Puppet Adventures🔍
I am creating a series with the puppets that I have; their adventures, so to speak. I love giving each of them their character while trying to come up with a narrative for each new painting. I thought i would start a separate page for them so that it is easier to view with them all together. I hope you enjoy and will come back to check out more as I post, although I am a slow painter!
Space Oddities
They’re over the moon with excitement in their new car!!!! Space oddities, because that’s who they are when in space.
24” X 30” Oil on panel
You might be sad too, if your car was this color.
the title says it all!
9” X 12” oil on panel
The Crowning Glory of an Eggcentric
I was asked to paint an egg for an egg challenge on an art site that a colleague has, so I came up with this idea with the monkey. I love the juxtaposition of the elements in this piece. The expensive bottle of champagne in contrast with the old, tattered monkey, and the recipes on either side- Devils food cake on the left and the drink Monkeys lunch on the right. the seashell and the forest pinecone, two opposites. then there’s the glasses, to help you read the recipes... all in all just a fun piece!
16”x 20” Oil on panel
It's the Monkey's Fault
I wanted to do a portrait and a western theme as well, so I came up with a wanted poster. I like the expressions that each character has, and I try to bring them out in each painting that I create.
Oil on Board, 18”x 24”
Brachiation and the Relief Port
Brachiation is the movement from branch to branch that primates make, and when you're tired after that, you may want to seek some relief in a good bottle of Port!
Oil on board: 8”x 14”
Framed
Back in the Saddle
With the changes in society and major disruptions in our lives this past couple of years, it has been hard for most people to adjust to their new way of living. We have all had to dust ourselves off and get back on the saddle!
Oil on board: 22”x26”
He's Old, Tired, and needs Pants
This is a whimsical painting of my puppets. They seem to have trouble with keeping their pants on, and over time the pants have been lost. I put an old Levi's Jean poster behind them as a tribute to the brand.
Oil on Board: 16”x 20”
This is an allegory painting. The lock symbolizes youth, and dice the symbolize the gambles we take in life. The Jellybeans represent the fun and colorful things we encounter throughout our years, while the bottles are the ingredients to make the classic jellybean shooter. The vices that we use can have profound effects on us and are depicted by the alcohol and cigarettes. The two puppets- sad clown is down and reaching for the empty bottle, while Howdy is holding a new found full bottle and is happy, ready to keep going; depict the moods that one can experience in a state of intoxication. The little duck is a bit of Canadian humor, it symbolizes the baby duck wine that is cheap that most Canadians are familiar with and have had!! They are in a stage setting:
All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances…
oil on board: 16” x 20”
In Pursuit of Happiness
This painting represents the conflict we all have about ourselves. The bright clothing that the jovial clown wears on the outside conflicts with the vices that are all around him in an attempt to find happiness on the inside. He is placed lower on the board to signify his diminished state, his head is cracked on the right side of his face depicting his brokenness, and a tear dripping from his face signifies that he is having no luck in his pursuit of finding happiness.
12"x12" Oil on Board
Soap, Soup and Salvation
this is a work in progress. I am just tweaking it and should be finished soon, Ill post more about it when i’m finished- hopefully soon!!