Spring seems to be a time of forward motion, and Spring has
come
early this year to the Olympic Peninsula. I’ve been editing my e-book edition
of DOLL MAKING AS A TRANSFORMATIVE PROCESS and see the way I’ve noted trends in my own work.
I
see a trend of figures on wheels…maybe a precursor to learning animation for my imaginary friends.
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| Where is she going in such a hurry with that silly grin on her face? Does she know something? Painting with words, 2006 or so, a life-time penchant for words and image |
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| Speedy, Painted muslin body, sewn-on wheels, clay face, sold at a show at Port Angeles Fine Arts Center |
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| Windsor House...Apoxie Sculpt made a lot of new arrangements possible | |
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| Alphabet for a New Entity. Green wooden wheels, painted muslin body, 2014 |
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| Back of TALE FOR THE TIME BEING |
This year I'm back to multi-media story-telling images, and wheels figure prominently--Kinetic art. But then who knows where the next flight of fancy will carry me!
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| Inspired by Ruth Ozeki novel. 2015 |
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| Overlapping translucent faces |
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| Winter's Tale, Original drawing |
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| finished piece with rescued metal piece |
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| The rusty wheels were once a functional part of something? |
Although I have been diligently working to downsize my possessions, that's a difficult thing for a mixed media artist. One never knows when something might come in handy. A rusty triangular car window frame that I saw on my last trip to Port Townsend...$3 seemed like a lot, but maybe just the thing for the Liquid Planet show at Pippa's this summer...hard to tell, and the mood must be right.
I just re-joined Pinterest and found a number of different approaches to the figure with wheels really appeal to me. Will I have to go back to learning welding? Who knows where these wheels will take me???
