Louder Than A Rooster
June 10, 2008 at 11:38 am | Posted in Art Studio, Mask Collage Series | Leave a commentTags: A Fine Masquerade, bird, black, burnt umber, collage, coyote, MASK SERIES, raven, ravens
Erebos Raven
He’s been rocking in the forceful wind, long claws dug into the top of the phone pole across the road for months. Black feathers rise and fall with gusts, and at times glint white in the sun. Daily, his scratchy Caw! Caw! demands Peanuts! Peanuts! Come scatter the morning peanuts! If ignored he moves onto a pine branch above the house for the thunderous effect. At night he beds in those trees.
A smaller female has joined him. They’ll both chase and dive-bomb hawks venturing into this air space as if somehow a red-tail might steal the precious meal. Lately, their biggest competitor is a coyote who also likes goobers. Not as successful as expelling that raider, they boldly swoop and hop around him hopeful of leftovers.
In an opportune moment, the ravens stuff several peanuts in their beaks and fly off to dissect them. Only then is it quiet.
Of course there had to be a raven collage mask!
Black, White & Red
April 23, 2008 at 9:52 am | Posted in Considering Ideas, Mask Collage Series | Leave a commentTags: A Fine Masquerade, black, collage, MASK SERIES, red, white
Salt & Pepper Cat
As the mask series developed the images became characters. Salt & Pepper is a composite of all the feral cats I’ve known, the independent ones that wander through periodically or stay awhile, sleep under the deck and let you feed them, but who always maintain a certain distance.
Hadrian was the toughest one of that bunch. His character traits were on my mind as I worked on this. He lived in this canyon for at least eight years dodging coyotes, raccoons, bobcats and other predators. Once I saw him hold his ground and not flinch in the face of a barking, snapping dog, surely knowing that to turn and run would invite disaster. Yet he was capable of babysitting kittens on the lawn letting them pounce on him and chew his ears. He’d be gone for months at a time and then suddenly appeared again. He resisted most of my attempts to tame him, but as he aged he didn’t mind spending a snowy night in the garage in a blanketed box. Here’s to you Hadrian!
More on the International Collage Exhibition
April 8, 2008 at 11:06 pm | Posted in Art Exhibitions | 1 CommentTags: A Fine Masquerade, black, collage, Exhibition, gold, MASK SERIES, yellow
Happy Harlequin by Joan
The Tenth International Collage Exhibit and Exchange in New Zealand is showing at the Real Tart Gallery through the month of April 2008 . Two collage artworks each from 159 artists from around the world are shown online at: Tenth International Collage Exhibit .
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