Thursday, November 09, 2006

Powerlines

I actually almost wreck my car looking up at the skies sometimes. I'm usually looking for really neat cloud formations, but powerlines always seem to corrupt the image. I've decided to stop trying to fight "city hall" and do a series of these as well. I love nature and all, but we are a part of the environment now. I'm sure that there isn't any comittee on the aesthetic integration of powerlines into the natural landscape, but...there should be.

"Powerlines", 2006

6" x 6", oil on cradled Masonite

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Sunday, November 05, 2006

Chattering Teeth


These are actually called "Yakity-Yak". The box ( from 1949 and a little tattered) says the following..."they walk, they talk, THEY'RE ALIVE". This also has little cartoon people staring in amazement at this novelty marvel ( mouths are open).
I lost the key to these so you have to wind them with a little effort. They do "walk" a little ( if walking is shaking uncontrollably in a little circle). They do not talk, and I'm pretty sure they're not "ALIVE". I think "ALIVE" has a lot of impact ( its like the box is screaming at me " Hey Man, THEY'RE ALIVE!!!"). When people email you in all cap's are they screaming?
Hey, these are cool for a different reason. I'm pretty on top of my dental hygene, and I know all of my teeth. These "Yakity-Yak"s are pretty accurate from an anotomical standpoint ( okay...if we all had 28 teeth...). There was some care in this toy when they carved the molars.
"Chattering Teeth", 2006
6" x 6", oil on cradled Masonite
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