Work in Progress 1 - Susan Tibbon's painted sculptures are individually created solely by the artist in her San Francisco studio.
Work in Progress 2 - The elliptically shaped pieces are natural reinforced eggshells or shapes turned from blocks of non-endangered wood. Similar pieces can be created with customized imagery, sizing, and themes.
CREATION - Egg / Pigments - Lathed wood, removable top of Besamin (Spice Box) Created for the opening of the S.F. Jewish Museum.
CREATION - Lid
CREATION - Top View
CREATION - Side 1
CREATION - Side 2
CREATION - Side 3
CREATION - Side 4
CREATION - Open 1
CREATION - Open 2
CREATION - Open 3
CREATION - Bottom
MARINE LIFE - Lathed wood/Pigments - 5"X7" - A tribute to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
MARINE LIFE - Side 2
MARINE LIFE - Top
YELLOW NEST - Lathed wood/Pigments - 3.5"X5" - The Yellow Nest Egg is a prototype from an ongoing project documenting avian nesting behavior and camouflage.
YELLOW NEST - Side 2
ORIGIN of SPECIES- Side 1 - Lathed wood/Pigment - 4.5"X5.5" - This wooden ellipse represents a mere fraction of the numerous species with which we are blessed to share the planet.
ORIGIN of SPECIES - Top view
STEEL HOME - Lathed wood/Pigment - Hen sized egg - Commissioned Wedding Gift.
STEEL HOME - Top
DRAGON - Hen egg w/Pigment - Created for L. Naggar at the S.F. Annual Spring Exhibit.
DRAGONFLY'S GARDEN - Lathed wood/ Pigment - Hen sizes egg
DRAGONFLY'S GARDEN - Side 2
DRAGONFLY'S GARDEN - Side 3
EGYPT - Lathed wood/Pigment - Hen sized egg
EGYPT - Side2
EGYPT - Side 3
KABUKI - Lathed wood/Pigment - Goose egg sized - A tribute to the Japanese Traditional Theater
KABUKI - Side 2
FROG - Front - Lathed wood/Pigment - Hen sized egg
FROG - Top
FROG - Side
VENICE - Lathed wood/Pigment - Goose egg sized
VENICE - Side 2
LOVERS - Lathed wood/Pigment - 5.5"X7.5" Ostrich egg sized
LOVERS - side 2
LOVERS - Top
MEDITATION GARDEN - Lathed wood/Pigment - Hen sized egg
MEDITATION GARDEN - Side 2
MEDITATION GARDEN - Side 3
PESACH The Story of Passover - Lathed wood/Pigment - Hen sized egg - Created for the opening of the S.F. Jewish Museum.
PESACH The Story of Passover - Side 2
PESACH The Story of Passover - Side 3
PESACH The Story of Passover - Side 4
PESACH The Story of Passover - Top
PESACH The Story of Passover - Bottom
MADONNA - Lathed wood/Pigment - Hen sized egg - This piece is in the Museo della Contrada del Bruco in Siena, Italy.
AMPHORA - Lathed wood/Pigment - Hen sized egg - In memory of ancient Greco Roman artists.
GOLDEN BIRDS - Ostrich egg/Pigment - (Gold infused pigment for background)
OWL - Lathed wood/Pigment - Quail sized egg
OWL - Back
OWL - Bottom
DINOSAUR HATCHLING - Lathed wood/Pigment - Quail sized egg - Gold infused pigment for background
SQUIRREL - Lathed wood/Pigment - Quail sized egg - A portrait of one of the denizens of our SF Garden
SQUIRREL - Bottom
SQUIRREL - Back
CHAMELEON - Lathed wood/Pigment - Hen sized egg
CHAMELEON - Front II
CHAMELEON - Side
CHAMELEON -Bottom
COOL GREY CITY - Lathed wood/Pigment - Hen sized egg - A memory of Dashiell Hammett's take on San Francisco.
TEDDY BEAR'S PICNIC - Lathed wood/Pigment - 5.5"X7.5" Ostrich egg sized
CAROUSEL - Lathed wood/Pigment - 5.5"X7.5" Ostrich egg sized - An iconic image created for I. Magnin S.F. for their annual Spring Exhibit.
TOYLAND - Lathed wood/Pigment - 5.5"X7.5" Ostrich egg sized - A commissioned piece for a child's room.
HOT AIR BALOON - Lathed wood/Pigment - Hen sized egg - Some of my favorite Beatrix Potter characters.
NEPTUNE - Lathed wood/Pigment - Hen sized egg
FLAMINGOS at the BEACH - Lathed wood/Pigment - Hen sized egg
CABBAGE WORMS - Lathed wood/Pigment - Quail sized egg - A whimsical look at our MOST valuable compost tenants! We make sure they are fed.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Ostrich egg/Pigment - Burstein Family Collection.
BATS - Quail egg/Pigment
BATS - Side2