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Mosaics are for sale by contacting the artist directly at (610) 668-9909.

Citizens Bank Park

This 8 foot by 6 foot mosaic was commissioned by the Philadelphia Phillies organization as permanent artwork for the new Citizens Bank Park. The mosaic is located in the main concourse by section 125 (behind home plate). This mosaic is made with a range of semiprecious stones and minerals along with ceramic tile, glass and metal. The sky is made from sodalite (blue) with a white calcite matrix. Additionally there is blue quartz mixed in the the sodalite. The fan vision tower is made with sodalite as the sky. Snow flake obsidian (volcanic glass) used to represent the scoreboards. The Coke sign to the left is made with leopard skin jasper and rose quartz. Beneath this is a piece of marble representing an advertising sign. To the right there are three stones used to depict a series of three signs. From bottom to top they are mookite jasper, leopard skin jasper and serpentine. Above this is a piece of white quartz which represents the light tower. To the right of the fan vision tower is a representation of the clock tower. This is made from spinel crystals in matrix (red crystals in black and white matrix) . The advertising signs along the outfield wall are from left to right: howlite-white, red & gold jasper, aventurine-blue, hickoryite-red, white, yellow. Next there is more snowflake obsidian to again depict the scoreboards. This is followed by crazy lace agate, and red brachiated jasper as the remaining advertising signs on the fence level. On the next tier up from right to left there is abalone as windowed boxes followed by rainbow fluorite, snowflake obsidian, and rainbow calcite silica as more advertising and score information. There is also abalone on the left side of the mosaic capturing more of the enclosed boxes. The hot dog vendor on the bottom right of the mosaic has a metal hot dog caddy made from nickel tile. His eyes are made from tiger eye and his hair is bronzite. Some of the fans in the bleachers above him have clothes made from blue lace agate, chevron amethyst (purple and white), thulite (pink), rhodonite (pink and black), and unakite (green and pink). The cotton candy vendor by the visitors dugout has cotton candy made from rose quartz. The ball which is approaching the outfield wall is made from iridescent glass

-Jonathan I. Mandell, c. 2004

Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA -commission

Citizens Bank Park -Outfield detail

Citizens Bank Park- Detail lower left

Portrait of Jim Thome

This mosaic was commissioned by the Philadelphia Phillies for the new Citizen’s
Ball Park. Created out of ceramic tile, this mosaic is 6 foot by 4 foot. The grout lines in the uniform are the pinstripes. They have been painted red to accentuate the pinstripe and capture the look of the uniform. The perspective into the infield is playfully given and taken away in a graphic devise which is created through the lawnmower stripes of the grass and the flattening of the grout lines in the dirt areas. -Jonathan Mandell c. 2004

Portrait of Jim Thome -Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA -commission

Sandy Koufax

This 36” x 24” mosaic is a portrait of Sandy Koufax in the wind up of his pitching motion. It is made entirely out of ceramic tile with the grout lines painted in for the pinstripes of the uniform and for the stiching of the baseball.

-Jonathan Mandell c. 2005

Sandy Koufax -commission

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Mickey Mantle at Bat -commission

Batter’s Swing

This 2 ft by 2 ft mosaic was created to recall a bygone era of baseball when the game was much more intimate. The grout joints, as well as the baseball, are painted in to accentuate the action of those lines. This mosaic is made using ceramic tile and tigereye.

-Jonathan Mandell c. 2004

Batter's Swing -available for sale, contact the artist

Play at Second

This 2ft. x 2ft. mosaic is made from ceramic tile. Playing with perspective, I am capturing the close up of the third baseman’s throwing hand from. The lines of the field help in creating the planer perspective.

-Jonathan Mandell c. 2004

Play at Second -available for sale, contact the artist

Batter #2

This 24” x 24” mosaic is made out of ceramic tile and pergo wood laminate. It is meant to capture the dynamic of the batter’s swing. Behind the batter is the dug out and above the fans. The action and reaction.

-Jonathan Mandell c. 2005

Batter #2 -available for sale contact the artist (610)668-9909

Phillies Field of Dreams

This mosaic is meant to capture the feeling of a city baseball park. The outcome of the play on the field is yet to be determined, as the fans watch on. Some are engaged in the action, while others are distracted by vendors, etc. The Philadelphia skyline is in the background. The sky is sodalite with a white calcite matrix, giving the look of clouds. The fountain in the outfield stands is made from turquoise and seashell. The scoreboard features snowflake obsidian and a Liberty Bell made of pyrite. The billboards are a series of stones, including mookite jasper, forest fire jasper, leopardskin jasper, onyx, and agate. The vendors hotdog case is aluminum. Some of the fans clothing is made from stones as well, including chrysocolla and unakite. The majority of the imagery is made with ceramic tile. The size of the mosaic is 90î x 34î. This mosaic is housed in a private collection.

Jonathan I. Mandell, MFA © 2001

Phillies' Field of Dreams -commission

Phillies' Field of Dreams -detail

Portrait of Brian Westbrook

This 24” x 20” mosaic was made using ceramic tile. The grout lines act as drawing lines creating the illusion of the volume of form. The grout lines also contribute to the illusion of tension and motion in the figure.

-Jonathan Mandell, MFA c.2009

Portrait of Brian Westbrook

Emmitt Smith

This 42” x 30” mosaic was made using ceramic tile and gray marble. It is intended to capture the movement that Emmitt makes as he charges up the field. Two blockers clear the way for him to excellerate.
-Jonathan Mandell c. 2005

Emmitt Smith -commission

Michigan Vs. Ohio State

This 32” x 44” mosaic was made using ceramic tile. It features the scene at mid field as the quarterback is moving back in the pocket. The offensive line and the defensive line are crashing into each other. With this piece I am exploring ways of depicting the tension between the players as the impact each other. The grout lines are well articulated where the yellow of the uniform meets the yellow of the midfield M.

-Jonathan Mandell
c. 2007

Michigan vs. Ohio State- commissioned mosaic

Wilt Chamberlain as a Young Man

This mosaic was created for the auditorium at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its purpose is to both commemorate Wilt Chamberlain and his years at Overbrook, as well as to serve as a reminder to current students of how far our lives can go in the pursuit of excellence.

My personal thanks to the Chamberlain family and the Overbrook administration and alumni for their support and encouragement in this project.

This mosaic, an 8 ft. x 3 ft. vertical, captures Wilt in a classic move to the hoop. It is made with ceramic tile and wood laminate flooring.

Jonathan I. Mandell © 2001

Wilt Chamberlain as a Young Man -Overbrook High School, Philadelphia, PA -commission

Portrait of Alan Iverson

This 24” x 36” mosaic is made using ceramic tile, pergo laminate flooring and aluminum. The focus in this mosaic is the action of Iverson’s body as he is about to break past a defender.

-Jonathan Mandell c. 2005

Portrait of Alan Iverson- available for sale. Contact the artist (610) 668-9909

Golf Shot

This mosaic depicts the gallery of onlookers’ reaction to the golfers swing. The ball is lofted in the distance with the conclusion not yet determined. The golf club heads are tiger-eye and turritella agate (fossilized seashells). The club shafts are steel wire. The golfer’s cleats are made of snowflake obsidian. The tree trunks are fossilized algae, and the sky is chrysocolla and malachite with a white quartz matrix. The ball is a piece of iridescent glass. The onlookers feature various stones such as rhodonite (pink), turquoise, and agate (brown). The remainder of the mosaic is ceramic tile. This mosaic is 36” x 36” x 1-1/2”.

-Jonathan I. Mandell, MFA © 2001

Golf Shot-sold

Boxing Arena

This mosaic is titled

Boxing Arena -sold

Finish Line

This 24” x 24” mosaic is made using ceramic tile, unakite (pink and green), zebra marble, and agate. It features the dynamics of a race finish with the crowd worked into the composition.

-Jonathan Mandell c, 2004

Finish Line -commission

Soccer

This 30” x 18” mosaic panel was made using ceramic tile. Tile shards were inserted between the “netting” of the soccer goal to create the transparency of the net’s mesh. The goal was made using aluminum. Much focus was made on capturing the movement of the lead player.

-Jonathan Mandell c. 2006

Soccer -commission

A Little English

This mosaic is 24”x24”. The cue sticks are made using Pergo wood laminate. The billiard balls are made using glass marbles. The pockets are tiger eye. The juke box in the upper right is made with hickoryite, mirror and nickel.

-Jonathan Mandell, c. 2003

A Little English - available for sale contact the artist

Side Pocket

This wall mounted mosaic is 36”x48”. It’s frame is made with glass gems and miniature billiard balls. The billiard balls in play are made with glass marbles. The pockets are tiger eye. The sticks depicted using Pergo wood laminate. The shooter’s vest is an agate. The man in the lower left has abalone glasses. The chair legs of the seated man in the upper right are made with nickel.
-Jonathan Mandell c, 2003

Side Pocket - available for sale contact the artist

Poker Game

This mosaic is 24”x24”. The night time sky in the window view is made using snowflake obsidian. The shirt of the man at the top left is made with leopard skin jasper. The beer being consumed by the man in the lower right is made with an agate. The objects on the bar top in the rear of the composition are made using black glass, brass,
tiger eye, red jasper, hematite (silver), blue lace agate, white quartz, and zebra marble.

-Jonathan Mandell c. 2003

Poker Game - Sold

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Ashley and Danny -available for sale contact the artist

Bertha and Sam

This 26” x 36” mosaic was made using ceramic tile, brass, glass shards, tiger-eye and turitella agate. The glass shards are convex and concave. This allows for a topographic quality to form across the mosaic surface creating a bas-relief effect.
C. 2009

Bertha and Sam -NFS

Husband and Wife Portraits

These two 30” x 30” mosaics were created as a ditych, husband/ wife portrait. They were created using ceramic tile and glass shards. The grout lines act as drawing lines bringing the imagery to life. In the wife's portrait the glass shards are used to create her dress, with the husband’s portrait the glass shards make up his collar.

-Jonathan Mandell c. 2008

These two 30” x 30” mosaics were created as a ditych, husband/ wife portrait. They were created using ceramic tile and glass shards. The grout lines act as drawing lines bringing the imagery to life. In Margie’s portrait the glass shards are used to create her dress, with Bryan’s portrait the glass shards make up his collar.

-Jonathan Mandell c. 2008

Wife's Portrait- commissioned work

Husband and Wife Portrait Ditych

These two 30” x 30” mosaics were created as a ditych, husband/ wife portrait. They were created using ceramic tile and glass shards. The grout lines act as drawing lines bringing the imagery to life. In the wife’s portrait the glass shards are used to create her dress, with the husband’s portrait the glass shards make up his collar.

-Jonathan Mandell c. 2008

These two 30” x 30” mosaics were created as a ditych, husband/ wife portrait. They were created using ceramic tile and glass shards. The grout lines act as drawing lines bringing the imagery to life. In Margie’s portrait the glass shards are used to create her dress, with Bryan’s portrait the glass shards make up his collar.

-Jonathan Mandell c. 2008

Husband's Portrait- commissioned work

Sam and Ida, My Grandparents

This 36”x 24” x 3” mosaic was created using ceramic tile and glass shards. Ida’s earring was made using a sea urchin embellished with a cz topaz. Sam’s eyes are made with stromatolite, which is fossilized algae. Ida’s eyes were made using glass. Her ring features amethyst and a citrine crystal and two galena satellites. His ring features a blue lace agate set as the stone. The glass shards used to represent Ida’s dress are curved and thus add a bas-relief effect to the mosaic surface. The mosaic was based on an original photographic image.

-Jonathan Mandell, c. 2009

Sam and Ida, my Grandparents -NFS

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Mary's Portrait- commissioned work

Two Girls in Aspen

This 3ft x 4ft mosaic was created as a portrait of two sisters. The girls are made from ceramic tile. Their eyes are made from stromatolite (brown) and sodalite (blue). The background is made from glass shards as is the skirt worn by the girl on the left. The girl on the right has a watch made from brass and tile. The sky is made from sodalite (blue). The glass shards create a surface topography across the mosaic in contrast to the flat surface made by the ceramic tile.

-Jonathan Mandell c. 2005

Two Girls in Aspen -commission

Family Ski Portrait

This 40” x 28” mosaic was designed to capture a family on the slopes. I designed the tile shapes on the faces to be portraiture. This was a particular challenge as the heads in this scale are only about 2 inches high. The figures are set in a mountain vista scene. The dark mountains in the distance were made using convex glass shards, as were the scarves on the figures. Their ski tags were made using zebra marble. The sign post on the right of the image was made using oolite (fossilized eggs). The propellers of the airplane were made using aluminum. The grout lines act as drawing lines throughout the composition.

-Jonathan Mandell, c.2008

Family Ski Portrait- commissioned work

DiFabio Family Portrait

This 38” x 32” mosaic was made using ceramic tile, glass shards, and various semiprecious stones and mineral. The mothers’s eyes are made using larimar (light blue) as is the daughter in the middle. The husband’s eyes are made using turitella agate )fossilized sea shells_ as is the tree bark behind his head to the right. The two daughters to the left and right (twins) have eyes made using amazonite (greenish blue) the cat to the left has eyes made from tigereye, the dog in the middle of the bottom of the composition had eyes made from fancy jasper. His nose is a river washed stone. The cat to the right has eyes made using bronzite. Both cats have noses made using a black glass gem. The green of the trees and the red flowers as well as all of the tops of the outfits that the people are wearing are all made using convex glass shards. The cats’s whiskers are made utilizing the gr out joints.

-Jonathan Mandell c. 2007

DiFabio Family Portrait -commission

Zimmerman Portrait

This 16” x24” mosaic is a portrait from photography. The wife’s shirt is made from glass shards. The shirt button is made from abalone. The husband’s tie is made from glass shards as well. Her eyes are made using limestone and his from barite. The wife’s visible earring is made with pyrite.

-Jonathan Mandell c. 2005

Zimmerman Portrait -commission

Strike Portrait
This mosaic portrait is based from photography provided by the client. The woman's dress is made from snowflake obsidian and the man's glasses are leopard skin jasper and brass. The woman's earing is iridescent glass

Strike Portrait -commission

This portrait mosaic was created from a series of photographs. This piece was made using ceramic tile, glass shards, pyrite and stromatolite. The glass shards add a topographic quality to the mosaic surface. -Jonathan Mandell c.2008

Portrait of Barbara and Elzie -commissioned work

This 2ft x 3ft mosaic was made using glass shards. The grout lines act as drawing lines, bringing the imagery to life. c.2009

Friends-available for sale contact the artist

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To the Happy Couple -NFS

Self-Portrait of the Mosaicist, 1999

This self-portrait is an image of the artist at work. It is made from ceramic tile with mirror in the upper right corner. The sky in the window is sodalite. The chair cushion is rhodonite. My eyes are tigereye. The head of the tile nippers are made from abalone. The sodalite, rhodonite, abalone, and mirror are repeated in the upper right corner. There is a tiny piece of leopardskin jasper in the upper right indicating a minute image of self-portrait. The perspective is a view through the armature, which supports the mosaic in progress in the image. This mosaic is 22” x 22”.

Jonathan I. Mandell, MFA © 1999

Self Portrait of the Mosaicist-sold

Whole Self Portrait

This 36”x36” mosaic is a portrait of the artist and his wife. The artist’s eye glasses are made using leopard skin jasper. His eyes are septarian. His wrist watch is made with brass and white quartz. His wife is wearing a rhodonite dress with a necklace made from shells and sea urchins. The sea urchin is decorated with citrine. Her eyes are made with stromatolite. The stone trim above the grass is made with granite. The flowers in the background are made with yellow quartz, amethyst, rose quartz, tiger-eye, leopard skin jasper and carnelian.

-Jonathan Mandell c. 2004

Whole Self Portrait-available for sale contact the artist

Olivia

This 24” x24” mosaic was made using ceramic tile. brass and glass shards. It is a portrait of the artist’s daughter. The glass shards provide a topographic quality to the mosaic surface.

-Jonathan Mandell c. 2007

Olivia-NFS

Pride and Joy
This mosaic is 24 inches by 24 inches. It is made with ceramic tile, abalone, blue lace agate and septarian jasper.

Pride and joy -NFS

Brian, Julia and Mark

This mosaic is made using ceramic tile. The buttons on the boy on the left are made using abalone. The eyes of the girl in the middle are made using septarian limestone. Her shirt is amethyst lace agate. The boy on the right has eyes made from stromatolite. This mosaic is 36” x24”.

-Jonathan Mandell c. 2004

Brian, Julia & Mark -commission

A Toast to our Blessings

This 42”x 48” mosaic is a family portrait. It is an experiment in shifting perspective. The perspective is aerolized from the bottom right. As the viewer moves from right to left the perspective shifts lower until it reaches its lowest vantage out by the decking. The majority of this mosaic is ceramic tile. The floor is granite. The wine glasses are made with chevron amethyst and white quartz. The silverware is made with nickel covered tile as are the salt and pepper shakers. The female figure at the center bottom of the composition is wearing a skirt made of fancy jasper. The male figure with the brown hair (next to female figure in black shirt) has a shirt made of leopard skin jasper. The bread on the table, next to the turkey, is made from yellow dendritic jasper. The greens in the salad are made from green jade. The bowl containing the green beans is made from rhodonite. The side dish next to this (in the yellow bowl) is depicted with turritella agate (fossilized seashells). The modernist painting on the rear wall is created using mookite jasper.

-Jonathan Mandell c. 2003

A Toast to our Blessings -commission

The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers

This 26” x 36’ mosaic is made using ceramic tile, glass gems, tigereye, thulite, stromatolite, septarian jasper, pyrite, forest fire jasper and brass.
The grout lines at John Lennon’s eyes mimic the lines of his eye glasses.

-Jonathan Mandell c. 2004

The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers -sold

Casablanca

This mosaic is based on an original black and white movie still. The graphic poster images are designed from period movie posters. They highlight many of the secondary players such as Peter Lorre, Paul Heinried and Sidney Greenstreet, as well as those people responsible for the production of the film.
The poster image on the left has Ilsa in a dress made from rhodonite. In the central scene, Rick's tie is red jasper. The champagne glasses are made with an organge granite with white quartz for the stems. The screen in front of the piano is made from snowflake obsidian. The sheet music is hickoryite jasper. The window scene is made using sodalite and a geode material. The lampshade of the sconce/ashtray on the poano top is granite. On the poster to the right, the palm leaves are tumbled aventurine. The palm trunk is fossilized algae. Sidney Greenstreet's character is wearing a tie that is also made using leopardskin jasper. The remainder of the surface is created with ceramic tile. This mosaic is 94.5 inches by 33 inches by 1.5 inches

-Jonathan Mandell - c. 2000

Casablanca -commission

Casablanca -Detail
This detail of the Casablanca mosaic, features portrature in miniature.

Casablanca -Detail

Gone With The Wind

This 36” inch by 24” mosaic was made using ceramic tile, shards of broken art glass and white quartz. It is based on the classic pose from Gone with the Wind with Rhett Butler holding Scarlett O’Hara with the flames behind them. The convexity of the art glass adds a topography to the mosaic surface, enhancing the kinetic quality of the flames.
Jonathan Mandell c. 2004

Gone with the Wind - available for sale contact the artist

Self Portrait in Spring

This mosaic is titled “Self-Portrait in Spring.” It is created from a variety of materials. The shirt of the central figure is lepidolite. The figure’s eyes are mirror. The piece of paper he is holding is crazylace agate, as are the eyes of the woman on the blanket. The dog in the upper right corner is made of territella agate (fossilized seashells). The dog’s collar is pyrite. The tree trunk he is standing next to is petrified wood. The dog in the upper left corner is made of larvikite. The remainder of the surface is ceramic tile. The mosaic is 20” x 20”.

Jonathan I. Mandell © 1997

Self Portrait in Spring -sold

WP Realty Mosaic -commission

Benny Portrait

This 24” x 24” mosaic was made using ceramic tile, blue lace agate, glass shards, glass gems and amethyst. This portrait was created from photography. Other than likeness, the study was in the relationship between the cat’s weight and the blanket he is laying on.

-Jonathan Mandell

Benny Portrait -sold

Leo
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Leo -sold

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