OEOCO (The One-Eye Opera Co.) ~ Alabama
(Mary Ann Sampson)

Then From All The Stones
By Dorothy Field
2003. Edition of 50.

5 x 9.75" 62 pages including fly leaf. handset in Bembo type. Printed on Mohawk Superfine paper. Plates for the illustrations were made from gauze, landscape cloth, materials found from nature, and paper. These were hand colored and manipulated after printing. The book has variant bindings. This copy is from kudzu with beautiful kudzu imprints.

A collaboration between poet Dorothy Field and Mary Ann Sampson. The book was produced as part of the requirement toward the Master of Fine Arts Degree in the Book Arts at the University of Alabama.
$275

                When you walk across the fields with your mind pure and holy
                 then from all the stones,
                 and all growing thing,
                 and all animals,
                 the sparks of their soul come out and cling to you,
                 and then they are purified and become a holy fire in you.
                                                                                   ~Hasidic saying

Ragland Birds
By Mary Ann Sampson
1994. One-of-a-kind.

24.5 x 20" with four pages. Handpainted boards accented with eye buttons. Black plastic spiral binding. Illustrated using prism pencils, acrylic and clear shoe polish.
$850

Strange Birds
By Mary Ann Sampson
One-of-a-kind.

Mixed media book sculpture with 30" high bird house structure sitting on a 2"' high platform. The top of the structure has a peaked roof and is open. Inside the 'house' is a book containing the likenesses of the 'strange' birds. The 30" tall bird house structure is 6" square. A ladder leans against the bird house leading to the platform below. Another tableau sits on the platform of stand with a 'bust' of a strange bird. Behind the stand is a two panel screen with images of strange birds.
$950

Henny Penny's Lovers
By Mary Ann Sampson
One-of-a-kind.

Mixed media book sculpture. Consists of Henny Penny sculpture and book containing Henny Penny's feathered lovers. Book with pockets for each Lover bird paper doll to be slipped into for storage.

This piece was initiated when a ‘chicken farm’ opened down the road from Sampson’s home in rural Alabama. She would wake up in the night to all kinds of screeching. In her dreams she thought of all these roosters heading for a little hen.
$750
Prints of Henny Penny $75

Howl at the Moon, Shoot Out the Lights
By Mary Ann Sampson
1997. One-of-a-kind.

11 x 14.5". Bound in illustrated black boards.

Two double pages of Sampson’s view of the countryside at night with dogs and chickens in full voice.
$525

Mona Lisa in the Heart of Dixie Lounge
By Mary Ann Sampson
1999. One-of-a-kind.

21 x 16 x 8" mixed media book sculpture. Small hand-made book with pages of Mona Lisa set on "lounge" table. Housed in cardboard house with roof lifted up. Interior of box contains table with book.

This piece was made by Sampson for an artist book exhibition featuring the Mona Lisa.
$450

A Primer for Oriental Thought
By Mary Ann Sampson
One-of-a-kind.

Mixed media book, in gray illustrated boards, with 44 pages. Red & black spattered white end papers. Abstract illustrations throughout.
$285

Rejoice
By Mary Ann Sampson
1998. .One-of-a-kind.

3.5 x 2.75". Mixed media accordion book housed in stiff brown cardboard box with lid. Lid with paper-title paste-on, decorated with small squares of colorful paper along edges. Box bottom illustrated with black line stamped stars. Miniature book housed in box attached to bottom with wire. Hand-colored illustrations.

Another of Sampson’s creations from “what is hand”.
$85

Singing and Dancing
By Mary Ann Sampson
1997. One-of-a-kind.

5 x 5" book with red-cloth boards. Character cut-outs ranging above boards to give a total height dimension of 7". Six pages with middle two pages resembling pocket pages.
$175

Heart Song
By Mary Ann Sampson
1994. One-of-a-kind.

5 x 5" with 18 pages including boards. SIGNED by artist.
Full page hand-drawn color illustration throughout. Blue cloth slipcase with push-on lid. Slipcase top decorated with same illustration as book.
$450

Do the Dog
By Mary Ann Sampson
1991. One-of-a-kind.

9.5 x 1.5" 32 pages. Palm book in old wooden single cigar box with clasp. Drawn with a Pelikan Pen and India Ink. Stamped with Carter's ink onto Arches Cover. SIGNED by artist.
$110