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The Edgar Allan Poe Shrine is one of my favorite original art assemblages. To see a scan of it, full size (89K), click here. (The white dots are dust on the scanner screen. The red line along the top of the poetry is not really there, just some anomaly in the scan.)

The art assemblage elements include a raven printed on muslin, in three sections. Black feathers and dried Black Malva flowers, plus dried wild rose petals, accent these compartments.

The portrait in the oval frame is Virginia, Edgar Allan Poe's great love. Dried wild rose petals, gathered at the seashore in Maine, rest in front of her portrait. At the right, you'll see a leaf of dried sage.

To Virginia's right, there is a skull which was hand-carved from a deer's antler. In front of the skull are brass-colored metal candlesticks and dollhouse candles (probably plastic).

In the center section, the lines of poetry are from The Raven.

Next, a golden and teal-colored pillar represents Poe's famous Fall of the House of Usher.

In the bottom row, the center image shows a photo of Edgar Allan Poe. I've modified this so it looks somewhat pointillist, and a little eerie.

At the far right is a limbless china doll's body. I'm not certain why I included it, but it adds to the Gothic sensibility of the art.

The outside of this wooden shrine has been painted black. On the back, I've glued a title card and signed the piece.