Cindy Hickok
With Thread in Needle
and Tongue in Cheek
May 20 - June 14, 2011
Artist Reception
Friday, May 20, 5 - 7 pm
Artist will be present

"A CONVERSATION PIECE"
Cindy Hickok
Freehand machine embroidery (rayon threads)
5 1/2" x 9" x 5 1/2"
$7,500


Detail
"BREAKFAST AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY"
Cindy Hickok
Freehand machine embroidery (rayon threads)
17" x 27"
$5,200
Before the museum open, when figures in favorite
paintings
meet in the lunchroom for pastries.

"EXERCISE...TO BROADEN THE MIND AND NARROW THE HIPS"
Cindy Hickok
Freehand machine embroidery (rayon threads)
11 1/2" x 19"
$2,200


Detail
"GOD BLESS AMERICA"
Cindy Hickok
Freehand machine embroidery (rayon threads)
14" x 30"
$2,800
A wave of the flag to loyal small-town parade-goers, who are
often seen by more parade participants than those in the parade.

"IT'S A BALANCING ACT"
Cindy Hickok
Freehand machine embroidery (rayon threads)
21 1/2" x 11"
$2,400
A look at the responsibilities of today's women.

Detail
"LIFE IS JUST LIKE A BOWL OF CHERRIES"
Cindy Hickok
Freehand machine embroidery (rayon threads)
17" x 17"
$2,000

"SHE SAID, HE SAID"
Cindy Hickok
Freehand machine embroidery (rayon threads)
19" x 15"
$3,200
The same words, different meanings:
I'll drink to that.
I want just a simple meal.
Surprise me.
I want a more comfortable chair.
What's on television?
We need a new car.
Let's get away from it all.

Details
"TEA AT THE MET"
Cindy Hickok
Freehand machine embroidery (rayon threads)
16 1/2" x 27"
$4,900
Behind closed doors at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, when visitors
have left the building, the figures in our favorite paintings leave their
backgrounds and join their cohorts in the dining room for tea.

"UNRUFFLED"
Cindy Hickok
Freehand machine embroidery (rayon threads)
12" x 18 1/2" x 11"
$7,500
Embroidery over a deconstructed sewing machine; walnut base.
A tongue-on-cheek look at others who, like I, spend time
at the sewing machine but have nothing to wear.

Details
"WAITING"
Cindy Hickok
Freehand machine embroidery (rayon threads)
19" x 28"
$5,800
ADDITIONAL ARTWORKS

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"JAWBREAKERS"
Cindy Hickok
Freehand machine embroidery (rayon threads)
22" x 14" Framed
$1,900

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"MORNING HAS BROKEN"
Cindy Hickok
Freehand machine embroidery (rayon threads)
20 1/2" x 15 1/4" Framed
$2,500

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"TARTS"
Cindy Hickok
Freehand machine embroidery (rayon threads)
19 1/2" x 13 1/2" Framed
$2,000

Details
"THE ART OF RELAXATION"
Cindy Hickok
Freehand machine embroidery (rayon threads), colored pencil
19 1/4" x 14" Framed
$1,800
The “art” of relaxation is according to:
LaFresnaye, Portrait of JL. Gampert
Degas, The Absinthe Drinker
Manet, The Picnic
Cezanne, The Cardplayer(s)
Rodin, The Kiss
Whistler, mother
Modigliani, Reclining Nude
Seurat, The Bathers
Gaugin, Human Miseries
Rousseau, Sleeping Gypsy
Picasso, The Woman of Algiers
Toulousse-Lautrec, Au Salon de la Rue des Moulins
Dali, A Persistence of Memory
VanGogh, A Pair of Boots |

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"THINKING OF ABROAD FROM HOME"
Cindy Hickok
Freehand machine embroidery (rayon threads), walnut chair frame is handmade
.15" x 11" x 8"
$5,800

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"THINKING OF HOME FROM ABROAD"
Cindy Hickok
Freehand machine embroidery (rayon threads), walnut chair frame is handmade
.12" x 14" x 7" (Folds to 17" x 7" x 3/4")
$5,800

"WOMEN'S WEAR"
Cindy Hickok
Freehand machine embroidery
14 3/4" x 14 3/4"
$2,000

"NEEDLE ART"
Cindy Hickok
Freehand machine embroidery
15" x 10"
$2,000
Culinary Art Series
Cindy Hickok
Freehand machine embroidery (rayon threads), colored pencil
10" x 10" Framed
$1,200 Each

"CATCH OF THE DAY"
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Inspired by "The Birth of Venus " by Botticelli |
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"CAFFEINE HIGH"
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Inspired by "The Promenade" by Marc Chagall |
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"FISH AND CHIPS"
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Inspired by "The Bathers" by Georges-Pierre Seurat |
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"FRUIT SALAD"
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Inspired by "Woman with Hat" by Henri Matisse |
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"TRIPLE BURGER WITH BACON AND EXTRA CHEESE"
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Inspired by "The Peasant Wedding" by Pieter Bruegel |
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"WELL DONE"
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Inspired by "Boots" by Vincent VanGogh |
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HOSPITAL FOOD

FROG LEGS

APPLE TART

FRESH FISH