fuzzybunnystew

This is the state in progress after working this evening. I thought I would have enough whoopie cushions to cover the inside (14 so far), but I only got through a little over half the interior covered. I’ll have to order more before I can continue with the box. I need to finish the whoopie cushion flap stage before I can decide on a permanent place for the fabric and yarn. I planned on sculpting the hershey’s kisses on the top shelf into little teeth for a vagina dentata effect. I’ll be buying a new bag for that part of the process. Temptation has whittled down the supply. I also have no clue yet how to preserve the chocolate for installation of this piece.

Stage one for shadow box installation of a vagina. The cat is not part of the piece, though intrigued by the yarn. Materials include cut up whoopie cushions, yarn, two types of fabric, butcher paper, acrylic paints, wax, and wood.

I’ve stalled with this particular oil painting since May. I finally threw some pthalo blue paint on it last night and feel better about the direction. The initial painting lacked a unity in the color and style used and I was at a loss on how to pull it together.

I decided last night to try a suggestion from Dan gleaned from watching a documentary on Leon Golub and Nancy Spero. Golub would paint a figure in his work, then cover the whole canvas with one color and scrape away particular areas. This sounded like a possible solution to the problems I’m facing with this particular piece. I plan on working the figure, rabbits, and text a little more, then laying down another layer of color and utilizing the same process of wiping the paint away.

I also plan on changing the figure somewhat. I used myself as the study and think my treatment isn’t exactly the feeling I intended to convey in this painting . I drew a couple of drawings last year when I conceived this idea. I looked at the whole idea as rather comical. A woman sitting around in her underwear, moody and crying, gorging herself on a room of chocolate bunnies. Right now, this woman looks very unhappy and overwhelmed. I think I was overwhelmed with the whole life/school balancing act when I was painting it initially as well as no longer thrilled at using my own body as a subject in my work. I think a little time away from it has been helpful in seeing these problems and gauging the direction I need to take this piece.