The End of the Elephant

This is the last elephant piece that I did.  I killed the elephant and all that he

represented for me in this piece. Two days later Jerry Falwell was found dead. 

I'm just sayin...

This installation was a lot of fun. 

paper, yarn fabrics, charcoal, acrylic

blacks on blonds

fabric

3' x 5'

This is the first of many banners you will see soon. It is the only object (so far) made by the physical material of the actual elephant suit. 

The text is a mix of a title from a bad porn video, an intimate message from a friend and advice from a fourtune cookie. It is hanging in my living room and i sometimes take it down and use it as a snuggie (sans the sleeves).

Wearing an Elephant Suit

If you can't beat'em pretend to be'em.

This is my elephant suit and I wore it everywhere. It was a little constricting.

I couldn't stand upright and had to move slowly, but it was worth it. I learned 

what it was like to be a powerful yet submissive animal. 

This is my elephant glamour shot. That's fashion!

This is some work that came from the whole performance. The dark blue fabric

here is actually a lifted Delta flight blanket. I slept with it on my move from 

Boston to San Francisco. I felt I deserved a souvenir.

This painting was a lot of fun. It was based on a Boucher painting with little cherubs 

which i substituted with the elephant suit. 

Rococo is in the canon. Fat flying babies with mushy faces, green skies, waterfalls, abundant flowers, fleshy fat sluts sticking their boodies in the air. It's my favorite period.  I should do more art like that. 

Since i couldn't change the fact that gravity exists, I wondered how I could give the illusion of having such power with art.

I was temporarily mesmerized by pulling the string

I felt a little bit of power in that i could change the shape and meaning of an object, 

but no matter how much i pulled, it always ended up back in its original form.

As you can see, i became entranced with weight, gravity, influence, authority. 

Naturally, equating authority to gravity made me want to play God. Who says I have to follow the rules of gravity. Sure its a physical fact of nature, but I'm not making facts here, I'm making art.  I can make elephants float in the sky is if want to and I did. The weights pulling on the strings and the mass of the animals came to this rather strange and physically clumsy peice.  

Its about 4 ft tall and i kind of love it. Its a mess like me. 

Elephants and Gravity

fabrics and thread

thread

chalk and conte

I was dealing with shit

Absence of Gravity

charcoal on paper

Absence of Gravity II

charcoal on paper

This is Scott with a bunny.. a big one

oil on canvas

Ill let you figure this one out. My tribute to Symbolism in art

fabrics, paper and acrylics

thread, matte medium transfer

Asking Advice (Self portrait with Supergrover)

Oil on canvas

My Very First Post.

Tuesday December 30th, 2008

As the first in what may be a long tradition of writings on a blog that lots or no people 

will read, i wonder what would be the best way to introduce myself to the world. 

 I am first and foremost an artist, specifically an object making artist- a painter.

There are just not enough beautiful or joyous things in the world. There is much more 

ugly, and unfortunately the art world is too full of talk to notice.

 

Jeez, now that the serious is over. Enjoy a short summary of the last few years...