Since the last posting, I have actually made progress with this piece and another painting project. Furthermore, I have started work on a sculptural installation at Spiritfire Park in Devlin. Updates on that project to follow.
I will be finishing a piece for the upcoming Renew Festival in Kenora.
I wanted to use some spray paint on this canvas, so I masked-off the duckhead and took the whole shebang outside to apply it.
Add some colour to the figures.
Starting to fill in the headdress feathers.
The duck figure is not eating the human figure, but looming close to musically whisper.
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The current incarnation of "The Pink Canvas". I guess that I will have to rename it. Maybe something like: "The Whisper"? ... "Duck Music Meat"? ... "Bubbles, Chief, Tune and Mallard"? You know... something artsy, mysterious and full of angsty implications. Let me know what you think, pass this post along to like-minded weirdos, etc.
:Eric
Update June 17, 2009. Spent some time on the piece; in the studio, last night
"... Professional teams are still using derogatory and defaming logos and names for their teams. The National Football League’s Washington D.C. Football Club and Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Indians are the number one culprits..."
"... The seven-year-old boy had chin-length hair before the incident last month. His mother said staff at McKellar Park Central Public School were aware her son was letting his hair grow so that he could take part in traditional First Nations dancing..."
EscapePod has an interesting, Native-themed short story this week, Harry The Crow. The story explores the theme of robot-struggling-to-be-human; humorous and almost familiar.
Canadian Aboriginal Science and Technology Society (CASTS) 2009 conference seeking registrants. August 12, 2009 - August 14, 2009.
Ottawa Art Gallery exhibit, Burning Cold. June 18 - August 30, 2009.
"A group exhibition of up-and-coming artists, Burning Cold represents a multiplicity of voices and cutting-edge media. It explores unique aesthetic and cultural issues, and seeks to broaden the awareness and understanding of emerging contemporary art practices and issues in Northern and Southern Canada. The artists included in this exhibition employ divergent, original and sometimes unconventional artistic strategies to deal with a variety of themes and issues, such as populous and remote communities; interconnectedness and isolation in urban and rural environments; the diverse cultural, social and aesthetic experiences of northern Aboriginal peoples; and the “myths” of the North versus the “realities” of the South."
Bingo-Rage was an inside joke between my Mum and I. She was a diehard, loyal bingo player who passed away a few years ago. Her jones wasn`t the multimillion dollar jackpots bleeding Las Vegas dry, it was the insatiable $50 inside square and the lascivious, yet demure thousand dollar jackpot.
I could always tell when she had missed a big pot; holding onto a card that only needed two more numbers, when the ballcount was only at 36. Or, some such compelling position. She then watched twenty-two balls dance by, sometimes right next door; but fail to light on her stoop. She was steamed.
I smile and declare ``another clear, cut case of Bingo Rage. Tut, tut...``
That earned a harumph and we would run our post-Bingo routine: analysis of the night`s lineup and remembrances of triumphs past.
Unless noted; ideas, images, pics and text are creations of Eric C. Keast / BingoRage Studio (formerly Broken Vulture Art). Clear link to BingoRage.com w/ "Bingorage" in link text fills my standard for Creative Commons attribution.
No commercial use without informing and paying the artist, thank you. :)
