Joan of Arc

#386

Source material: corrugated tin, Japanese cloud pattern, canned vegetable label, stacked wood.
This image is a long way away from the one I dreamt about and attempted to approximate: stacked firewood that looked like it had already been burned. That image was so vivid until I woke up, then after a long day, it had faded to a ghost image. A similar thing happened while trying to reconstruct that original vision. It soon faded and became something else.

The label was found in a fire pit many years ago. It has survived until now, the first time I’ve used it in any artwork.

White Bird

#385
Source material: Canoe, bird, rusted basin.
This is one of eight new images created since the election (see all of them at my portfolio site). Up until that point, it was extremely hard to concentrate on anything but the polls and all the electoral college scenarios. Thankfully everything went as indicators predicted. I’ve got my fingers crossed that Barack Obama is as intelligent as he seems and as evidence seems to indicate, as the mess that’ll be left him has got to be the worst any president has inherited. Closing Guantanamo and renouncing the torture practices the outgoing gang put in place (through tortured denials and semantical obfuscations) are on his list and none too soon. Hard to believe how degenerated the U.S. has become. Amazing also how much emotion was on display on election night. I don’t remember anything like it.

Dawn or Dusk