Comedy and Tragedy

This is the piece I finished this week based on an original design by Christina & Wayne Prinn. Twenty-five pieces of wood were cut, shaped, and fitted together to create this artwork. The wood varieties used in this piece are North American aspen, East Indian satin wood (yellow heart), South American purple heart, South African bloodwood, and North American walnut.


Comedy and tragedy masks are sometimes referred to as theatre masks or drama masks. They have been adopted as the universal symbol for theatre. The origins stem from ancient Greece when actors always wore masks on stage.

I put two hangers on this piece so it can be hung to emphasize comedy (above) or tragedy (right).