Bears vs. Dolls and Cats with Guns
So a lot has happened since my last post. We didn’t have internet for a week (horror upon horror!). More importantly, I’ve been working on three new paintings and two are already done! The first one I finished was a large (30″ X 22″) painting called “Bears vs. Dolls”. I hope that it will be part of a series, but we’ll see. I’ve been playing with the idea of juxtaposing our modern toys against animals we often make into toys. After teaching my 6th grade class about surrealism (and we had so much fun learning about it and making Dada art) I’ve been wanting to play around with it myself. I personally can’t take anything seriously and I find surrealism to be hilarious.
The next painting I finished is a smaller (15″ X 11″) painting called “Cats with Gun”. It was inspired by my own wonderful cats Tuna and Ewok, who actually in the painting as the Black and Yellow/orange cats. I wanted to make a visual representation of how I feel about these two critters and cats in general. I think my cats are spies or are leading double lives. They seem all lazy and cuddly, but behind my back they have this dangerous and two-faced existence.















So for those of you that are curious what the monkey looks like now here he is. I’m trying to think up my next animal, but I’m having some trouble coming up with some ideas. I don’t know if I should make a reptile, mammal, or one of my underwater animals. If any one has any ideas just let me know, I love suggestions.