There is something about lace that reminds one of bygone days. The white door with its curtain of lace, the abandoned motel with tattered lace in the window, the bathroom with its lacy patterns of light. My old sampler reads: “When the well is dry we know the worth of water.” The bleached animal skulls speak to the passage of time. Lace is about longing for what has been lost … youth, love, a time of life that is now out of reach.
WHEN THE WELL IS DRY, acrylic on canvas, 43″ x 56″ 
THE WHITE DOOR, acrylic on canvas, 38″ x 84″ 
SHADES OF GREY, acrylic on canvas, 43″ x 56″ 
GLASS LACE #4: acrylic mixed media with fused glass, 11″ x 14,” $425. 
DIVORCE, hand coloured copperplate etching, 
VIEW OF CHILD’S SWING BY PORCH LIGHT, acrylic on canvas, 12″ x 45,” SOLD 
KITCHEN WINDOW SILOUETTE, acrylic on canvas, 45″ x 60,” SOLD 
MOTHER’S LITTLE HELPER, acrylic, 24″ x 30″ 
BAKING PRETZELS acrylic on canvas, 45″ x 60,” SOLD
All images and text © Marlene Herbst, 2025
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