Heckscher Museum of Art

the "Obsession" show

Huntington, NY, May 18 – June 16, 2002.

The 47th Annual Artists Exhibition of the Art League of Long Island

Photo Gallery from the May 18 opening night reception ceremonies:

Ms. COLLETTE FORTIN, in all her glory, standing beside her Vision Serpent Cuff Bracelet.

As an aside, Collette designed the pedestal on which the Vision Serpent rests. Close-up photographs are to be found below.

 

  

 

Collette, and a young man whom she picked up on the way to the Museum.  

The Vision Serpent Cuff Bracelet. This prize-winning, one-of-a-kind cuff bracelet in Sterling Silver and copper features a Mexican fire opal central gemstone. The bracelet, cut by hand by Collette, shows the Vision Serpent from the Maya pyramid site at Palenque. Only twenty-five examples will be made, each signed and numbered by Collette on the inside.

     

Collette's parents, Leon and Claire Fortin, drove down to Long Island from their home in Warwick, RI to attend the opening night reception.

   

Other artists joined in on the appreciation of Collette's work:

 

 

 

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