Mixed Media Cods

Item Description

Title & Artist:  "Fins & Pins, Scales & Tails" – by Jennifer Groeber

Medium & Size:  Collaged papers, gold paint marker, brass pins, and polyacrylic on wood.  21 7/8" L x 8 5/8" H x 3/4" D.  For indoor display only.

Artist Statement:  Whether working in painting, collage, or printmaking, Groeber's art focuses on identity and the friction that exists between the surface of our experiences and our complex pasts. In "Fins & Pins, Scales and Tails," Groeber painstakingly collages layer upon layer of gold-tipped paper scales in whimsical patterns that act as evidence of this fanciful cod’s history. Brass brads and layers of smooth varnish add to the rich surface display.

Artist Biography:  Jennifer Groeber is an artist and writer living on the North Shore of Boston. She graduated from Yale University with a BA in Painting/Printmaking and received an MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art. She has shown her work in select group shows as well as solo shows across the East Coast, including most recently at the Wenham Museum and as part of the Essex Arts Collaborative. Her paintings have also been selected to be included in the catalog exhibition New American Paintings. See her woodcuts at the Paula Estey Gallery in Newburyport, MA. You can find her making art, writing about the passage of time, and telling stories about parenting her four kids at her blog, Mama Art.

Hosting Business:  "Fins & Pins, Scales & Tails" is on display at National Grand Bank, 91 Pleasant St., Marblehead, MA. On July 1, this cod will be moved to Abbot Hall, 188 Washington St., Marblehead, MA.

Item Special Note

Pick-up of purchased cods will be on Wednesday evening, July 5. Winning bidder will receive a notification email with information on pick-up time and location.

If winning bidder requires shipping, winner's credit card will be charged a separate $24.95 fee to cover USPS ground and handling. Shipping is available within the U.S. only and must be requested within 7 days after receipt of the notification email.

Any cod purchased via "Buy Now" will remain on display at the hosting business through the end of the auction, and will be available for pick-up as detailed in the winning bidder notification email.

If winning bidder has not picked up cod (or provided shipping address) within 30 days after the close of the auction, cod will become the property of Marblehead Festival of Arts, Inc.

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