Yesterday and Tomorrow Cross
60"h x 60"w
200450000
Multi-colored with red, blues, greens, yellows, white, and black. White areas just above center that are dripping. Verso. Written in marker on TC vertical stretcher bar: Yesterday / and / Tomorrow / Cross 56/2004 / Nov 2004. Stamped on CL stretcher bar: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT. Written in pencil on CR stretcher bar: 55 3/4.
Slide sent to Jeff Fields at Albert Knox Museum, 12/17/2004 - rejected.
Audible Breath
72"h x 60"w
200450601
Triptych. Multiple colors: reds, pinks, yellow, greens, and blues. TL corner is primarily reds with some gray dripping paint and yellow and black. Verso. On TC vertical stretcher bar: A/2004 / 38/2004 / Audible / Breath / Triptych. Stamped on CL stretcher bar: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT. On CR stretcher bar: 55 3/4.
Slide sent to Jeff Fields at Albert Knox Museum - rejected.
Flown Into Forgetting
72.125"h x 60.125"w
200450701
Triptych. Multiple colors including: beiges, blues, red, greens. Drips throughout. BL has thick, vertical lines in blue/white. Verso: On TC vertical stretcher bar: 62-A AC2004 Panel A / Triptych. Stamped below: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT. BC vertical stretcher bar: 67 3/4. CL edge: Inside. CR edge: Outside.
The Open Plane of Yesterday
72.125"h x 60.125"w
200450800
Multiple colors including beiges, greens, blues, browns, and reds. Some dripping. Some white space across bottom. In C is a horizontal, wide, red line with dark green above and 2 red/white vertical lines below into BC. On back. On TC vertical stretcher bar: 57A/04 Nov. 2004 / The Open / Plane Of / Yesterday. Upside down on CL stretcher bar: 55 3/4. Stamped upside down on CR stretcher bar: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT.
Slide sent to Jeff Fields at Albert Knox Museum, 12/17/2004 - Rejected
Corrugated Memory
72.125"h x 60.125"w
200450900
Multiple colors including blues, green, beige, reds. BL has a lot of blue dripping and some long green drips. TR is primarily dark blue, green, and teal, with a little yellow / green. Verso. On TC vertical stretcher bar: 58A/2004 / Nov. 2004 / Corrugated / Memory. Stamped on CL stretcher bar: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT. On CR stretcher bar: 55 3/4.
Slide sent to Jeff Fields at Albert Knox Museum, 12/17/2004 - rejected.
Constantly There Is Sound
72.125"h x 72.125"w
200451001
Diptych. Multiple dense colors including: purple, blues, reds, greens, browns. In CL / C is a broken, vertical purple line (broken by a red line) with purple drips. Verso. Crossed out on TC vertical stretcher bar: Please / Tell / Me. Below: A Sept./2004 / 47/2004 / Constantly / There / Is Sound. Upside down on CL stretcher bar: 67 3/4. Upside down on CR stretcher bar: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT.
Slide sent to Jeff Fields at Albert Knox Museum, 12/17/2004 - rejected.
Edged By Time
72.125"h x 72.125"w
200451101
Diptych. Multiple colors including greens, blues, browns, reds, white, and black. BL has blue drips, and a large area of gray / black with some white and a vertical red line. Verso. On TC vertical stretcher bar: 55A/2004 / Edged / By Time / Nov. 04. Upside down on CL stretcher bar: 67 3/4. Upside down on CR, stamped: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT.
Slide sent to Jeff Fields at Albert Knox Museum, 12/17/2004 - rejected.
Crowned in Delight
72"h x 71.75"w
200451201
Diptych. Multiple colors including reds, blues, greens, yellow, browns. Blues in CL and C are dripping. TR is lighter colors with some dark green. On TC vertical stretcher bar: Crowned / In / Delight / 37AC/2004 / A. Below on sticker: NELTJE Top / Crowned In Delight - Diptych Detail / Acrylic on Canvas 2004 / 72" x 72" 37-A/AC/2004. Below: 67 3/4. Stamped on BC vertical stretcher bar: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT.
Slide sent to Jeff Fields at Albert Knox Museum, 12/17/2004 - rejected.
Will It Last?
36.187"h x 36.125"w
200451901
Diptych. Multiple colors including blues, greens, reds, browns, black. Drips in TL, C, and BC. Area of green in C with blues on top. Verso. On TC vertical stretcher bar: 10B/2004. Next are words that are crossed out. Next: Will / It Last. Stamped on CL and BC: 36. On C stretcher bar: Fixation 91. Stretcher has screws and can be keyed.
Earlier version titled "Fixation" from 1991. Both pieces of diptych were originally numbered 10B - this piece changed to 10A to reflect correct numbering style.
Breaking Away
36.062"h x 36.062"w
200452000
Multiple colors including blues, greens, reds, yellows, browns. In CL and C are wide scratches through the paint exposing other colors. Some dark green lines in BC with blue vertical lines to the right. Verso. Crossed out on TC vertical stretcher bar: Please / Don't / Take / May / Breakfast / Away. Below: 48/04 November. Below, crossed out: Sept. Below: 04 / Breaking / Away. Upside down stamp on LC stretcher bar: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT. Paper taped on C stretcher bar: Neltje / "Breaking Away" / Acrylic on Canvas 2004. On CR stretcher bar: 31 3/4.
Slide sent to Jeff Fields at Albert Knox Museum, 12/17/2004, rejected. Exhibited at Governor's Arts Award Banquet, March 2006.
Impetuous
36.125"h x 36.125"w
200452200
Multiple colors including reds, blues, greens, yellow, tans. Some yellow dripping in TL and TC. Some lines where top layers of paint have been scratched to expose colors below. Dark blue triangular shape in C. Verso. On TC vertical stretcher bar: 49/04 Nov 04. Below, crossed out: Sept. 04. Below: Impetuous. Below: 31 3/4. Stamped on BC vertical stretcher bar: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT.
Slide sent to Jeff Fields at Albert Knox Museum, 12/17/2004, rejected.
SOLD on 11/29/2021 to Lori Philipson, 515 West End Ave., Apt 15, New York, NY 10024. Sale price through Kelley Roy Gallery $2100.00. Net to Neltje $1050.00.
Muscle Of My Mind
36.125"h x 36.062"w
200452300
Multiple colors include tans, yellow, reds, greens, blues, grays, black. In BR is an area of light colored vertical, spattered paint. TL and TC have areas of beige that are dripping a little. Verso. On TC vertical stretcher bar, crossed out: Conflicting Desires. Below: 52/2004. Below, crossed out: Sept 2004. Below: Nov. 2004 Muscle / Of My / Mind. Upside down on CL stretcher bar: 31 3/4. Stamped on CR stretcher bar: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT.
Slide sent to Jeff Fields at Albert Knox Museum, 12/17/2004, rejected.
Odd Puzzlements
36.125"h x 36.062"w
200452400
Multiple colors including red, yellow, tans, blues. White paint is spattered and dripping. Round area of blues in CR with vertical blue lines down into BR. Verso. On TC vertical stretcher bar: 51/2004 Nov 04. Below, crossed out: Sept 2004 Cleared / Mind. Below: Odd ' Puzzle-/ments. Stamped on BC vertical stretcher bar: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT.
Slide sent to Jeff Fields at Albert Knox Museum, 12/17/2004, rejected.
Troubled Light
36.25"h x 48.125"w
200452700
Multiple colors include blues, pinks, yellow, tans, greens, red, black. Yellow in TL is dripping. A reddish line runs horizontally across top and down C, turning black towards bottom. Verso. On TC edge of canvas: TROUBLED LIGHT 4/04. On TC vertical stretcher bar are words and numbers that have been crossed out. Stamped on CL stretcher bar: 48. Stretcher has screws and can be keyed.
Rejected "93th Annual Exhibition 2006 of Allied Artists of America" NY, NY 8/11/2006. Rejected "NCAA Artist Association 14th National" Fort Collins, CO 1/12/2005.
Stir The Contents
36.125"h x 36.062"w
200452901
Diptych. Multiple colors including reds, blues, pinks, greens, yellow, and black. TL and TC are primarily rust colored. BC has 2 black drips through it. CR has an area of yellow with white and blue mixed in. Verso. On TC canvas edge: Stir The Contents / A. On TC vertical stretcher bar: 5/04/A. Below: 13/2004. Upside down on CL stretcher bar: 31 3/4. Stamped on CR stretcher bar: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT.
Rejected "Alpan International 2006" Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY 3/30/2006. Rejected "8th International Open" Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL 11/4/2004.
In the Darkness of Dawn <or> Am I Connected?
38.125"h x 44"w
200453200
Multiple colors including reds, yellow, blues, greens, tans, black. Areas of dark blue in TR and BR. Yellow drips from TC. Light blue drips in CL. Green drips in TL. Verso. On TC edge of canvas: In the Darkness of Dawn 4/04. Crossed out on TC vertical stretcher bar: 30/98 36/99. Below: 6/2004. Sticker crossed out: NELTJE / If You Stopped Breathing / Acrylic on Canvas 1998 / 38" x 44". Below: 38. Stamped in C on both stretcher bars: TRI-MAR / ENTERPRISES INC. / HAND-MADE USA. Stretcher has screws, can be keyed.
Rejected "Tenth Annual Open Juried Exhibition" Professional Visual Arts Org., Montclair, NJ 10/21/2006. Rejected "8th International Open" Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL 11/4/2004.
Will The Sun Come Up?
48.125"h x 32.125"w
200453301
Diptych. Multiple colors: pinks, reds, tans, yellows, blues, greens, black. Black drips in BC, TR, and CR. Area of red in CR with 2 black drips over it. Area of pink in C. Verso. On TL edge of canvas: 4-04. Sticker: NELTJE Top / will The Sun Come Up? - Diptych / Acrylic On Canvas 2004 / 48" x 64" 2A2004. On TL vertical stretcher bar: Will The Sun Come Up? <arrow> Top. On TC vertical stretcher bar, crossed out: 4A/99. Below: 2A/2004. On BR stretcher bar: 32 x 48. Stretcher has screws and can be keyed.
Rejected "2008 Open National Exhibition" Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA 9/24/2008. Rejected "Women's History Month" Boise State University, Boise, ID 1/6/2005.
Nothing Tentative
48.125"h x 54.125"w
200453400
Multiple colors including blues, greens, reds, yellow, tans. Drips throughout. In TC reddish-orange area on T edge is dripping. Dark yellow lines in TC / TR. One white drip in TL. Verso. Crossed out on TC vertical stretcher bar: 12/94 / 16/04 / <illegible> / 1993. Sticker: NELTJE Top / Nothing Tentative / Acrylic On Canvas 2004 / 48" x 54" 17/AC/2004. Crossed out below: Water Slide. Below: Nothing / Tentative / 17/04. On BL vertical stretcher bar: 48 x 54. Stamped twice in C: TRI-MAR / ENTERPRISES INC. / HAND-MADE USA. Stretcher can be keyed.
Rhythmic Roll
60.125"h x 60.125"w
200453900
Colors include greens, browns, reds, blues, yellow. Long whitish drips from TC to BC. Blue area in TL / CL. Light brown area in C / CR. Blue and white cloud shape in TR with short drips. Red in TR / TC / C. Verso. TC canvas edge: Rythmic <sic> Roll May 5/04 / 16/04. TC vertical stretcher bar: Top <arrow pointing up>. Sticker: NELTJE Top / Rhythmic Roll / Acrylic On Canvas 2004 / $5,500.00 16/AC/2004. Sticker: Neltje / 11 Lower Piney Creek / Banner, WY 82832 / (307)737-2226 / neltjestudio@wyoming.com. CL stretcher bar: 55 3/4. Stamped on CR stretcher bar: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT.
Accepted "Galex 39" Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL 1/6/2005.
Sharp As Sight Can Bear
60.125"h x 60.187"w
200454100
Colors include blues, tans, reds, pinks, yellow, green. Blue vertical area in TL / CL. Blue horizontal area in TC / TR. Blue / green square in BR. Red drips down C. Purple drips in CR. Verso. TC canvas edge: Sharp AS SIGHT CAN BEAR May 5 / 04 / 15/04. CL stretcher bar: 55 3/4. CR stretcher bar: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT.
Rejected "Expo XXIV" by b.j. spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY 11/8/2003.
Why Wonder
60.125"h x 60.125"w
200454200
Colors include orange, yellow, greens, reds, tans, blues. Some dark purple in CL. Red drips in BL. White drips in CR / BR. Black paint spatter in CR. Orange circle in TL / TC. Verso. TC vertical stretcher bar: 34/2004 / Why / Wonder. CL stretcher bar: 55 3/4. Stamped on CR stretcher bar: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT.
Rejected "Galex 39" Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL 1/6/2005.
Rolling Wild
59.938"h x 48.062"w
200454401
Triptych. Black area in TL / CL into C. Gray drips in TR. Yellow in TC / TR / CR. Blue in BL. Green in BC. Verso. TC canvas edge: Rolling Wild A. TC vertical stretcher bar: 30/A/2004. Sticker: NELTJE Top / Rolling Wild - Triptych / Acrylic On Canvas 2004 / 48" x 60" 30A/AC/2004. Stamped, CL stretcher bar: <symbol> DEAD <symbol> STRAIGHT. CR stretcher bar: 43 3/4.
Plentiful and Strong
22.125"h x 30"w
200455000
Wide, vertical blue area in C. White and red spatters throughout. Greenish vertical area in BR. Red in BL. Yellow in TR. Verso. TC and BC: Plentiful and Strong. All 4 corners: 60/2004.
Rejected - sent to Jeff Fields at Albert Knox Museum 12/17/2004.
Pointing the Way
22.187"h x 30.125"w
200455100
Red circle in TL quadrant. Large orange area on R. Yellowish vertical line in C. Red drips in TR and BC. Blue / green / yellow area in CL / BL. Verso. TC: Pointing The Way. All 4 corners: 31/2004. Watermark TL: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>.
A Customary Place
22.25"h x 30.125"w
200455200
White spatters throughout. Pinkish area in TC / C. Black angled lines in CL. Yellow in CR on edge. Dark green in C / CR. Verso. TC: A Customary Place. All 4 corners: 32/2004.
Rejected "Crossing Borders" Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX 8/15/2005. Rejected "Expo XXIV" b.j. spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY 11/8/2003. Rejected "Works on Paper" Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA 7/21/2005.
A Drop in the Dark
22.125"h x 30.062"w
200455300
Dark red in BC. White spatters throughout. Greenish area in BL quadrant. Blue / white in TL. Black lines in C. Verso. TC: A Drip In The Dark. All 4 corners: 33/2004.
Rejected "Expo XXIV" b.j. spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY 11/8/2003. Rejected "Works on Paper" Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA 7/21/2005.