This sculpture features a rare, antique hand-carved and gilded cherub floating above vintage instrument keys atop a round wooden stand. Cradled in the cherub’s arms is a rolled sheet of Panis Angelicus, the beloved hymn written from the 1274 verse by St. Thomas Aquinas, whose words are displayed nearby on a delicate brass angel easel. Rich with Old World charm, the piece captures the harmony between sacred music and the divine.

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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.