Sherry Mansfield

3 Pears #1

3 Pears #2 (private collection)

Pear #1 (SOLD - Columbia, SC)

Pear #2 (SOLD - Ontario, Canada)

Pear #3

Pear #4 (SOLD - Ontario, Canada)

All of the below are 8×10″ Gelatine Silver Prints, created using a large format camera (4×5 negs), 1997-1998

  Doll Head & Banana Peppers

 Egg & Saw

   Untitled

 ”Portrait of a Wasp”  Detail

I saw a wasp sitting on the window sill and thought not to disturb him otherwise he would fly around the house, and I had no bug spray.  Later in the evening I returned and the wasp was in the same spot.  After further inspection, I realized he was deceased.  So naturally, as any good little artist would do, I took his portrait.

The Pears were created as my MFA Thesis, for which I received a professional grant from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in 1998.  They were created with a large format camera (4×5 negs) - gelatine silver prints.  I will list the print sizes as they were originally displayed - some lend themselves to a small intimate scale whereas others demanded “attention” and were larger than life.  Almost 10 years after their creation, I am still receiving requests to view them… so here they are!  Enjoy!

     5×7″ and presented in a grid of 40.

(Check back, I will continue to scan and add to this group to get most of them up - not sure if all 40 though!)

       11×14″

        30×40″