People have said more degrading things about my artwork but “It looks like a turkey” was the first poultry reference I’ve ever heard…about my artwork, not me. (Full disclosure: I’ve been accused of talking in circles like a hen; My sister says the adorable messages I leave her in French sound as if a turkey hijacked my phone; and I have refined an excellent pigeon impression.)
The turkey comment came from a Boston police officer as my fellow artist/arts-activist/patron/friend and I walked through Chinatown last night with Soft Spore White in a clear plastic bag. I’d finally delivered it to her – a work from an installation she helped make possible in January 2009 – and suddenly, I wanted it back! It is the best conversation piece. Ever.
Imagine if you will, a 16” irregular sphere of iridescent white with 3” conical spikes all over it, which have been folded and smooshed up against the side of a bag. Its shape is not perfect and it sags into the corners like a lifeless fair prize goldfish at the bottom of a bag of water.
What is it?
A spore! And we’ll release it on you if you don’t stop staring!
One woman said it looked like a dumpling. I call it art. The whole thing…the piece and the interactions with people while walking through Chinatown, and later sitting by the Chinatown Park waterfall.
I have visions of creating one enormous spore and suspending it in plastic over the plaza…what would people say then?
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So I think Winsor Newton Transparent White may have changed my life…or at least my oil paintings. According to www.winsornewton.com it provides the “palest white glaze”. I have four days to find out if it can also provide the color and light that comes so easily with watercolors but escapes me in oil painting. This painting and three others will be finished, cropped, stretched, and perhaps even framed in time for Fort Point Open Studios this weekend. Come see! Friday 4-7 pm and Saturday and Sunday 11 am – 6 pm at 12 Farnsworth (next to Flour Bakery).
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