Found Adrift
Process: Collage, drawing, lithography
Media: Ink on canvas. textiles, paper
Year: 2023/24
Ron Miriello has created an extensive series of art pieces and installations called Found Adrift | Timeless new works inspired by an 1876 seaweed scrapbook. Nature was frozen in time, in an exquisite collection by a young woman from Searsport, Maine. Tucked away in a trunk for almost 150 years, it was rediscovered by Richard Rydell, a local collector and lifelong friend of Ron’s. The intricate beauty captured in the original specimens inspired the artist during a visit to Maine in 2023 and became the subjects for his extensive new collection of works on canvas, textiles, video, and lithographs – all in service to the stunning, hidden beauty of nature itself.