Drawings
Spiritual Flounder (2016) Ink on Paper
AlienHeartSole (2017) Ink on Paper
“AlienHeartSole” shows a flounder/sole with what looks like a big-hearted alien tentacle monster flying upon it in a personalized saucer. Although the alien seems benign, the imbecilic sphinx with a javelin, the bomb, and the tattered angel throwing a dart all suggest that this is an amoral and perplexing galaxy. Only the laid-back rooster offers a modicum of sanguine confidence…and it is unclear whether the gormless bird understands what is going on. If you enjoy these little tragi-comic images, you should follow me on Instagram (where Ferrebeekeeper goes by the sobriquet “GreatFlounder”). There you will find a great trove of colorful and enigmatic flatfish art. As part of the project which I mentioned above, I am trying to bring my various digital /web content into a more tightly networked gestalt, so I would be super appreciative for any Instagram follows!
Flemish Flatfish (2016) Ink on Paper
Black Metal Flounder (2017) Ink on Paper
Goddard’s Flounder (2018) Ink on Paper
Goddard’s Flounder (above) is a cosmic flounder and represents humankind’s aspirations for the stars. The mathematicians and engineers (here represented as ancient Egyptians) do their best with the tools and calculations they have available, but the universe is so vast. The flounder represents all Earth life waiting to be lifted to the heavens. As they struggle, insouciant aliens fly by waving. The combination of ancient and modern elements make one think of the biblical ark (which is represented in the next picture. The flounder is, of course, a watery beast and is unmoved by divine wrath, although it does look a bit appalled at the inundation.
The Sage at the Bottom of the World (2018) India Ink on Paper
Down Quark Fluke (Wayne Ferrebee, 2018) India Ink on Paper
The Cretans and the Hidden Colors (2017) Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Bourne in the Bloode (2018) Ink and Colored Pencil on Paper
I made a flounder which represents the bloodstream (my blog describes how I had a childhood epiphany about the nature of living things based on blood). The cells stream forth to build the organism and carry out needed maintenance, but strange viruses swirl within the plasma. most ominously a parasitic tapeworm stares in hunger at the feast of little lives. It is unclear whether the aristocratic woman is a parasite or whether she is the host. This is a whole little ecosystem with the long-suffering flounder in the middle.
A Dab of Eire (2017) Ink on Paper
The Behemoth’s Dilemna (2017) Ink on Paper
This is a great tusked behemoth flounder of appetite wandering a world of appetite, cheap meat, and those little elves that bake cookies. Vultures soar over the lumbering creature hoping a carcass will appear in its wake. Also there is an artichoke (a delicious edible thistle/vegetable). We’ll get back to some proper posts next week, but this enigmatic creature is not without a certain comic grandeur.
Cell Flounder (2018) Ink on Paper
This one is a cellular flounder–a reminder that whenever we look at a living thing it is made up of much smaller individual living things. It is a truth which is hiding in plain sight (like the flounder) but it is continuously astonishing to me. This amoeba flounder reminds to think on the microscopic level too, as we contemplate the world.
The Great Flounder of Babylon (2016) India Ink on Paper