Making stuff isn't easy.
This is finally finished, after a lot of work. Getting the “antlers” attached and solid turned out to be multi-day event. I like this piece and reluctantly sent it to the gallery. Using the quaint and kitschy found objects is more like the old me.
My Dear Deer
Day of the Dead has been on my mind since last September. Several people in my life died, and even more to the point, it leaves the living with things to think about. And since I am firmly planted in my sixties now, I am rethinking who, what, why, where and what. Having lived near the US/Mexico border most of my adult life, I am grateful for the color and mixture of cultures. The skulls are inspired by the sugar skulls that are made and given, during the celebrations of Day of the Dead, Novembver 1st and 2nd. Mine are about archetypes, instead of specific individuals.
Two savy friends have tried to help me enter the 21st century. It is much easier to just make stuff in my studio, and that is still hard sometimes.
I know how to post words, but since I am not so much interested in talking, my next task is to learn how to get pictures posted. That is today’s goal.
But to let you know some background, I am fortunate enough to live in a small town in a somewhat remote area Silver City< New Mexico. And that area is not only is not only beautiful in a high desert way, but home to several diverse communities – artists, ranchers, miners, old time families, gays, old hippies, conservationists
and many alternative healers. There is always something going on here.
Now if I can just figure out this image thing.
