Our .22's, 2016, Painted Paper Cut Out Collage on paper (gouache),  12 x 12 inches.

Our .22's, 2016, Painted Paper Cut Out Collage on paper (gouache), 12 x 12 inches.

Our Bows, 2016, Painted Paper Cut Out Collage on paper (gouache),  12 x 12 inches.

Our Bows, 2016, Painted Paper Cut Out Collage on paper (gouache), 12 x 12 inches.

Polashenski Hunting Paraphernalia was inspired by six Polaroid photographs I came across while sifting through family history after the passing of my father (and grandmother several years earlier).  My grandmother took these in 1968 to document the family’s hunting weapons that they had and arranged each item preciously.  She hand wrote the titles: "Our Rifles" and  "A Little Ammunition" on the back of each Polaroid.  She set up ammunition like a still life and probably wasn't aware of the contrast she created between weapon and flowered table cloth.  I was mesmerized by this find.

Our Shotguns, 2016, Painted Paper Cut Out Collage on paper (gouache),  12 x 12 inches.

Our Shotguns, 2016, Painted Paper Cut Out Collage on paper (gouache), 12 x 12 inches.

Some of Our Traps, 2016, Painted Paper Cut Out Collage on paper (gouache),  12 x 12 inches.

Some of Our Traps, 2016, Painted Paper Cut Out Collage on paper (gouache), 12 x 12 inches.

Our Rifles, 2016, Painted Paper Cut Out Collage on paper (gouache),  12 x 12 inches.

Our Rifles, 2016, Painted Paper Cut Out Collage on paper (gouache), 12 x 12 inches.

A Little Ammunition, 2016, Painted Paper Cut Out Collage on paper (gouache),       12 x 12 inches.

A Little Ammunition, 2016, Painted Paper Cut Out Collage on paper (gouache), 12 x 12 inches.

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