Project VI-Day Seven: Striped Hyena

I am currently working on a series of 5ft.x5ft. paintings that have me thinking a lot about the telling of children's stories and those thoughts have carried over into this project. I came up with a snappier title than simply 30 Sketches Project VI for this collection and that is Outside of Their Story. Here are words that go with the title...

What if an animal was plucked out of their animal life as they were just going about their animal business and then placed within a very unnatural animal environment? What if that new environment was contained and in front of a human audience?

That animal's life has suddenly changed and their purpose has now taken center stage instead of simply being lived. It is no longer part of a whole, no longer part of a herd, colony, or clan but is now an individual. As the viewer, we instantly begin to place our human emotions and unique experiences on this "character" to form our own stories. Outside of Their Story is like a children's book for grownups without words.

Day Seven: Striped Hyena

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Project VII-Day Thirty: Grass

And that is a wrap! Day Thirty's photo was taken at Oliver Nature Park in Mansfield, TX earlier this summer. The labeling of each drawing evolved during the project. In the bottom left-hand corner is the sequence number of the drawing within the 30-day time frame and the location of where the reference photo was taken. My take away from this particular project was having the opportunity to spend more time with a special moment I had in nature. It allowed me to marvel at the intricacies of the plants and animals around us.

Project IV Day 25: Hoatzin Nestling

Yes, this guy does indeed exist. He is a Hoatzin nestling. One thing you should know about these birds is that they are born with two claws on each wing. They are clumsy in flight and use these claws to climb about in their native swamps of Venezuela and Guyana. Once they reach adulthood, they those their claws. Dinosaur times-style.

30 Sketches Projects I-VII

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