This piece evokes intrigue and mystery surrounding novelist and sportsman, Ernest Hemingway. Included in this work is a collection of early 1930's opened envelopes (all empty) addressed to Ernest Hemingway himself. The envelopes are displayed with a portable 1910 Corona 3 typewriter which was one of his favorites used at the time. A whiskey glass, brass German pencil sharpener (an item normally carried in his pocket) and a pencil add to the fascinating story surrounding this piece. A representation of a letter addressed to Max Perkins (Hemingway friend and Scribner book editor crediting with discovering Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Thomas Wolfe) is in the typewriter. The sculpture rests under an antiques dome.

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Artist Statement and Biography

After a career in advertising (formerly CEO of Cincinnati-based Northlich), Mark's love for great design, primitive antiques and unusual found objects all converged to form his creation of assemblages.

"Some works convey a message, some an outgrowth of a  personal story, some a flight of fantasy and others are simply compositions that just look and feel right.  Each one has been put through the torture test of long stares.   My work aims to give very special found objects a new life and context."

A collection of Serrianne assemblages were exhibited in February, 2017 at the juried national show of the American Craft Council in Baltimore, Maryland.