I Put a Spell on You Sculpture and Canvas

Part of the Imagine Collection, this mixed media piece brings together metal sculpture and painting. The sculpture “comes to life” as if emerging from the canvas. Watch video below.

I Put a Spell on You is based on a Barrier Canyon Style pictograph panel (photo #5) found in Old Woman Wash in the San Rafael Swell in Utah.

Sand, rocks, stucco, and acrylic paint are used to create the rock wall look of the canvas. The sculpture is made solely from salvaged metal.

Dimensions…

Canvas: 47 inches wide, 35 inches tall

Sculpture: 31 inches tall, 14 inches wide

This collection was inspired by a quote from artist and archeologist Carolyn Boyd:

“In Native America, those images, as soon as they are applied to the wall, they are living. They are incarnated. We can’t even imagine what that would be like — to paint an image of something and give it life.”