This idea came to me a little at a time. I like the idea, and I like once again painting something from my imagination - with use of references. Jackalopes are creatures that are probably not mythical so much as they are the creations of bored taxidermists. They are jackrabbits with pronghorn antelope horns. If postcards tell the truth, they grow as large as broncos. I thought it would be fun to paint a jackalope. The butte followed just because I needed a background, but its a beaut. My favorite part of all was a real afterthought - the southwest pottery fashioned eggs. I may be doing my own Easter eggs like these. It took me a long time to post this because I wanted to write more. But nothing is coming to mind now.
Love this surrealistic painting from you Barbara, actulaly I think no words are needed to describe this post, your visual output says it all!
ReplyDeleteIt's quirky, like my Kidney Kat. And the southwest patterns along with the buttes are truly inspired.
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