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Bee technique experiment
Bombus Affinis - listed on the Endangered list 2017
Detail of head with a big white eye, thorax antenna and leg
Th ghost of Bombus Affinis
One is to heavy and ones too light. That is how they look to me wet. It is too soon to judge.
After 12 months I have finally had these pieces photographed. Nash Baker took the photos, I think he did a beautiful job.
It is a large body of work and I had to choose what should be shot and What would not make the cut.
Artist statement
In the fall of 2016 I decided to experiment with sculpture materials. I challenged myself to sculpt a new sculpture a week, each week in a different material. As my subject, I chose the German beak crested trumpeter with leg muffs pigeon because he allows me to express a lot of movement and energy. I have many drawings and a bronze sculpture of the German beak trumpeter. From a sculpturing point of view, his feathery feet keep him balanced without a pedestal allowing for lots of the expression of energy and emotion.
It turns out that the bird known in the US as a German beak trumpeter pigeon is the same bird that Picasso drew as the peace dove. Everyone knows His famous "peace doves". This particular pigeon was given to him by Henri Matisse. It is described as a Milanese pigeon. Possibly it was from Milan, but you can tell by the fancy feathers on his feet that it is a Germanbeak-crested trumpeter with leg muffs. In German and French, the term pigeon and dove are interchangeable.
I am no longer committed to sculpt a peace pigeon a week but I don’t hesitate if a material or found object jumps out at me to turn it into a sculpture. I was not able to photograph these until the end of 2017.
http://www.arttimesjournal.com/art/reviews/May_June_10_Ina_Cole/Pablo_Picasso_Ina_Cole.html
Feather finery
plaster and yard clippings
Last fall I started a project - an experiment with new materials. My subject the German beak - trumpeter pigeon. He is graceful, interesting and conducive to expressing energy. Picasso drew this same pigeon and called him a the peace dove.
http://www.arttimesjournal.com/art/reviews/May_June_10_Ina_Cole/Pablo_Picasso_Ina_Cole.html
I can't seem to stop the project. Here is another pigeon.
German beak trumpeter
found object
6" X 6" X 7"
View from front
Below are two of my drawings that inspired the project.
German beak trumpeter pigeonwith leg muffs.
charcoal
24" X 19"
German beak trumpeter pigeonwith leg muffs II
charcoal
24" X 19"
