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FRANK R. MCDONOUGH A native
from New Jersey, I’m a mosaic artist and custom tile maker as well as
songwriter, living and working in Chatham Township. I specialize in
unique hand-made tiles and custom mosaic design and installations. In my free
time I enjoy writing music on my keyboards. I can usually be found in my
studio creating personal works inspired from nature and my life. Combining
and interpreting nature’s place in my life allows me to infuse my inspiration
in every tile, mosaic and song I create. I have small tile art for sale seasonally in Provincetown, Massachusetts and year-round at the Mosaic Studio and Gallery in Gladstone, NJ. My work is also available at the New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit at various times throughout the year. My tiles can be seen as part of a permanent installation at the New Jersey Center for Visual Arts. My music from “The WayOuts” is currently available at CDbaby.com and can be heard on NJ Radio Q104.3. My next solo mosaic show will be at the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center in Monmouth Beach NJ summer of 2008. I am currently a member of the Chatham Township Art League; New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Society of Mosaic Artists, Drew Art Association, Arts Council of the Morris Area and Provincetown Artist Registry. |
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Past art
shows include: Eleven Eleven Sculpture Gallery, Orangeburg County Fine
Arts Center, Irving Arts Center Focus Gallery, The Atrium Art Gallery, The
Monmouth Beach Cultural Center.
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Past art projects include: Commissioned by the Pace University to paint outdoor mural
to commemorate the Brooklyn Bridge Centennial Celebration; Internship at the
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council; Artist for school publications at Pace
University; National Ceramics Art Show - Freddy Award. |
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Past music projects include: creator, lead singer and keyboards, lyric and music composer
of the band “the wayouts”. We performed at local Tri-State area clubs: The
Stone Pony, The China Club, CBGB’s, The Bitter End, Kenny’sKastaways and many
other local Tri-State area venues. |
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I have been involved in creative
projects with MCC Manhattan Class Company and local schools for creative
party concepts including St. Raymond’s School, St. Vincent’s the Martyr
School, Aids Walk, St Rose of Lima School, Battered Women’s Center and Henry
Street Settlement. My education
continues at the New Jersey Center for Visual Arts. I am an award winning
graduate from the Chubb Institute, Pace University and a Billboard
Achievement Finalist |
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Rollenhagen, shadowbox |
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Why my
site is called MyShadowBox.com : A
Shadowbox (commonly known as a California Job Case) is a old printers drawer
with compartments that hold lead type for letter press printing. The
apocryphal story is that the arrangement of the compartments was created by a
traveling circus performer who ran away from the circus. After he created the
printers drawer, he returned to the circus. The empty
compartments in the above table would contain spacers, blocks of blank type
used to separate words and fill out a line of type. Nowadays, one is most
likely to encounter the Shadowbox (California Job Case, Printer Drawer) at flea
markets, swap meets and swanky interior design boutiques as accessories for
holding nic-nacs and other life affirming ornamental detritus. MYSHADOWBOX.com
is named because I too am filling my life and website with a collection of my
favorite passions: Mosaics, Tile Making, Music and Art. My first show
to kick off my art career started with a show of Shadowboxes and has evolved
into the world of custom ceramic art. Ergo, this is
more then just a website. It is MY shadowbox. |
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To see more of Frank's shadowboxes
or art in other media click here . |
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To
contact Frank click email address: myshadowbox@myshadowbox.com You
can also contact him by phone at 973 966 6350. |
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Professional
affiliations: C.T.A.L. S.A.M.A.
Provincetown
Artist Association: NJCVA Arts Council of
the Morris Area: |
