Installation view of the "Vreeland Lacquers" at The Japan Foundation Toronto, 1999

24K gold leaf, lacquer, cedar
36" x 12 inches
91.5cm x 30.5cm

Translation:
"My blindness is a result of looking at too many beautiful things."

(from the memoirs of Miss Diana Vreeland)

24K gold leaf, lacquer, cedar
24" x 12 inches
70cm x 30.5cm

Translation:
"To be contented, that's only for the cows."

(from the memoirs of Miss Diana Vreeland)

24K gold leaf, lacquer, cedar
30" x 12 inches
85.25cm x 30.5cm

Translation:
"He spent the entire war praying for the bombs to drop so his ducks would have a pond to swim in."

(from the memoirs of Miss Diana Vreeland)

24K gold leaf, lacquer, cedar
60" x 12 inches
152.5cm x 30.5cm

Translation:
"The bikini was the biggest thing since the atom bomb."

(from the memoirs of Miss Diana Vreeland)

24K gold leaf, lacquer, cedar
24" x 12 inches
70cm x 30.5cm

Translation:
"Worse things happen at sea."
(from the memoirs of Miss Diana Vreeland)

24K gold leaf, lacquer, cedar
66" x 12 inches
167.75cm x 12cm

Translation:
"Asparagus should be sexy and almost fluid."

(from the memoirs of Miss Diana Vreeland)

24K gold leaf, lacquer, cedar
48" x 12 inches
122cm x 30.5cm

Translation: "In my end is my beginning."
(from the memoirs of Miss Diana Vreeland)

Lacquered slate, chalk calligraphy, bird droppings

Translation:
"Competition in nature causes species to alter, only those whose mutations are most appropriate to their surroundings prosper."
(from the diary of Charles Darwin)

Lacquered slate, chalk calligraphy

Translation:
"Natural forces control all."
(from the diary of Charles Darwin)

Lacquered slate, chalk calligraphy

Translation:
"We are not descended from monkeys but, monkeys and humans come from a common ancestor."
(from the diary of Charles Darwin)

Canadian maple wood, nails, sumi ink, lacquer
12" x 12" x 1.25 inches
30.4cm x 30.4cm x 3.2cm
Edition of two

Translation:
"The nail that sticks up will be hammered down."