ASSEMBLED PAINTING
Stumpf is recognized for using unorthodox materials to create her elaborately dense assembled paintings. They are some of the artist’s most significantly-sized work. These decadent amalgamations are made with quite an array of materials that include artificial flowers, removed antique wallpaper, a rusted wheel barrel, broken antique chandelier pieces, a found run-over book, jewelry from deceased family members, unraveled rope, hand-torn paper and board, childhood toys and dresses, animal bones, and a wasp. In addition, each series has a unique surface coating, such as the creamy elegant white, the gritty deep red, the aged sense of rust, and the calcified and granular feel of the sand. These abstract constructions embody both metamorphosis and transmutation. Stumpf pulls from ancient history, mythology, personal history, the cycles of life and death, and the poetry of Rilke and Neruda.
View a selection of Stumpf’s assembled paintings below.
Venerated 1
Scraped and salvaged antique wallpaper, unraveled rope, book pages, great aunt & grandmother's jewelry, plastic flowers, chain, paper, found wood, found metal objects, foam core, acrylic, gel medium, sand, chalk, wax pencil, colored pencil, reactive paint, and glue on canvas. 70 x 61 inches.
Incantations
Vintage scraped wallpaper, paper, book pages, string, rope, sand, gel medium, colored pencil, reactive paint, acrylic and glue on canvas. 70 x 61 x 4 inches.
Invocation
Wall patch and plaster, hand torn paper, paperboard, pull string, reactive paint and glue on wood panel. 48 x 24 inches.
Revelation
Tin ceiling tile, hand torn paper, fabric electric tags, reactive paint and glue on wood panel. 48 x 24 inches.
Elegy
Church donor forms, vintage postcards, torn paper, 1910 stair stringer, chalk, reactive paint, acrylic and glue on wood panel. 48 x 86 inches.
Tendrophia
Removed antique wallpaper, found run over book, manufactured plastic pieces, plastic flowers, costume jewelry, class ring, sapphire ring my mother gave me, found piece of a vintage boys shoe buried under our porch, wood type, wasp, wax, oil, gel medium, acrylic, sand, adhesive on wood panel. 84 x 48 x 7 inches.
Vessure
Artist's childhood dress, removed antique wallpaper, vines, plastic branches, dried pods and pine cones, moss, shearling, animal skull and bones, piece of a wasp nest, copper fish, faux pearls, tulle, electrical wire, string, gel medium, acrylic, sand, adhesive on wood panel. 72 x 44 x 9 inches.
Sonurce
Artist's childhood dress that her mother made, removed antique wallpaper, piano wire and other parts from aunt's player piano, film, negatives, audio reels, tacks, wire, staples, gel medium, acrylic, sand, adhesive on wood panel. 72 x 44 x 6 inches.
Coviage 1
Removed antique wallpaper, plastic flowers, crocheted hats made by my mother, wood, gel medium, acrylic, sand, adhesive on wood panel. 44 x 24 x 9 inches.
Secrace
Removed antique wallpaper, rusted wheel barrel, broken antique chandelier pieces, copper thread, styrofoam, wire, screws, gel medium, acrylic, sand, adhesive on wood panel. 60 x 33 x 11 inches.
Strewing of the Besen
Slip, plastic foliage, suction cups, paper, doll hands, metal objects, nails, pearls, tulle, acrylic paint, reactive paint, oil paint, beeswax, color pencil, charcoal, sand, string, wire and glue on canvas. 92 x 72 inches.
Seshat (Love Letters)
Slip, book covers, plastic foliage, doll hands, shells, costume jewelry, champagne cork, misc. wood and metal objects, nails, pearls, tulle, acrylic paint, reactive paint, oil paint, beeswax, pencil, color pencil, charcoal, sand, string, wire, glue, on wood panel. 90 x 55.5 x 5 inches.
Lady of the House (Truth)
Slip, book covers, plastic foliage, doll hands, film negatives, baby spoon, shells, costume jewelry, misc. wood and metal objects, nails, pearls, tulle, yarn, acrylic paint, reactive paint, oil paint, beeswax, pencil, color pencil, charcoal, sand, string, wire and glue on wood panel. 90 x 55.5 x 5 inches
Mistress of the House of Books (Remembrance)
Slip, book covers, plastic foliage, doll hands, shells, costume jewelry, teething beads, misc. wood and metal objects, nails, pearls, tulle, acrylic paint, reactive paint, oil paint, beeswax, pencil, color pencil, charcoal, sand, string, wire, glue, on wood panel. 90 x 55.5 x 5 inches.
The Narrow Gate 1
Plastic foliage, suction cups, paper, piano parts, twigs, metal mesh, beads, metal objects, eraser, acrylic paint, reactive paint, sand, string and glue on canvas. 42 x 64.5 x 5 inches.
Your Soft Silence is Filled with Roots
Baby doll parts, plastic and silk foliage, Christmas ornaments and decorations, fabric, plastic beads, discarded vintage matting and backing board, strips of metal, cord, nails, sand, gesso, house paint, acrylic and glue on canvas. 48 x 96 inches.
Raise Your Indelible Eyes
Nylon rope that has been unraveled, leather handles, plastic foliage, antler shed tips, glass beads, old particle board from the truck bed, tree bark, piano part, tops of steeped tea bags, sand, gesso, matte medium, house paint, acrylic, and glue on canvas. 48 x 60 inches.
Alone Among Rickety Substances (Anne)
Plastic and silk foliage, fabric, old particle board from a truck bed, paper from steeped tea bags, sand, gesso, ink, matte medium, house paint, acrylic, and glue on wood panel. 80 x 36 inches.
Return to Become a Flickering Ancient (Mary Ann)
Plastic and silk foliage, fabric, old particle board from a truck bed, paper from steeped tea bags, sand, gesso, ink, matte medium, house paint, acrylic, and glue on wood panel. 80 x 36 inches.
Pale Corpses with Dead-Tressed Women (Mary)
Plastic and silk foliage, fabric, old particle board from a truck bed, paper from steeped tea bags, sand, gesso, ink, matte medium, house paint, acrylic, and glue on wood panel. 80 x 36 inches.
Prayer (Rilke)
Masking tape with sharpie letters, paper board, scraped paint, vintage wiring, plastic, reactive paint, acrylic and glue on canvas. 59.5 x 28 inches.
And the Milk of the Dawn Surrounded the Silence (Für Alina)
Wax, pigment, toy piano, faux leaves, twigs, raffia, lace, cheesecloth, metal from tea light candles, sand, acrylic paint and matte medium. 60 x 37.5 inches.
Reconciliation of the Two Marys
Mannequin bust, hand cut copper pieces, zipper, strips of canvas, wire, paper from steeped tea bags, dress patterns, dirt, sand, acrylic paint and matte medium on 2 wood panels. 84 x 99 inches.
Didymous
Oil, acrylic, two halves of a dress, wood shavings, mesh fabric, fashion jewelry, shells, beads, silk and plastic foliage and flowers, raffia, cloth wrapped electrical wire, baby doll hands. pearls, tulle, string, metal and other found objects, wax, pigment, paper of steeped tea bags, sand, and glue on canvas. 70 x 107 inches.
Bride of Epimetheus
Oil, acrylic, wax, vintage wedding dress, lace, tulle, pearls, plastic doll hands, fashion jewelry, shells, plant matter, metal objects, raffia, string, sand, paper from steeped tea bags and a large portion of a shattered car windshield. 91.5 x 63.5 inches.