Sneak Peek

This is a new piece I'm working on. I have it hanging on my bedroom wall at the moment. It's only a partial piece so far, when it's finished there will be many more racks. So far I like the look of it, I'm loving the shadows! It's working conceptually and aesthetically for me. Of course I'll ANALize it some more just to make sure but I'm digging it so far! If you're wondering what the hell it's made of, the red rack is a commercial retail hook rack... you know the kind you see with cheap crap hanging from them. The little yellow "tags" are livestock ear tags used to keep track of livestock. They're basically animal ear rings. I'll post the final pics when it's finished.

Deer!

I was in my car when I spotted this deer, luckly I had my camera with me. Only later, after I looked at it closer, did I realize how cool it was. Just follow the arrow!

Farm Art and Daisy

Farm Animals

Farm Flowers

IN CASE I WASN'T HEARD: part 2

This is a sculpture that I built my senior year at BGSU; I called it "In Case I Wasn't Heard". It's a megaphone cannon and yes it works quite well! Unfortunately, I wasn't able to finish it in time for my BFA show. Nevertheless, I took it to a photographer and had it photographed inside his studio. Technically, they were great photo's but the piece just didn't feel right in a studio environment, it wasn't working conceptually. Fast forward to this past weekend... I was at my brother's farm, it was one of those sunny summer days, the sky was bright blue and full of fluffy marshmallow clouds. Mark mentioned that I should take some pictures of my cannon; I had brought my camera and tripod along so I figured why not. So after taking pictures all day I came home and starting working on them. I was pleased at how well they turned out. The pictures brought this piece to a whole new level. The clouds were perfect; they look very menacing, especially in the pictures where I'm pushing the cannon. It looks like I am heading to war! In the ones where the cannon is all alone, there is a real sense of loneliness, of searching, of waiting for a response of some sort. Taking these pictures out at the farm helped me learn something about my work. The object, in this case the cannon, became a "prop" in these pictures, it was no longer a precious object, it became nothing more than a set prop for the story. I think the cannon could still stand on its own as an object but it took the right environment for it to work conceptually.