Thank you very much. The sculpture is much less complex than the stuff I normally do, and a little more on the folk art side. It seems to me to be alomost kitsch. I ran it by a local gallery just to see if it would fly. It landed with a dull thud. She said she would like it better without the black sun thing. I tend to agree. I think I went over the top with that. When I put it on there I almost felt like I was doing it for spite. I guess it came back and bit me.
Well, you may be right, Steve. I like the other things I have seen
very much, and I was trying to understand this, it seemed to ask for
my reaction . . . (idle thoughts). But I tell myself frequently "we
have to make these things, always flirting with the edges'
(The funny thing is, if you don't throw them away, 30 years later
they look quite good.)
You are so right. I was pushing the envelope a little on the McArt side. I'm going to continue the series, less the kitsch.
I'm not going to throw it away. I do have some pieces pushing that thirty year mark and you are right, some of them do look quite good. Some of the others, well......
I think the sun thing did detract a little from the piece, and maybe the blue "sky" needed a couple more coats to even the paint out, but I really like it.
I'm thinking about ripping the sun thing off of there. I glued it down to stay so I'm sure there will be some collateral damage, but I think that may play into the process. It sort of feels like the thing to do.
very much, and I was trying to understand this, it seemed to ask for
my reaction . . . (idle thoughts). But I tell myself frequently "we
have to make these things, always flirting with the edges'
(The funny thing is, if you don't throw them away, 30 years later
they look quite good.)
I'm not going to throw it away. I do have some pieces pushing that thirty year mark and you are right, some of them do look quite good. Some of the others, well......
You could probably go on forever.
Flux Art?
Reconstruction Art?
You have a great future . . .