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1983: Dimensional Work - The Lion and the Hummingbird, Vignette from The Carnival Collection - Gallery Owner Private Collection
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This is one of the first dimensional figures I fabricated, completed not long after I received a Master of Visual Arts in Illustration. During my last few classes when my illustrative style clarified, I was inspired to begin dimensional figurative work. I created The Carnival Collection, a grouping of suspended figures in plexiglas boxes for wall mount installation.
The Lion, so elegantly dressed and powerful, is only earthbound. Although the beautiful bird is small and fragile, how can he really compete with the freedom and agility of this airborne being? Although she means only goodwill, the Hummingbird terrifies the King of the Jungle. Such a paradox.
When one considers the metaphor of the fairytale, I believe that dimensional figurative work can be as inherent in story magic as flat illustration. What was, in the beginning, an unconscious decision on my part to fabricate dimensionally, has become as integral a piece to my spinning of tales as illustration.
Dimensional Signature Work - Wall Mount Installation with figures suspended in plexiglas box: Lion: approx. 5" w x 14" h; Hummingbird: approx. 5" w w/ wing span x 7" l; Armature: wire, silk linen; Media: antique saffron satin, taffeta, lace, gouache, gold ink, gesso; Embellishments: antique beads, buttons, ribbon, hand-dyed threads; metallic yarn
1983: Dimensional Work - The Lion and the Hummingbird, Vignette from The Carnival Collection - Gallery Owner Private Collection