake In Meaning
48.125"h x 48.125"w
200350600
Strip of black across top, rest of painting is primarily tans / beiges. 2 thick red lines ("arrow" shape) in C. Some purple in CR. Green and reddish in CL. Verso. In marker, crossed out on TC vertical stretcher bar: 2/96 15/98 37/99 19/2000. Not crossed out: 65/03. Sticker in C on stretcher bar: NELTJE Top / Make No Mistake in Meaning / Acrylic On Canvas 2003 / 48" x 48" 65/AC/2003. Stretcher has screws and can be keyed. On TR inside stretcher bar: 48 x 48. Stamped on CL and BC: 48.
See Things As They Really Are
60.125"h x 48.125"w
200350700
Strip across top is primarily a greenish color. Middle horizontal section is blue / green. Bottom section is primarily reds and light browns. White paint spatters and drips in CR. Verso. In red marker, crossed out, on TC vertical stretcher bar: 36/02. In pencil underneath: See / Things / As They / Actually / Are / 2003 11/03. Stamped upside down on CL stretcher bar: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT.
Old title: A Few Diminished Angels.
A Blizzard Of Slashed Feelings
64.125"h x 48.125"w
200350800
Strip across top is mostly black. Rest of painting is muted colors: greens, blues, reds, black. Some colors are dripping. CL has a dot of yellow with area of dark red on left and mauve on right. Verso: In marker, crossed out, on TC vertical stretcher bar: 14/98 69/03. Illegible words in red are crossed out. Below in marker: A Blizzard / Of Slashed / Feelings. Mostly illegible stamp in C on stretcher bar: DAVID DAVIS / illegible / illegible N.Y.C. 10012. CL on canvas edge is an arrow and: "Money or Music" - crossed out. In pencil, crossed out, on CL stretcher bar: 43/05.
Chance of Certainty
48.125"h x 72.125"w
200350900
Top third is primarily reddish / beige. Separating bottom 2/3 is a blue line and red line. Bottom 2/3 is muted colors: browns, greens, dark reds, blues, black. BC is a white space with tan drips through. Area of blue and black in BL. Verso. 2 stickers on back (identical) TR and C stretcher bars: NELTJE Top / Chance Of Certainty / Acrylic On Canvas 2003 / 48" x 72" 91/AC/2003. In red marker on TC vertical stretcher bar: Chance / of / Certainty 91/03. Stamp underneath: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT. Masking tape on TC canvas: Billings.
Rejected "National Prize Show 2004" Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA 12/16/2003.
In Shattered Time
48.125"h x 60.125"w
200351001
Diptych. Strip across top is dark, reddish / black. The rest is tans, greens, reds, and blues. C has 3 short, vertical black lines with some red below. Verso. In marker on C stretcher bar: 75A/2003. Numbers crossed out on CL stretcher bar: 3/96 25A/98. On BC stretcher bar: 48 x 60.
Untitled
72.125"h x 48.125"w
200351200
Painting is primarily tans with a red triangular shape with a blue outline filling the TC and tapering off below C. Blue lines in CR. Verso. In marker, crossed out on CL stretcher bar: <illegible numbers>. Sticker on C stretcher bar: NELTJE / UNTITLED / Acrylic On Canvas 2003 / 72" x 48" 77/AC/2003. In marker on TC stretcher bar: 77/03. Stamped on BC stretcher bar: 72. Stamped on CR stretcher bar: 48. Stretcher has screws and can be keyed.
My Heart Tumbles
60.125"h x 60.125"w
200351300
Top quarter is lavender, bottom 3/4 is tans, red, blues, and greens. CL has an area of red with a line of green across the top. BR has an area of blues with a little pink and green. Verso. Sticker on TC stretcher bar: NELTJE Top / My Heart Tumbles / Acrylic On Canvas 2003 / 60" x 60" 93A2003. In red marker on the TC vertical stretcher bar: 93/2003 / My / Heart / Tumbles / 2003. Piece of masking tape on canvas TC: Billings. On CR stretcher bar: 60.
Guides By Dreaming
72.125"h x 48"w
200351401
Diptych. Strip of dark reddish paint across top. Multiple colors: beiges, blues, greens, gold, reds. Light blue circle in C, brown, green, and purple below. Verso. In marker on back of canvas TL, crossed out: Another scene of choices / N.Y. 1992. In red marker on TC vertical stretcher bar: Guides / By Dream / s. Crossed out underneath: Another / Scene of / Choice. Underneath: A. Group of numbers, crossed out, below. Underneath in marker: 76B/2003. In center on stretcher bar: A. Illegible stamp in C.
Cries of Surprise <or> Cries of Space
60.125"h x 72.125"w
200351501
Diptych. Top quarter is orange. Bottom 3/4 is primarily beiges with some red, blue, and teal. CL and C has an area of red, white, green across the top and a little yellow. C and CR has some dark blue and teal. Verso. In red marker on TC vertical stretcher bar: Cries / of / Surprise / 2003 / 90A/03. Stamped below: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT.
Unknowable Phantom
60.125"h x 72.125"w
200351600
Top 1/4 is pinks and a little blue. Middle half is primarily reds. Bottom 1/4 is blues. White spatters in TL/CL, C, CR, and BL. In TR there is a small area of yellow with a little green. Verso. In pencil on TC vertical stretcher bar: Unknow- / able / Phantoms / 2003 / 3/2003. Crossed out above: 23/2K. BC vertical stretcher bar, stamped: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT. Below in pencil: 60". CL in pencil, upside down: 67 3/4.
Old title: Worn Summer 23/2000 Not Accepted - Slide entered "Chautauqua National Exhibition" Chautauqua, NY 2/28/03.
It is A Question? <or> It is All A Question
72.062"h x 60.062"w
200351700
Top and bottom quarters are primarily blues and black. Middle half is reds. White paint spatters across. In TL there is a black horizontal line with 2 drips. Verso. In pencil on TC vertical stretcher bar: It / Is / A / Question / ? / 2003 / 6/2003. Crossed out on CR stretcher bar: 22/2K / Last Night / When I / Broke. Stamped, upside down, on CL stretcher bar: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT. In pencil 60" 55 3/4. BC vertical stretcher bar: 67 3/4.
Old title: Last Night When I Broke.
Wind Unwinds From A Silver Spool
60.062"h x 72"w
200351800
Top 1/4 is salmon color. Bottom edge is white space with drips running through. Painting is primarily beiges with blues and reddish / browns, and lots of dripping. BL has an area with blues - light and dark. Verso. Sticker on TL canvas edge: NELTJE top / Wind Unwinds From A Sliver / Spool / Acrylic On Canvas 2003. In marker on TC vertical stretcher bar: Wind / Unwinds / From A / Silver Spool / 2003 / 100/2003. Stamp on BC vertical stretcher bar: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT.
Rejected "National Prize Show 2004" Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA 12/16/2003.
Establishing Silence
24.062"h x 32.062"w
200357600
Purple border across top. Red "arrow" shape in CL / BL. Colors are tans, greens, pinks, black. A little red in BR. Pink area on TR / CR. Verso. Sticker, TC stretcher frame: NELTJE Top / Mountain Creek / Acrylic on Canvas 1993 / 24" x 32" 7. TC stretcher bar: 24. Below, crossed out: Mountain Creek. Below: 7/93. Below: Neltje / 11 Lower Piney / Banner, WY / 82832 / (307)737-2226 / 53/03. Crossed out on C stretcher bar: 32/92 Crow Fair Happenstance. Stretcher has screws and can be keyed.
Old titles: Mountain Creek; Crow Fair; Happenstance. Rejected "54th Annual Art Competition" Fort Smith Art Center, Fort Smith, AR 3/12/03. Rejected "47th Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art" CCCVA, Chautauqua, NY 2/5/04. Rejected "Women's History Month National" Boise State University, Boise, ID 12/16/2003.