395. Bird Paradise

• Posted in: Animal, Bird, Collage, Diorama, Found Objects, Nature, Painting on Wood, Unseen, Wood

Title: Bird Paradise (working title)
Date: Before Dec 1988
Subject: Birds and clouds
Measurements: Unknown
Materials and Techniques: Shoe Last, cut paper, paint, wooden box, wooden spindles
Description: Two joyous wooden ducks are formed from wooden spindles and wooden shoe lasts. The ducks rest on the bottom edge of a wooden box that stands vertically. The box’s bottom edge is painted green, while the rest of the box’s inside edges are painted blue. In certain areas, the box is left unpainted to review the knots in the wood below. Idyllic puffy white clouds are pasted on top of the blue sky.
Signed: Unknown
Status: Unseen