I wanted to honor his memory in a mosaic portrait as my small part in continuing to create awareness and empathy for those suffering from mental illness and addiction.

As a small child living across the street from the Fisherman’s Statue monument on the boulevard, I would often see Floyd. My mother was always kind to him, modeling for us empathy during a time when mental illness and addiction was highly stigmatized.

He was often seen on Stacey Boulevard with his clamming equipment. Floyd Floyd not only represented the hard scrabble working community of Gloucester, he also was a sad reminder of the homeless, mentally ill and disenfranchised.

This reflects the boundaries of human relationships, where intimacy can can also contain feelings of aversion and hostility. 21h x 7w x 3D”. Mixed media wall sculpture diptych; 1 mm clear glass rods, resin, tinted thin set on ceramic substrate.

The white stone is travertine marble and I’ve also embedded sea spines into the mosaic.

Thank you for this, I’d love to be added.

Thank you. I used a yellow grout colorant.

This sculpture was inspired by the serotonin molecule. Its surface design was inspired by gut flora. With this piece, I am exploring the theory of how gut health influences mental wellbeing.

Yes please.