INTERIORS AND STILL LIFE: THE OWL

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

THE OWL

Acrylic on plywood - 7" x 5" - (C)BruceDocker,2008
$100.00
Last week there was a large owl sitting on the fence near the wren house. One of our cats was in the yard and I believe the owl could have easily taken the cat. So, I went out and scared the owl off. This skull is one that I've had for years, I collect things, and is not the owl from the fence. Bird skulls in general are small and very delicate and make for an interesting subject. I think with the colors and the close-up view, it comes across with some of its' living power.

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HOW I AM THE WAY I AM

I come from a long line of artists. My father drew the original series of cigarette smoking woodpeckers used in all traditional tattoo shops today. My maternal grandmother was a professional artist who could paint the highlights of a vase with the devastation of a paper cut to the eye. And of course my grandfather was the infamous paint-by-numbers artist and rumrunner of Kansas City in the 1940’s. I have tried to combine all I learned from them into a cohesively rambling style.

My formal training includes years of study with the Canadian art God, John Nagy, developer of the audacious Learn to Draw Kit. We met every Tuesday afternoon at 3:30.

Believing in total respect for my materials I once used an entire box of Crayola 64’s without breaking a single crayon, I covered my driveway in Scotch tape to protect my sidewalk chalk drawings from the rain, and the linen of my canvas is made only from the wool of free range sheep.