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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 and visual artist, living and working in Chatham Township, NJ.
I specialize in unique hand-made tiles and custom mosaic design and
installations. In my free time I enjoy writing music on my keyboards.
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 on ITUNES and CDbaby.com and can be heard on NJ Radio Q104.3 and the Oxygen network. 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: ALC (Art League of the Chathams), New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, 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: Worked with the ALC to mosaic a
hawk on the Township of Chatham’s entrey way. I also worked on the tiles as part of the
downstairs bathroom at the NJ Center for Visual Arts in Summit, NJ. I was commissioned by Pace University to
paint an outdoor mural to commemorate the Brooklyn Bridge Centennial
Celebration. I Interned at the Lower
Manhattan Cultural Council; I was an artist for school publications at Pace
University and I won a Freddy award at the National Ceramics Art Show. |
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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: A.L.C. S.A.M.A. Provincetown
Artist Association: NJCVA Arts Council of
the Morris Area: |
