BRASS (or the order in which they present themselves)
While on a road trip in Minnesota, I found a brass elephant in a second-hand store. It
spoke to me like objects tend to do on occasion. The elephant traveled with me back to
California and years later initiated the Brass series of 18 X 24 paintings. The brass objects
appear to be on a horizon line or a tight-rope. One view is grounded where the other view
is precarious. Initially I did not see the elephant painting as part of a series, but new brass
objects keep appearing like the brass Magi. He is part of my nativity scene that friends
bought in a hardware store in Mexico. I unpack the scene every Christmas. After Christmas,
I repack the decorations for storage. Somehow, the wise-man fell on the floor and
didn’t get re-packed with the group. I imagined that he is the one carrying the gift of gold.
After I painted the Magi, a brass pig appeared. While visiting my brother and his wife in
Sun City, Arizona, I found it on their bookshelf. Their granddaughter had wanted a real
pig as a pet. As an alternative, they had bought her the brass pig. |
