Mixed Media Assemblage | 10 x 26 x 4 inches | Custom Framed
 
Home Invasion stages an oyster farmer’s nightmare inside a domestic vignette: marine snails — voracious predators in sustainable oyster aquaculture — breaching the cages and feasting on the crop. 
 
In this surreal miniature, the invaders ride the household plumbing into the farmer’s bathroom, collapsing the distance between water and land and underscoring their relentlessness in coastal ecosystems.
 
Shells, freshwater pearls, Murano glass, and mother-of-pearl catch the light like sun on seawater, while a miniature tub and sink anchor the scene in everyday life. 
 
Wry and elegant, yet grounded in serious undertones, Home Invasion is environmental art with coastal resonance, addressing oysters, aquaculture, and coastal conservation in a narrative contemporary assemblage.
 
Materials: Shells, dollhouse miniatures, wood, paint, Murano glass beads encasing silver foil, freshwater pearls, mother-of-pearl
 
Framing: Archival museum glass in a deep black custom frame by Chevy Chase Art Gallery, Washington, DC.