A Jumble of Small Things

This page is a temporary page to give collectors a preview of the upcoming exhibit.

Linda Popp

Preview (collector's advance viewing)

This preview gives you the opportunity to view and purchase the pieces in the exhibit before it opens to the public.
Purchases are on a first contact basis, so consider a back up option if your first option is no longer available.

Opening Reception January 28th, 2023 4pm-6pm

Show runs from -
January 28th, 2023 - March 18th, 2023

This preview highlights all of the pieces that will be on display in the exhibit as well as reserve pieces that will replace sold pieces as those paintings go home with collectors. As a member of our Collector's Preview list, you have the unique opportunity to see all of these pieces and have a first opportunity to purchase.

Additional images, or a video, to see the work from alternate angles are available upon request.

To see the work in person, contact the gallery to schedule a visit, or stop by during gallery hours.
Wednesdays 10am-2pm
Fridays 2pm-6pm

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Call or email to make a purchase or schedule a visit to the gallery.
A reminder, purchases are on a first contact basis, so consider a back up option if your first option is no longer available.

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I Am the Woman I Can Be
8.5”x3”x1”, 2020, Found Objects (embellished mint tin, lipstick, etc.)
$125 🔴 SOLD

A Sister’s Love Follows You Forever
5”x7”, 2022, Found Objects (vintage photo, needles, tape measure, etc.)
$60

Adopt the Pace of Nature
(Companion to Her Secret is Patience), 12”x7.5”x1.5”, 2021, Found Objects (butterfly, eggs, acorn, etc.)
$200 🔴 SOLD

All of This is Not By Chance
20”x10”x2.5”, 2022, Found Objects (Vintage photo, doll, watch, etc.)
$275

Almost Grown-Up Dreams
(Companion to Dream New Dreams), 16”x9”x2”, 2022, Found Objects (vintage photo, toy car, wallet, etc.)
$325

As I Stand Before the Setting Sun
37”x8”x4.4”, 2019, Found Objects (vintage doll, pastry blender, etc.)
$350

Dear Brothers, Please Return Home
5”x7”, 2022, Found Objects (vintage photo, zipper medal, etc.)
$60

Don’t Give Me No Rocking Chair
24”x9”x4”, 2022, Found Objects (Old bay can, noise-maker, chair, etc.)
$400

Dream Big
(Companion to I Wish I May, I Wish I Might), 21”x8"x2.5", 2022, Found Objects (vintage photo, view master, etc.)
$325

Dream New Dreams
(Companion to Almost Grown-Up Dreams), 21”x12”x2”, 2022, Found Objects (vintage photo, fan, pearls, etc.)
$325

Embrace Yourself As You Are (Front)
9”x5”x5” (free standing), 2022, Found Objects (vintage compact, cowgirl, ballerinas, etc.)
$200

Embrace Yourself As You Are (Back)
9”x5”x5” (free standing), 2022, Found Objects (vintage compact, cowgirl, ballerinas, etc.)
$200

Everyday Comes a Song with the Dawn
10”x10”x5", 2020, Found Objects (bird, child & dog figures, strawberry buttons, etc.)
$175

Generations of Shared Stories
5”x7”, 2022, Found Objects (vintage photo, rick-rack, milagras, etc.)
$60

Go and Live Your Dream
5”x7”, 2022, Found Objects (vintage photo, butterfly, thread, etc.)
$60

Her Secret is Patience
(Companion to Adopt the Pace of Nature), 11”x7.5”x1.5”, 2021, Found Objects (Milk pods, shell butterfly, etc.)
$200

I Always Thought That I’d See You Again
(Companion to Scattered in The Wind & Just Call Out My Name), 11”x14”x2", 2020, Found Objects (vintage wall plate, skate key, monopoly, etc.)
$175

I Need Four Walls Around Me, 433
40”x11”x6", 2019, Found Objects (vintage noisemakers, fan, etc.)
$450

I Want a Sunday Kind of Love
28”x10”x4”, 2022, Found Objects (Wedding figurine, cupid, dried flowers, etc.)
$275

I Wish I May, I Wish I Might
(Companion to Dream Big), 21"x8"x3", 2022, Found Objects (vintage photo, pearls, etc.)
$325

Just Call Out My Name
(Companion to Scattered in The Wind… & I Always Thought That I'd See You Again), 11”x14”x2", 2020, Found Objects (vintage wall plate, glove, locket, etc.)
$175

Old Photos Become Stories and Memories
5”x7”, 2022, Found Objects (vintage photo, watch, zipper, etc.)
$60

Our Roots Are Firmly Planted
5”x7”, 2022, Found Objects (vintage photo, feather, dried flowers, etc.)
$60

Promises of Always and Forever
15”x10”x3”, 2022, Found Objects (Fan, wedding figures, cupid, etc.)
$350

Saying a Slow Good-bye
(Companion to Surrounded By a Slow Resurrection)
13”x23”x4”, 2021, Found Objects (bone, butterfly, feathers, etc.)
$225

Scattered in the Wind
(Companion to I Always Thought That I’d See You Again… & Just Call Out My Name), 11”x14”x2", 2020, Found Objects (vintage wall plate, doll dress, etc.)
$175

Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails (Front)
14”x13.5”x4” (free standing), 2022, Found Objects (baby shoes, vintage toys, etc.)
$500

Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails (Back)
14”x13.5”x4” (free standing), 2022, Found Objects (baby shoes, vintage toys, etc.)
$500

So Many Dreams I’ve Yet to Find
12”x9”x3", 2020, Found Objects (crocheted heart, watch, wishbone, etc.)
$175

Surrounded By a Slow Resurrection
(Companion to Saying a Slow Good-Bye), 9”x21”x4”, 2021, Found Objects (Shoe form, bone, turtle shell, etc.)
$225

Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice (Front)
16”x7"x5" (Free standing), 2021, Found Objects (vintage play oven, ashtray, etc.)
$500

Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice (Back)
16”x7"x5" (Free standing), 2021, Found Objects (vintage play oven, ashtray, etc.)
$500

Sweet is the Memory
20”x10”x2.5”, 2022, Found Objects (Vintage photo, doll, watch, etc.)
$275

The Beauty of a Woman with Passing Years Only Grows
20”x10”x2”, 2022, Found Objects (Powder puffs, hat, pearls, watch, etc.)
$250

The Birds Still Remember What We Have Forgotten
11”x8”x5", 2019, Found Objects (bird cage, harmonica, buttons, etc.)
$175

The Root Perennial May Be
5”x7”, 2022, Found Objects (vintage photo, buttons, hooks, etc.)
$60

The Shining Days When Life Was New
5”x7”, 2022, Found Objects (vintage photo, buttons, garter hook, etc.)
$60

There is So Much That Needs to Be Tended
(Companion to We Are All Mothers to Each Other), 21”x7”x4”, 2022, Found Objects (Plastic tree, Christmas lights, statue of liberty, etc.)
$275

Walk Slowly and Bow Often
10”x6”x3", 2021, Found Objects (bone, relief block, milk pod, etc.)
$175

We Are All Mothers to Each Other
(Companion to There is So Much That Needs to Be Tended), 20”x7”x4”, 2022, Found Objects (Cookie cutters, pin cushion, diaper pins, etc.) - $275

We Fly Just Like the Birds of a Feather
18”x17”x2", 2019, Found Objects (female figurines, folding ruler, electrical plugs, etc.)
$425

You Are Not Alone
17”x7”x2.5”, 2022, Found Objects (Letter holder, letters, phone inventory, etc.)
$275

Your Children See Their History in Your Face
26”x6.5”x3”, 2020, Found Objects (vintage skater, lipstick, etc.)
$350

Artist - Linda Popp

Statement

The title for this exhibit is from an essay by Zora Neale Hurston……….we are each “a jumble of small things priceless and worthless.” I use these small things to convey stories about relationships with family, place, love, faith, nature, self, time, and other themes. I describe myself as a narrative found object assemblage artist. During the process I go beyond my personal stories and the narrative becomes universal as I feel our stories are all connected. I hope that something from my story will cause you to reflect on your own narrative and perhaps influence you in a positive way. Reflection on personal narratives in order to better understand self and others is a powerful experience that continues to draw me to my studio and my work.

Linda Popp is originally from Chicago but has lived in the Baltimore area since 1974.She retired in 2016 after a 41-year career, teaching visual arts with Baltimore County Public Schools (30 years in secondary art and 11 years as the Visual Arts Coordinator). She then taught in the Maryland Institute, College of Art MAT Program for one year. Linda supervised art education student teachers at Towson University, and then retired again in 2021. She was on the Maryland Art Education Association Council and even has an MAEA Leadership Award named in her honor. Linda has served on the National Art Education Association Council as the Secondary Division Director and Eastern Region Vice-President and was named a Distinguished Fellow in 2018.
Since retiring, she has been able to shift her focus full-time to her studio work. Linda exhibits her work in several galleries in Maryland and on the East Coast. She maintains a website and she also presents her work on Twitter and Instagram. She has created several videos documenting aspects of her assemblage process on her YouTube channel that have been used in the classroom and by individuals. She was recently featured in an article in Bmore Art Magazine.
This summer Linda has been invited to have a one-woman show in Nashville, Tennessee as part of the Tennessee Art Academy at Belmont University.

Website - https://www.lindapopp.com/

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgXod30QclTZPY0jihQs13Q

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lpoppart/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/linda.popp.54

Linda Popp