Family Reunion

While watching a group of sea gulls fly and then perch on their respective pylons, as if coming home, Nannette realized that the perfect placement for her six horse-birds would be on railroad-ties (to simulate the pylons). The horse-birds would represent the reunion of Nannette's immediate family, who are scattered to the South, East, and West of the USA.

1989: Donated by the Mano Swartz Family to the Permanent Collection of Maryland Artists,
         housed at the University of Maryland Adult Center, College Park, MD;
2004: Nannette's Family Reunion was exhibited at the Governor's Mansion in Annapolis, Maryland.
         The pieces displayed were taken from the permanent collection at College Park.
         Exhibition title: A Selection of Works by Seven Maryland Sculptors  Catalogue

Note: The "horse-birds" are the result of much artistic trial and error. Each represents a member of the artist's family. Her father, second in line, is the protector. Her mother sits on the tallest base at the far right surveying her family unit. The remaining three birds are Nannette's siblings, an older brother and twin sisters perched on the center two railroad-ties. Bird #1, 7"x6"x2" stands at the far-left of the group, symbolizing Nannette. It was the last bird created and the only one with a mane; which is significant, when Nannette and the aesthetic process moved to the next series.

Cast bronze images, railroad-ties resting on individual black-wood bases (not shown), 1982-1984, 60"x108"x12"

                            Bird #1 - Nannette                                       Father                                           Sibling                                 Sibling                                    Sibling                                        Mother