Todd Bartel

Drawings

7 1/4" x 5 3/4" (photo credit: John Hill)
Terra Reverentia Study (Divine Consequence), 1995
Blood and plaka on end pages from Ovid's "Metamorphosis"

7 1/4" x 5 3/4" (photo credit: John Hill)
Garden Study (Gales and Gasses), 1999
Ink, gesso, acrylic, tempera, saliva, shoe polish, pencil and water color on two pages from Ovid's "Metamorphosis"

7 1/4" x 5 3/4" (photo credit: John Hill)
Creation Study (Tent), 1997 & 1999
Blood, ink, shoe polish, gesso and acrylic on two pages from Ovid's "Metamorphosis"

5 3/4" x 7 1/4" (digital scanning: Todd Bartel)  
Garden Study (Satellite), 1999 - 2001
Ink, gesso, negative sticker remnants and water color on two pages from Ovid's "Metamorphosis"

7 1/4" x 5 3/4" (digital scanning: Todd Bartel)  
Garden Study (Reciprocating Pump), 1999 - 2001
Ink, gesso, carbon paper transfer and water color on two pages from Ovid's "Metamorphosis"

7 1/4" x 5 3/4" (digital scanning: Todd Bartel)
Garden Study (Big Bang), 1999 - 2001
Ink, shoe polish, gesso, clay, plaka varnish and water color on two pages from Ovid's "Metamorphosis"

Boxed Constructions

23 3/8" x 24 1/4" x 5 1/2" (photo credit: Robert Puglisi)
Abulic Terrain: Affecting Currents, (Salvage Series), 2000
Tempera and casein on constructed wood box, old paint-chipped wood, anonymous painting c. 1900,
cobalt glass eyewash cup, casein on wood form, root, mustard seeds, India ink on snake skin and Museum Glass    

13 1/8" x 19 1/2" x 4" (photo credit: Robert Puglisi)
The Assumption: Mystery of Alignment II, (Salvage Series), 1987 + 2000
Book plate, acrylic, charcoal and water color on Italian letter (c.1880), gesso and water color over lead toy trees,
tempera and casein on constructed wood box, discarded wood, museum glass, antique clay marbles, and Italian playing cards   

Synterials

55 3/8" x 22 5/8" x 1 1/4" (photo credit: Tom Young)
Garden Study (Pollination of Devonia), 2002
Computer-cut mat board, glass, etched glass, mustard seeds, copper tape with patina in constructed wood frame;
watercolor, ink, Craypas, tempera, charcoal and blood on two pages from Ovid¹s Metamorphosis, with collage on
19th century engraving; tempera and/or watercolor over Xerox transfers (text from Genesis 1- 3, & 26) on 19th century book end pages.