Tornado Warning

Wall 1: *Under the Stairs* | 15 x 8 feet | mural with painted and collaged objects | wall paint, paper, mdf, and wood

Wall 2: *Rotary Phone|* 15 x 8 feet | wall paint

Wall 3: *Laundry Tubs |* 15 x 8 ft | wall paint

Wall 4: *Chain Lock Door |* 15 x 8 ft | wall paint

Detail of freestanding *Spool Table* cutout | mdf | 68h x 36w x 2d feet

*Horse Picture |* painted collage paper on mdf | 24 x 30 inches

*Horses Picture |* painted collage paper on mdf | 28 x 32 inches

*Flower Pot Area Rug 1* | painted collage paper on mdf | 36 x 24 inches

*Flower Pot Area Rug 2* | painted collage paper on mdf | 36 x 24 inches

*Welcome Mat* | painted collage paper on mdf | 34 x 24 inches

*Wall Clock* | painted collage paper on mdf | 16 inch octagon

*Horse Picture Study* | pencil on paper | 24 x 30 inches

*Horses Picture Study* | pencil on paper | 28 x 32 inches

*Flower Pot Area Rug Study* | pencil on paper| 36 x 24 inches

*Welcome Mat Study* | painted collage paper on mdf | 34 x 24 inches

*Wall 1 Proposal* | gouache and cut paper collage on paper | 15 x 12 inches

*Wall 2 Proposal* | gouache on paper | 15 x 8 inches

*Wall 3 Proposal* | gouache on paper | 15 x 8 inches

*Wall 4 Proposal* | gouache on paper | 15 x 8 inches

collage in progress | photo of Ann Toebbe at The Mill

cutting collage shapes | photo of Ann Toebbe at The Mill

Process Art Space at The Mill | 6679 Main St, Westport, NY 12993

A new site-specific installation, 2024

Evoking the midwestern skies at the onset of a tornado, an emerald green glow is your guide through Ann Toebbe’s mother’s basement just as it must have been in 1985. Tornado Warning is a theatrical rendition of Toebbe’s childhood, in which you are the performer. Through low light you find your way past the spool table overloaded with laundry detergent (hinting at a mother’s work which is never done), to the safety nook underneath the stairs which Mrs. Toebbe made cozy with a blanket, candlelight and nostalgic crackers. A concurrently scary and magical space to wait out the storm while time stands still.