The Two Shall Become One

While searching through one of my favorite antique junk stores, I found two wooden pieces (a pencil box and an old change counter) that I thought  might be suitable for later assemblages. When I got home, I realized that they were identical in two of their dimensions. Using this fortuitous happening, I glued the two together and populated this three-dimensional substrate with a wooden ball and two polyurethane "mushrooms" from my laboratory. Acrylic paint and paper collage techniques finished the piece, which is in honor of the institution of marriage (see Genesis 2:24 and Matthew 19:4-6).

The Two Shall Become One (2005) (12" x 6 1/2" x 2")