Obey the Zonkey

Death of MyCat

Well, the snow has given me a day to play... A student posted a work of my art on Facebook..  I'm pretty sure she stole it... Anyway, it reminded me of a project I have wanted to do for a while.. So with my student sent inspiration and the driven snow I'm putting it all together. 

This work (above in progress) is titled

Death of MyCat

As an Art History teacher, I've often thought of using my critters to recreate works of art. The piece my student stole was a cat so I thought I would start here. Death of Marat, by David, above.

I'm also working on Saturn Devours His Son. I've also almost got enough critters for a Last Supper.

stay tuned..

Interchangeables!

A new batch of Critters is born! The "interchangeables"! So named because the top half and bottom half are separate so they can be swapped out with other critters! How exciting! Yes, I know!

If you look at these images, you will notice a few things. first, these Critters have already been swapped around. Second, there are words on the front of each Critter. These words say stuff like Dream/Passionately or Accept/Entirely. However, since they are Interchangeables, you might come up with some new sayings like, Dream/Entirely. See how that works?

Where can i get one you ask? Well, check Downtown Raleigh on First Friday.. You might just find some if you know where to look :)

Critter Visits the Mona Lisa

Over the years, Critters have done there fair share of traveling. They've been as far north as Canada, as far south as the Caribbean,  as far west as California and as far east as Korea. These have all been very exciting places but I'm not sure I found any of theses places as exciting as the place I received today.

Critter visits the Mona Lisa! 

I guess in the art world this might be as big as it gets. After all, the Mona Lisa is to art what Ke$ha is to music! 

Lately, I've been really into the CrittaColor concept. I lik the interactivity and letting people help make he art, but i can't help feeling nostalgic about the old Critters after seeing this photo.

So here below are a few of the places "Old Critter" has been. if you'd like to follow any of the Critters, including the latest CrittaColor, check out Critters on Zonkey Street!

This little Critter traveld further than any other Critter. Here he is at he Biltmore Estates in NC.

Here he is again on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, CA.

In Seoul, South Korea.

Enjoying the weather on the sandy beaches of St. Johns.

The Lost Critter: Street Art Project

Lee Krasner: "You've done it, Pollock. You've cracked it wide open."



I imagine that is the sentence every artist would love to hear. The Lost Critter Project certainly is not the project that is cracking anything in the art world wide open. However, on a personal level, it is a step closer to combining my pop expressionist critters with an interactive environment.

The Lost Critter Project




Twenty two critters were created and placed at various location in Downtown Apex, NC. On benches, curbs, on top of newspaper boxes, on brick wall and even tied to poles and street signs.





Each critter held a sign that read:

Help! I'm Lost!
Thank goodness you found me! Please take me back to the Halle Cultural Arts Center, 237 North Salem Street in downtown Apex. I miss my brothers and sisters!




Back at the Halle Cultural Arts Center we place a Lost & Found box with the hopes that some of the critters might be found and returned to the gallery, where it just so happened, we were exhibiting.




To date, 18 of the original 22 have been returned. So keep looking :)