Meredith: I love working with two dimensional art but I also feel the need to create in a three dimensional process. I really enjoy collecting unrelated materials, many of which most people are ready to discard. Working with a set theme with a large variety of "found objects," I create Altar Pieces that pay homage to animals and other subjects I feel are important. I use a wide range of techniques including wood burning, applied fabric, painting, and clay or other mediums which can be modeled. The fully sculpted animals, such as my crows, are done in paper mache.

Steve: Wanted For Smoking #1 was accepted in the 2007 Northern National Art Competiton at Nicolet College in Rhinelander, Wisconsin and received a Patron Award.
Wanted For Smoking #4 was accepted in the 2007 National Juried Competition: Works of Art on Paper at the Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts and Sciences in Long Beach Island, New Jersey.

Left column:
work by Meredith R. Krell
Crow Shrine, mixed media
Love Heart Exvoto in Vessel, mixed media
Rancho Relaxo lighted box diorama; mixed media
Meredith at work on a mixed media shrine.

Right column:
work by Steve Toornman
Wanted For Smoking #1
wallpaper
Wanted For Smoking #4
wallpaper