Coni Minneci
8/13/2020![Baby in Need of Boaters](/uploads/artwork/5204-1600198016.jpg)
Baby in Need of Boaters
Coni Minneci
Photo transfer on gessoed shower curtain mounted on wooden panel, vintage diaper pin.
10 x 10 inches (L x W)
Honoring Mary Donovan, inventor of first plastic diaper pants, ( initially made from a shower curtain) , calling them “Boaters.”
![Enchantress of Numbers](/uploads/artwork/5172-1600125497.jpg)
Enchantress of Numbers
Coni Minneci
Oil on Masonite panel, found objects.
8 x 12 x 2 inches (L x W x D)
Honoring Ada Lovelace, daughter of poet Lord Byron, considered 1st computer programmer, 1843.
![First to be Effective](/uploads/artwork/5208-1600199090.jpg)
First to be Effective
Coni Minneci
Acrylic paint, oil paint, pencil on panel, wide shield wiper.
19 x 9 x 1 inches (L x W x D)
![Her Cloudy Liquid Result](/uploads/artwork/5202-1600197383.jpg)
Her Cloudy Liquid Result
Coni Minneci
Oil paints, pencil , on gessoed Kevlar, mounted on wooden panel, bullet casings.
10 x 12 x 2 inches (L x W x D)
Honoring Stephanie Kwolek, inventor of Kevlar, bulletproof fabric. This is the first bulletproof artwork!
![Must Have](/uploads/artwork/5169-1600114944.jpg)
Must Have
Coni Minneci
Oil on panel, photo transfer.
8 x 8 x 1 inches (L x W x D)
Honoring Josephine Cochrane, inventor of the first dishwasher.
![See Clear Again](/uploads/artwork/5203-1600197707.jpg)
See Clear Again
Coni Minneci
Oil paint on canvas, sheer fabric.
14 x 18 inches (L x W)
Honoring Dr. Patricia Bath, first African American female doctor to receive a patent for medical purposes. She invented the Laser Phoco Probe to dissolve cataracts in eyes quickly and painlessly using laser.
![She was Bored with Movies](/uploads/artwork/5168-1600114404.jpg)
She was Bored with Movies
Coni Minneci
Oil and pencil on panel
10 x 10 x 1 inches (L x W x D)
This painting honors Hedy Lamarr, inventor of a radio guidance system for allied torpedoes during WWII.
![She Was Famous For Her Desserts](/uploads/artwork/5210-1600199608.jpg)
She Was Famous For Her Desserts
Coni Minneci
Acrylic gel liquid, flour, salt, baking soda, egg tempera paint with cocoa, turmeric, vanilla, pencil.
11 x 11 inches (L x W)
Ruth Graves Wakefield invented Tollhouse Cookie recipe. Art uses ingredients of the cookie.
![Single Land Tax](/uploads/artwork/5171-1600115555.jpg)
Single Land Tax
Coni Minneci
Oil on four panels
8 x 8 x 1 inches (L x W x D)
Honoring Liz Magie, inventor of Landlords Game, exposing the evils of monopoly.
![Sweet Dreams](/uploads/artwork/5206-1600198655.jpg)
Sweet Dreams
Coni Minneci
Oil painting mounted in wooden box, mini toy bed, fabric, sculpture.
5 x 10 x 7 inches (L x W x D)
Honoring Sarah E. Goode, first African American to receive a U.S. patent. She invented a roll top desk that opened up into a bed for guests to sleep.
![Teenager from New Zealand](/uploads/artwork/5170-1600115388.jpg)
Teenager from New Zealand
Coni Minneci
Oil on panel
10 x 10 x 1 inches (L x W x D)
Honoring Alya Hutchinson, a teenager who invented Kindling Kracker, a log splitting device that’s sold worldwide.
![The White Stuff](/uploads/artwork/5209-1600199359.jpg)
The White Stuff
Coni Minneci
Liquid Paper, tempera paints, typewriter ribbon, on panel
8 x 8 x 2 inches (L x W x D)
Honoring Bette Graham Nesmith, inventor of Liquid Paper, a correction fluid for typewritten text.
![To Feel Safe #1](/uploads/artwork/5205-1600198301.jpg)
To Feel Safe #1
Coni Minneci
Oil painting mounted in wooden wooden box, mini spy camera. Pencil.
17 x 9 x 3 inches (L x W x D)
Honoring Maria Van Brittain Brown, inventor of first home security system in 1966.
![Where There is Darkness, Let There be LuminAID.](/uploads/artwork/5207-1600198897.jpg)
Where There is Darkness, Let There be LuminAID.
Coni Minneci
Oil paint on panel.
10 x 10 inches (L x W)
Graduate Students at Columbia U. Anna Stork and Andrea Srechta invented an inflatable, waterproof and solar powered light and phone charger.