https://greatflounder.cargo.site Great Flounder Gallery Mon, 15 Jul 2019 03:32:07 +0000 https://greatflounder.cargo.site en https://greatflounder.cargo.site/Sculptures Mon, 04 Mar 2019 01:49:37 +0000 Great Flounder Gallery https://greatflounder.cargo.site/Sculptures Sculptures<img width="2022" height="1899" width_o="2022" height_o="1899" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c174465a5fce6fd0b8f3f9c7357968e1d9dd0d8864de9259d36f7b1e483463a/IdolatrousFlounderingWoodenSculpture35inchesby37inches.jpg" data-mid="47969699" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c174465a5fce6fd0b8f3f9c7357968e1d9dd0d8864de9259d36f7b1e483463a/IdolatrousFlounderingWoodenSculpture35inchesby37inches.jpg" /> Idolatrous Floundering (2019) Wood and Mixed Media The art of the middle ages was meant to be viewed the way motion pictures are in the modern world. By painstakingly combining different disciplines (sculpting, painting, jewelsmithing, architecture, and calligraphy), medieval artists created emotionally fraught works which told an ever-changing story. &nbsp;The hidden figures, complex allusions, and frame-by-frame narrative progression invited extended contemplation.&nbsp; The sculpture “Idolatrous Floundering” is crafted to mimic these epic devotional artworks. Yet, whereas medieval art was meant to highlight the centrality of hierarchical religion in people’s lives, this sculpture apes such forms in order to examine the ways in which society uses emotional hooks to manipulate people for political or economic reasons. &nbsp;There is no sacred miracle at the heart of the hooked fish, just a dangerous trap.&nbsp; The strange addled worshipers and the natural world itself all stand in peril from this deadly devotion to false idols. Like the artisans of yesteryear, I carefully sawed, carved, sanded, and engraved the elaborate frame (and using a lathe to turn the finials). Then I painted the panels and hand-sculpted (and baked) all of the little polymer figures.&nbsp; Hopefully the jewel-like work possesses some of the troubling power of devotional artwork, but I also hope it won’t serve as a reliquary for a world ruined and used up by desperate adulation of coercive seductions. <img width="2592" height="1944" width_o="2592" height_o="1944" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f06282f9daa7b50752ec61b3e3d1fb52ed17723963a29e2b58858ac43db20700/Alien-Baby-Flatfish.jpg" data-mid="36746325" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f06282f9daa7b50752ec61b3e3d1fb52ed17723963a29e2b58858ac43db20700/Alien-Baby-Flatfish.jpg" /> Panfish Panspermia (2018) Wood and Mixed Media <img width="1536" height="2048" width_o="1536" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4946bae9054d8a6a71ecea24f948047a41ae5dbb6b18a0682c5938984bc502f9/Blue-Turbot-Baby.jpg" data-mid="36746515" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4946bae9054d8a6a71ecea24f948047a41ae5dbb6b18a0682c5938984bc502f9/Blue-Turbot-Baby.jpg" />TurbotTo(d)T (2019) Styrofoam and Mixed Media&nbsp; The bizarre asymmetry of the flatfish also appeals to me.&nbsp; Since my artwork seemingly concerns topology, this may be significant—although a classical knot theorist would blithely observe that a flatfish is homeomorphic with a torus (assuming one regards the digestive tract as a continuous tube). <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d3971cd00e945a9d1cea07778b2a9e445b2c760714d1dbddaea58bf8b5488817/DSC09626.jpg" data-mid="36948696" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d3971cd00e945a9d1cea07778b2a9e445b2c760714d1dbddaea58bf8b5488817/DSC09626.jpg" /> Starry Flounder (2018) Wood and Mixed Media <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e2cb6c0cf407f3c01dd04414d2f746f7244575532bfd91ca269a808553ad7eb/DSC09561.jpg" data-mid="36948693" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6e2cb6c0cf407f3c01dd04414d2f746f7244575532bfd91ca269a808553ad7eb/DSC09561.jpg" /> The Heavenly Corn Bounty (2018) Wood with Mixed Media <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4dc7a9450498cbb03f61fc1dfef75701cdb14cc99552008eb2af3916058cd016/Furnace-Flounder.jpg" data-mid="36746516" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4dc7a9450498cbb03f61fc1dfef75701cdb14cc99552008eb2af3916058cd016/Furnace-Flounder.jpg" /> The Floundering Chef (with Easy-Bake Filet) (2018) Mixed Media&nbsp; <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9f99432f82189270306d8d0612da32f76f6feb1dac0709e715974334a4cde222/DSC09637.jpg" data-mid="36948695" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9f99432f82189270306d8d0612da32f76f6feb1dac0709e715974334a4cde222/DSC09637.jpg" /> The Dancing Peche (2018) Mixed Media <img width="2592" height="1944" width_o="2592" height_o="1944" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/632855e64b4d2ddd3914737a275bbee176880684dd2bd741b9a9c4b4549ed270/Palomino-Flatfish.jpg" data-mid="36746519" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/632855e64b4d2ddd3914737a275bbee176880684dd2bd741b9a9c4b4549ed270/Palomino-Flatfish.jpg" /> Mustang Sole (2017) Wood <img width="2592" height="1944" width_o="2592" height_o="1944" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cc1d36d0b6884094682c11584abccc90b054afc897031ffbb4bb372ec484eff3/Neopolitan-Flatfish.jpg" data-mid="36746518" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cc1d36d0b6884094682c11584abccc90b054afc897031ffbb4bb372ec484eff3/Neopolitan-Flatfish.jpg" /> Neapolitan Flatfish (2018) Wood and Mixed Media This is “Neapolitan Flatfish” a sculpture made of wood, bone, and plastic toys.&nbsp; It is one of the extensive flatfish series of artworks which I have been working on, however, unlike the drawings which take a more expansive view of ecology and human history, “Neapolitan Flatfish” examines the prevailing ethos of the time which is to capture people’s money by providing them with exactly what they want (in this case the empty calories of airy frozen confections).&nbsp; Of course these aren’t actually delicious soft serve ice cream cones, they are really plastic junk from the dollar store.&nbsp; Yet given my unhappy history with making plastic toys, and given the ever growing burden of plastic detritus building up in the wild places of Planet Earth, perhaps the message becomes even more germane.&nbsp; The flounder is a predator and a prey animal–the “middle class of the ocean” although serious overfishing is leading to a precipitous decline of populations around the world (which matters little to Treasury Secretary Wilbur Ross, who would not be unhappy if everything and everyone died five minutes after he concludes his own earthly existence as a master of crooked insider deals).&nbsp; Ahem…anyway, sometimes it is a bit unclear who is fishing and who is being fished, but what could be more delightful than the unexpected charm of three different flavors (and different colors) which compliment each other perfectly being placed next to each other in one simple Rothko-like package?&nbsp; Please ignore the bone hook and the glittering blue predatory eyes and get ready for some birthday fun here at Ferrebeekeeper. Also, don’t forget to ask the Great Flounder some of your own questions. <img width="2560" height="1440" width_o="2560" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4fc88ff34c79219a24e9364fa8c1672b4da4b3d24dd2f96e77ca820382c97f8f/20181118_2325321.jpg" data-mid="36851057" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4fc88ff34c79219a24e9364fa8c1672b4da4b3d24dd2f96e77ca820382c97f8f/20181118_2325321.jpg" /><img width="2289" height="1917" width_o="2289" height_o="1917" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/94810590ef7c56ab544930c8f48ff95192f7b94599b7c585142478d5c5dbb2a9/Romanesque-Flounder.jpg" data-mid="36746520" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/94810590ef7c56ab544930c8f48ff95192f7b94599b7c585142478d5c5dbb2a9/Romanesque-Flounder.jpg" /> Romanesque Flounder with Babylonian Parasites (2018) Wood and Polymer <img width="1536" height="2048" width_o="1536" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/96fe1acf486030d221ac2361b2f2ed7c15ee54216ea838d328ace194f66c6eb8/Victorian-House.jpg" data-mid="36746523" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/96fe1acf486030d221ac2361b2f2ed7c15ee54216ea838d328ace194f66c6eb8/Victorian-House.jpg" /> Victorian House Flounder (2017) Wood <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e30c423d8aa97ed5e27dfb7a595bc5ca6dfa4bc7258a10a0cb74d38b88a5b7b/Mesolithic-Megrim.jpg" data-mid="36746517" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8e30c423d8aa97ed5e27dfb7a595bc5ca6dfa4bc7258a10a0cb74d38b88a5b7b/Mesolithic-Megrim.jpg" />&nbsp;Megalithic Tombfish&nbsp; &nbsp;(2018) Styrofoam and Plastic <img width="2592" height="1944" width_o="2592" height_o="1944" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0821dbebbeaa10ac38bb25013097794964f87a563c83d4c86f1e65c26eb87804/The-Tree-of-Moral-Flounder.jpg" data-mid="36746522" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0821dbebbeaa10ac38bb25013097794964f87a563c83d4c86f1e65c26eb87804/The-Tree-of-Moral-Flounder.jpg" />&nbsp;Floundering Hearts: The Tree of Good and Evil (2019) Wood and Polymer&nbsp; <img width="2499" height="1860" width_o="2499" height_o="1860" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c72a2c8f5a3138385f93b531bb84250d685ae7ad4dbaaa669f3ecd1da7d13b6d/The-Flatfish-of-Splendid-Pleasure-Gardens.jpg" data-mid="36746521" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c72a2c8f5a3138385f93b531bb84250d685ae7ad4dbaaa669f3ecd1da7d13b6d/The-Flatfish-of-Splendid-Pleasure-Gardens.jpg" /> Flounder of Paradise (2019) Wood and Polymer <img width="2048" height="1044" width_o="2048" height_o="1044" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e719796b2af795055f05ce093cb49ccb01a9c2e4578eb2259778f9ffaf40f72/Galactic-Fluke.jpg" data-mid="36948733" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e719796b2af795055f05ce093cb49ccb01a9c2e4578eb2259778f9ffaf40f72/Galactic-Fluke.jpg" /> Galactic Fluke (2019) Wood and Polymer https://greatflounder.cargo.site/Toys Mon, 15 Jul 2019 03:32:07 +0000 Great Flounder Gallery https://greatflounder.cargo.site/Toys Toys<img width="1435" height="1239" width_o="1435" height_o="1239" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e3be94d76772f101646ef3d40e293eb217b921c9b6205273e8476b7c7c4c7b06/Petmorphs.jpg" data-mid="46639812" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e3be94d76772f101646ef3d40e293eb217b921c9b6205273e8476b7c7c4c7b06/Petmorphs.jpg" /> Zoomorphs Toys “Petmorphs Set” as created by Wayne Ferrebe <img width="1444" height="1228" width_o="1444" height_o="1228" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca0aef25f51bf1e97b20541d10eeb2112b576ae0ec2e73427de126772dbbbc03/Mythmorphs.jpg" data-mid="46639809" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ca0aef25f51bf1e97b20541d10eeb2112b576ae0ec2e73427de126772dbbbc03/Mythmorphs.jpg" /> Zoomorphs Toys “Mythmorphs Set&nbsp; From 2002 to 2012, I was a professional toymaker.&nbsp; Together my late business partner and I&nbsp; built a toy company which created creative character-driven building toys for children 4 and up.&nbsp; He was the business and logistics guy while I took care of the creative side of things (and raised capital). Our great masterpiece was “Zoomorphs” a pop-together building toy for all ages which I came up with when I was a temporary paralegal at a law firm.&nbsp; <img width="1664" height="1310" width_o="1664" height_o="1310" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/003f508ea23e5407d1886ee6762142a496c39d57a2d5cda697bf6b2982ab6223/Rainforestmorphs-photo.jpg" data-mid="46639814" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/003f508ea23e5407d1886ee6762142a496c39d57a2d5cda697bf6b2982ab6223/Rainforestmorphs-photo.jpg" /> RainForestMorphs&nbsp; <img width="1710" height="1500" width_o="1710" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c2893fe9922e007d480e237765f880f851e2950eeaa3a19a6266941f56645f9e/5-Morphs.jpg" data-mid="46639803" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c2893fe9922e007d480e237765f880f851e2950eeaa3a19a6266941f56645f9e/5-Morphs.jpg" /> Morphed Characters (pieces from Safarimorphs, Petmorphs, Dinomorphs, and Rainforestmorphs) <img width="1392" height="1417" width_o="1392" height_o="1417" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/24bd218a8e230049de870ab575164182be0bad758031f3695e99b6fb184da140/Jumpermorphs.jpg" data-mid="46639807" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/24bd218a8e230049de870ab575164182be0bad758031f3695e99b6fb184da140/Jumpermorphs.jpg" /> Jumpermorphs <img width="1664" height="1302" width_o="1664" height_o="1302" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9caf3550a64d652ab8123b953efb5072b76a23651a923c065fb4d54059c6e21a/Insectmorphs.jpg" data-mid="46639806" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9caf3550a64d652ab8123b953efb5072b76a23651a923c065fb4d54059c6e21a/Insectmorphs.jpg" /> Insectmorphs <img width="3075" height="2175" width_o="3075" height_o="2175" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d4244270852ebb44373dd9e4dcc132988df0f8484a46de7484d0bca69449a8cd/Petmorphs-Front-2009-Frozen.jpg" data-mid="46641160" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d4244270852ebb44373dd9e4dcc132988df0f8484a46de7484d0bca69449a8cd/Petmorphs-Front-2009-Frozen.jpg" /> Galactic Fluke (2019) Wood and Polym The idea behind Zoomorphs was that you could pop together the plastic pieces to make a parrot, a dog, a fish, or a dinosaur...or you could put the pieces together in your own way and make a dinodog with parrot’s wings and a fishtail! <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c6543a3c47a799f2c3e66cd2bf744912808ccf89289d498a6056530461d2d88/DSC03755.JPG" data-mid="46641176" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8c6543a3c47a799f2c3e66cd2bf744912808ccf89289d498a6056530461d2d88/DSC03755.JPG" /> Concept Art--Pterosaur character from “Jurassicmorphs” <img width="2252" height="1624" width_o="2252" height_o="1624" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/192fcfd4d67f42947f4914e99f64102e3cfd237c874530a1540ab8029b25e452/LastScan.jpg" data-mid="46926487" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/192fcfd4d67f42947f4914e99f64102e3cfd237c874530a1540ab8029b25e452/LastScan.jpg" /> Concept Art--Various Characters’ Heads Here are a selection of the sets we sold (there were even more on the market in our heyday) as well as some package graphics and preliminary character sketches and what-have-you. <img width="1667" height="1416" width_o="1667" height_o="1416" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c6db66a61f75e6b920914120ecfb6049097b7af71fec1d2a69b50bf2e511fc2/Runnermorphs.jpg" data-mid="46639815" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c6db66a61f75e6b920914120ecfb6049097b7af71fec1d2a69b50bf2e511fc2/Runnermorphs.jpg" /> Runnermorphs <img width="1645" height="1341" width_o="1645" height_o="1341" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a4462760e866860c75fc6ee78b130ba1c3edd9f6730e774ba00c8e6ec9ea2cde/Dinomorphs.jpg" data-mid="46639805" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a4462760e866860c75fc6ee78b130ba1c3edd9f6730e774ba00c8e6ec9ea2cde/Dinomorphs.jpg" /> Dinomorphs <img width="1419" height="1415" width_o="1419" height_o="1415" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d90884b813b3c95f5cad2070b8f16c88c54afbbebc1ce4c75c8f14e9ddda4a79/Nightmorphs.jpg" data-mid="46639810" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d90884b813b3c95f5cad2070b8f16c88c54afbbebc1ce4c75c8f14e9ddda4a79/Nightmorphs.jpg" /> &nbsp;Nightmorphs <img width="1700" height="2200" width_o="1700" height_o="2200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/24c98c787dbe22dfa9cb42f7534330c17b6da16f99ae4b878d85a0f732221b4c/October-2008-Museum-Display.jpg" data-mid="46926495" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/24c98c787dbe22dfa9cb42f7534330c17b6da16f99ae4b878d85a0f732221b4c/October-2008-Museum-Display.jpg" /> Also we crafted some other lines, like “Buildimals” which allowed children to play with a pack of circus dogs. The plastic dogs could form pyramids, bridges, and canine chains.&nbsp; It was like you were a master dog-trainer or the ringmaster of your own&nbsp; circus! <img width="1875" height="1425" width_o="1875" height_o="1425" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/762edc9197904a4e3218386aa96b5df3ad6fb2b5d34f134a4574bdc3796d3c08/Buildimals-blue-back.jpg" data-mid="46639982" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/762edc9197904a4e3218386aa96b5df3ad6fb2b5d34f134a4574bdc3796d3c08/Buildimals-blue-back.jpg" /> Buildimals Galactic Fluke (2019) Wood and Polym<img width="1200" height="2475" width_o="1200" height_o="2475" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e0c19d19214f2405e9e5a8e364ba7fb76963102588d99689c7b1904299399854/5-buildimals-back.jpg" data-mid="46640024" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e0c19d19214f2405e9e5a8e364ba7fb76963102588d99689c7b1904299399854/5-buildimals-back.jpg" /> Alas, those days are gone for now, but I still make some art toy designs for fun...like the Marsyas toy theater or the Easy-bake flounder furnace.&nbsp; https://greatflounder.cargo.site/Drawings Mon, 04 Mar 2019 01:49:38 +0000 Great Flounder Gallery https://greatflounder.cargo.site/Drawings Drawings <img width="1395" height="1058" width_o="1395" height_o="1058" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b9d52bda6936ce0c31304d8c8a5fbcc6a76ac1fd8a66321b99e874b6126fb65/fUntitled-3.jpg" data-mid="36749511" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8b9d52bda6936ce0c31304d8c8a5fbcc6a76ac1fd8a66321b99e874b6126fb65/fUntitled-3.jpg" /> Spiritual Flounder (2016) Ink on Paper <img width="2394" height="1788" width_o="2394" height_o="1788" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c844f19ead31da36726d54fafcd11bf4bdbc12319f0322854e184f780bf98319/Alienheartsole.jpg" data-mid="36749497" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c844f19ead31da36726d54fafcd11bf4bdbc12319f0322854e184f780bf98319/Alienheartsole.jpg" /> 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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Only the laid-back rooster offers a modicum of sanguine confidence…and it is unclear whether the gormless bird understands what is going on.&nbsp; If you enjoy these little tragi-comic images, you should follow me on Instagram (where Ferrebeekeeper goes by the sobriquet “GreatFlounder”).&nbsp; There you will find a great trove of colorful and enigmatic flatfish art.&nbsp; 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! <img width="6045" height="4877" width_o="6045" height_o="4877" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d03be84cb0b149e22f37f8d771766bf36c2c5c4cec6efdc279fd9af0cd2b8701/Less-Fine-Flemish-flounder.jpg" data-mid="36946450" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d03be84cb0b149e22f37f8d771766bf36c2c5c4cec6efdc279fd9af0cd2b8701/Less-Fine-Flemish-flounder.jpg" /> Flemish Flatfish (2016) Ink on Paper <img width="1402" height="1071" width_o="1402" height_o="1071" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fab0642b184b9e3f3a52d4a5d4b5e96bba3f5ebacea6f081ce79b8c2b7b65e85/fUntitled-2.jpg" data-mid="36749506" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fab0642b184b9e3f3a52d4a5d4b5e96bba3f5ebacea6f081ce79b8c2b7b65e85/fUntitled-2.jpg" /> Black Metal Flounder (2017) Ink on Paper <img width="490" height="348" width_o="490" height_o="348" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/063c6addaa253a196510d21b43df4bbbef97e7c09c973e7536bf85bfa675dab1/space-flounder-1.jpg" data-mid="37118804" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/490/i/063c6addaa253a196510d21b43df4bbbef97e7c09c973e7536bf85bfa675dab1/space-flounder-1.jpg" /> Goddard’s Flounder (2018) Ink on Paper Goddard’s Flounder (above) is a cosmic flounder and represents humankind’s aspirations for the stars.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; The flounder represents all Earth life waiting to be lifted to the heavens.&nbsp; As they struggle, insouciant aliens fly by waving.&nbsp; 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. <img width="3335" height="2548" width_o="3335" height_o="2548" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/009e7e3fbe21291d3015cfbc1b373f0bfa08da00245e8e1138fa9877a80e996e/Sage-Flounder.jpg" data-mid="36947600" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/009e7e3fbe21291d3015cfbc1b373f0bfa08da00245e8e1138fa9877a80e996e/Sage-Flounder.jpg" /> The Sage at the Bottom of the World (2018) India Ink on Paper <img width="3621" height="2679" width_o="3621" height_o="2679" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0e43d83eacab83446d41445aab3686e0a4d94d7eeeba3bb70f9c86e17cf67ca/Seafloor.jpg" data-mid="36947601" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b0e43d83eacab83446d41445aab3686e0a4d94d7eeeba3bb70f9c86e17cf67ca/Seafloor.jpg" /> Down Quark Fluke (Wayne Ferrebee, 2018) India Ink on Paper <img width="2419" height="1812" width_o="2419" height_o="1812" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c6b0d1534ab11cb4f364ecb63265ebe158ea17331fccbc5eb30db245253c1978/Minoan-Mata-hari.jpg" data-mid="36947632" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c6b0d1534ab11cb4f364ecb63265ebe158ea17331fccbc5eb30db245253c1978/Minoan-Mata-hari.jpg" />&nbsp;The Cretans and the Hidden Colors (2017) Watercolor and Ink on Paper <img width="1474" height="1004" width_o="1474" height_o="1004" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/533f687d793b60e04eb829cf645e4dc2054460669ca1b81ed8394d9334e4c6c9/Cell-Flounder.jpg" data-mid="37118890" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/533f687d793b60e04eb829cf645e4dc2054460669ca1b81ed8394d9334e4c6c9/Cell-Flounder.jpg" /> 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).&nbsp; The cells stream forth to build the organism and carry out needed maintenance, but strange viruses swirl within the plasma.&nbsp; most ominously a parasitic tapeworm stares in hunger at the feast of little lives.&nbsp; It is unclear whether the aristocratic woman is a parasite or whether she is the host.&nbsp; This is a whole little ecosystem with the long-suffering flounder in the middle. <img width="1400" height="1022" width_o="1400" height_o="1022" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/be99b91e5c484b3b1218110ff3042039113b6623989d960c3b9a6cd249e2e954/000saint.jpg" data-mid="36948594" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/be99b91e5c484b3b1218110ff3042039113b6623989d960c3b9a6cd249e2e954/000saint.jpg" /> A Dab of Eire (2017) Ink on Paper <img width="604" height="585" width_o="604" height_o="585" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/076acff5c1f7d12f85baced316bc686d4fc9e73ac1a182d24ab0ee9ff6a6be9b/00untitled.jpg" data-mid="37118958" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/604/i/076acff5c1f7d12f85baced316bc686d4fc9e73ac1a182d24ab0ee9ff6a6be9b/00untitled.jpg" /> The Behemoth’s Dilemna (2017) Ink on Paper&nbsp; This is a great tusked behemoth flounder of appetite wandering a world of appetite, cheap meat, and those little elves that bake cookies.&nbsp; Vultures soar over the lumbering creature hoping a carcass will appear in its wake.&nbsp; Also there is an artichoke (a delicious edible thistle/vegetable).&nbsp; We’ll get back to some proper posts next week, but this enigmatic creature is not without a certain comic grandeur. <img width="1354" height="931" width_o="1354" height_o="931" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9bc72e8b74bff5cee4e78971a05ac0359691ad4fc055bbab443744fb10ddf8bd/Cellular-Floundpper.jpg" data-mid="36947603" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9bc72e8b74bff5cee4e78971a05ac0359691ad4fc055bbab443744fb10ddf8bd/Cellular-Floundpper.jpg" /> 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.&nbsp; It is a truth which is hiding in plain sight (like the flounder) but it is continuously astonishing to me.&nbsp; This amoeba flounder reminds to think on the microscopic level too, as we contemplate the world. <img width="6029" height="4830" width_o="6029" height_o="4830" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4ce5c74266ff13830eaab8294344868d60974c38eaf133870ca2945df392056c/Cleaned-up-Babylon-Flounder-web.jpg" data-mid="36852418" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4ce5c74266ff13830eaab8294344868d60974c38eaf133870ca2945df392056c/Cleaned-up-Babylon-Flounder-web.jpg" /> The Great Flounder of Babylon (2016) India Ink on Paper https://greatflounder.cargo.site/Paintings Mon, 04 Mar 2019 01:49:38 +0000 Great Flounder Gallery https://greatflounder.cargo.site/Paintings Paintings <img width="1348" height="602" width_o="1348" height_o="602" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2f5649e6b96aa1419944863d2ea467c5e487c9e864784c1d6035b7cbb612a277/banana-painting.jpg" data-mid="36747014" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2f5649e6b96aa1419944863d2ea467c5e487c9e864784c1d6035b7cbb612a277/banana-painting.jpg" /> Fruitful Shapes (2015) Oil on Panel I have been working on a new series of artworks centered on flatfish.&nbsp; I suppose flatfish have supplanted toruses as the primary focus of my art. People seem to like flounder better than donuts (the asymmetric fish have more personality…or at least they have faces), however the universe is not shaped like a flatfish (according to current models), so it raises the question of what the flounder means symbolically.&nbsp; Flatfish are regarded as a delicious prey animal by humans, however they are excellent predators in their own right:&nbsp; they are sort of the middle-class of the oceans. &nbsp; Like the middle class, the pleurectiformes are experts at blending in, and they change their color and pattern to match their circumstances.&nbsp; Today’s circumstances, however, are not merely muddy sand flats—the whole world is filled with wild eclectic ambiguity which is hard for anyone to follow (much less a bottom-dwelling fish). My full flounder series thus explore the larger human and natural ecosystems of the late Holocene and early Anthropocene world.&nbsp; Each one lives in a little predatory microcosm where it is hunting and hunted.<img width="1139" height="902" width_o="1139" height_o="902" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4665ce7d2c73ec295bf37a70fe2ea31312b7b10741645713c98c64d44c2a4225/citydonut.jpg" data-mid="37119320" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4665ce7d2c73ec295bf37a70fe2ea31312b7b10741645713c98c64d44c2a4225/citydonut.jpg" /> Floating City State (Ca 2015) Oil on Panel <img width="887" height="886" width_o="887" height_o="886" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/92d4e40f732b6d2c2c397694f1f126748d01813c97384679227750d24b04e8b0/There.jpg" data-mid="36754772" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/887/i/92d4e40f732b6d2c2c397694f1f126748d01813c97384679227750d24b04e8b0/There.jpg" /> The Lures of the Deep (2015) Oil on Panel <img width="969" height="1289" width_o="969" height_o="1289" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/54b2b60190263d82a7cdfc16b01220b9c40aaac872ba45fafd76a0e3221a4cab/The-Lure-of-Toys.jpg" data-mid="36756104" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/969/i/54b2b60190263d82a7cdfc16b01220b9c40aaac872ba45fafd76a0e3221a4cab/The-Lure-of-Toys.jpg" /> The Lure of Toys (2014) Oil on Panel <img width="576" height="1024" width_o="576" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec2e48f49694e2a020d7302162e0cff994efe20daccbcc4d3f0893460ba70077/020170423_1700191.jpg" data-mid="37119258" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/576/i/ec2e48f49694e2a020d7302162e0cff994efe20daccbcc4d3f0893460ba70077/020170423_1700191.jpg" />Blossom Flounder (2017) Acrylic on Canvas <img width="1052" height="761" width_o="1052" height_o="761" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d95b4ff8199ae773a19c23515971a6d94091538949b1b854957d646d50e0fdd1/Alluring-Donut-3.jpg" data-mid="37119284" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d95b4ff8199ae773a19c23515971a6d94091538949b1b854957d646d50e0fdd1/Alluring-Donut-3.jpg" />Dat(ur)a on Demand (2015) Oil on Panel <img width="950" height="703" width_o="950" height_o="703" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64984ab501e71f5547e2d2d4d9841a8cb876387ec9b6d695749e65d76f0e889a/FerrebeeRedBloodCell.jpg" data-mid="37031370" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/950/i/64984ab501e71f5547e2d2d4d9841a8cb876387ec9b6d695749e65d76f0e889a/FerrebeeRedBloodCell.jpg" /> Dough In the Blood (2016) Oil on Panel <img width="672" height="500" width_o="672" height_o="500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/742c82fe785b587a8dde7a81e45747b1e8f26612c06e737765a85ece2cfaf139/Ghost-Donut3.jpg" data-mid="36849473" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/672/i/742c82fe785b587a8dde7a81e45747b1e8f26612c06e737765a85ece2cfaf139/Ghost-Donut3.jpg" /> Ghostnut (2014) Oil on Panel<img width="1662" height="861" width_o="1662" height_o="861" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8ba2c10e48c5508addd57a685575ef6826d35ba15a7269a0981cf20bba8206bb/Pancreatic-Donut.jpg" data-mid="37119291" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8ba2c10e48c5508addd57a685575ef6826d35ba15a7269a0981cf20bba8206bb/Pancreatic-Donut.jpg" /> Pancreatic Doughnut (2015) Oil on Panel<img width="1307" height="968" width_o="1307" height_o="968" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8df8e1a2c9fbeb6354c2c0d0d93ae9b31c688b6293a75b8c801270cfc97b01dc/Black-Forest-Donut.jpg" data-mid="37119306" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8df8e1a2c9fbeb6354c2c0d0d93ae9b31c688b6293a75b8c801270cfc97b01dc/Black-Forest-Donut.jpg" /> Black Forest Treats (2016) Oil on Panel <img width="1361" height="1017" width_o="1361" height_o="1017" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/99e5c1fe8f0dfa963092a7e15342327989fd370d50ab6890ef90cfe6bfdef24b/Junk-Candy.jpg" data-mid="37119307" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/99e5c1fe8f0dfa963092a7e15342327989fd370d50ab6890ef90cfe6bfdef24b/Junk-Candy.jpg" />Junk (2016) Oil on Panel <img width="402" height="500" width_o="402" height_o="500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a84fb1e3ed02e3e27f541216b29f768c18009eb1e4cc10cd21102bb263124628/The-Source3.jpg" data-mid="36849345" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/402/i/a84fb1e3ed02e3e27f541216b29f768c18009eb1e4cc10cd21102bb263124628/The-Source3.jpg" /> The Healing Source (2013) Oil on Panel <img width="666" height="500" width_o="666" height_o="500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76d4dfaceb7ba5c9efba6e43c061a8603535bfa6ea35a51fd30353c5aed56426/e3.jpg" data-mid="36849437" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/666/i/76d4dfaceb7ba5c9efba6e43c061a8603535bfa6ea35a51fd30353c5aed56426/e3.jpg" /> Your Meat is a Miniature Masterpiece (2005) Oil on Panel <img width="628" height="500" width_o="628" height_o="500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/495c15f138c262a5131d91b516b4e8f0ebe53f6f451bb2dc4664c3c45e2954b9/onion3.jpg" data-mid="36849458" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/628/i/495c15f138c262a5131d91b516b4e8f0ebe53f6f451bb2dc4664c3c45e2954b9/onion3.jpg" /> Onion Study (2002) Oil on Canvas https://greatflounder.cargo.site/Toy-Theatre Mon, 04 Mar 2019 01:22:25 +0000 Great Flounder Gallery https://greatflounder.cargo.site/Toy-Theatre I spent some time (ahem, well, actually quite a lot of time) working on an art toy–a 19th century-style miniature theater for action figures! &nbsp;It is sized for four inch tall action figures because I grew up with Kenner’s “Star Wars” figures. &nbsp;I made the toy with a jigsaw, a lathe, and plywood. I painted/drew the images with watercolors, color pencils, markers, and Photoshop! &nbsp;Since I used Photoshop I can print eveything up and make as many as I like! However I haven’t finished scanning all of the backgrounds in yet and altering them (and I still have a couple more backgrounds I want to make). <img width="490" height="276" width_o="490" height_o="276" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c319654eed6edccd79d495d2aae6e950e80688658491c933714b9d300a7dab69/0b.jpg" data-mid="37185444" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/490/i/c319654eed6edccd79d495d2aae6e950e80688658491c933714b9d300a7dab69/0b.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d40071589066aaf42b79d0ad1cc86431075e8ded8a6574edb35c4c985184fc08/0f.jpg" data-mid="37185445" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d40071589066aaf42b79d0ad1cc86431075e8ded8a6574edb35c4c985184fc08/0f.jpg" /> Toy Theatre <img width="1028" height="994" width_o="1028" height_o="994" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f29c0fc9ee9512c5f0691c5cf72589244504ede4e68e2f81c1318994e54fadc2/Theater1.jpg" data-mid="37185298" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f29c0fc9ee9512c5f0691c5cf72589244504ede4e68e2f81c1318994e54fadc2/Theater1.jpg" /><img width="1520" height="955" width_o="1520" height_o="955" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f73ec3c569e582d4cb8d5fef1e2cb5e8f04959b8516b2d1b3e92ebc12b8e1eb6/OceanVoyage.jpg" data-mid="37185311" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f73ec3c569e582d4cb8d5fef1e2cb5e8f04959b8516b2d1b3e92ebc12b8e1eb6/OceanVoyage.jpg" /> The proscenium arch shows the musical competition between Apollo and Marsyas, an evocative tale which reveals dark truths about art. &nbsp;I have showed the contest instead of the outcome. On the left a nesting swan is left bereft because a cruel cupid has stolen her mate and shackled him to a chariot (he is flying away at the top). Marsyas has the heartbroken bird and the muses behind him. &nbsp;Apollo has his dead python and a cold white temple &nbsp;The farms and cities of humankind can be barely glimpsed in the background behind the contestants. Shears, a wineskin, shackles, and a flaying knife hint at the future. On either side of the stage are great mock-Egyptian columns which support the aristocrats and rich folks in the top boxes. The best seat in the house go to the state–which I have represented on one side as a beautiful princess and on the other as an evil inquisitor (although if you look closely you will see they are the same person). The orchestra is filled with musicians and music makers from around the world like a serpent player, the devil with his fiddle, a splendid lyrebird, a ponce with a triangle, a vaudeville ukulele player in pancake makeup, and a toy monkey with some cymbals. &nbsp; <img width="576" height="1024" width_o="576" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/910bf199b739ed0453b930ac9de607b1c416cd7a05225e7a4ca271ecb20be842/oi1.jpg" data-mid="37185443" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/576/i/910bf199b739ed0453b930ac9de607b1c416cd7a05225e7a4ca271ecb20be842/oi1.jpg" /> Clever viewers will note that this is really a fancy frame with footlights. &nbsp;The real purpose is the interchangable sets–a collection of strange artworks featuring imaginary scenes from throughout history and the imagination. &nbsp;There is an ancient churchyard in front of a medieval church (notice the undead form and the megaliths on the moor beyond). <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5e804f77956d2dae6fcc262faab522cd72b081f7261198c556d60c8bf3fa2c59/og.jpg" data-mid="37185442" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5e804f77956d2dae6fcc262faab522cd72b081f7261198c556d60c8bf3fa2c59/og.jpg" /> I spent a long time drawing Hell. I was really afraid of hell when I was a child and I tried to capture some of those concepts in these horrible monsters and gruesome punishments. &nbsp;It is unclear whether it is hell or Diyu (if there is a difference). &nbsp;I wanted it to be beautiful in its depraved horror. &nbsp;There are burning cities and red deserts yearning for water…but the aqueducts are broken. There are churches everywhere because I figure hell will be full of the devout. &nbsp;After all, people who believe in Hell worship evil deities–gods who purposely created flawed spirits just to torture them forever. &nbsp;But maybe I am just angry about being scared so badly when I was little. &nbsp;I added pterosaurs because I like them, not because I think they were especially evil. <img width="576" height="1024" width_o="576" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bcbaf729bec1b4fbf8b66dcea81709979b2aa7c705a95a1ede5260f8e4273d67/0p2.jpg" data-mid="37185449" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/576/i/bcbaf729bec1b4fbf8b66dcea81709979b2aa7c705a95a1ede5260f8e4273d67/0p2.jpg" /> The wings of the theater fold out to show all of society. &nbsp;On the bottom are various groundlings like the shouting lout, the woman with her stupid iphone, my crooked ex business partner (with his vodka bottle), and a hungry walrus watching the fish tray above him. A couple of witches have slipped in without anyone noticing (Terry Pratchett would understand). &nbsp;The middle level is filled with thieves, lovers, merchants, and clergy people. &nbsp;The top level is filled with faceless shadow-folk on one side, and noble heroes on the other (notice the lady scientist, the luchador, and the martial arts master). The enraged colossal squidin the lower right was added expressly for this blog (although dedicated readers will notice many familiar elements). <img width="1679" height="1073" width_o="1679" height_o="1073" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e9b568d97c9aa09112be0e18214dbf031622393cbb01d89681b38de4aa8f9f14/000.jpg" data-mid="37185446" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e9b568d97c9aa09112be0e18214dbf031622393cbb01d89681b38de4aa8f9f14/000.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ccfeebec7d24d646872c763d5e57c21c6937f24b922cfb29766425d8437cb24a/Theater-2.jpg" data-mid="37185296" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ccfeebec7d24d646872c763d5e57c21c6937f24b922cfb29766425d8437cb24a/Theater-2.jpg" /> My favorite scene is the garden aviary (pictured in the first picture at the top). &nbsp;It is filled with beautiful flowering trees, spring bulbs, and birds from around the world. &nbsp;I put the tropical jungle half-set in front of it (see the arborial marsupials), but it sort of blocks the scenic vista. &nbsp;In fact I had all sorts of trouble photographing this. &nbsp;I am a better toymaker than photographer. &nbsp;Also some scenes are not finished (like the future city filled with post-humans and sentient robots, below). &nbsp;I also left the secret door on the back unphotographed. &nbsp;I will save it for a later day (but it is really cool and it also unifies the toy greatly). More to follow. &nbsp;In the mean time get out there and enjoy Halloween (oh, and direct some traffic over here, if you have a moment–I have been working hard making things for you to enjoy!). https://greatflounder.cargo.site/Little-Books Mon, 04 Mar 2019 01:22:23 +0000 Great Flounder Gallery https://greatflounder.cargo.site/Little-Books Little BooksI always carry a little Moleskine sketchbook around with me.&nbsp; During lunch hour or when I am stuck on the tsubway, I draw little fantasy pictures, or sketch the landscape or passers-by.&nbsp; <img width="524" height="864" width_o="524" height_o="864" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/962db0a01d8b3efb624b222d69d4671d03e2711a83bde92e13aa96867f46435a/gnome-kingdom.jpg" data-mid="37184021" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/524/i/962db0a01d8b3efb624b222d69d4671d03e2711a83bde92e13aa96867f46435a/gnome-kingdom.jpg" /> <img width="603" height="886" width_o="603" height_o="886" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67b2129f1302862d69aa597ec629cd254546e41038e53a68a74072e557e347a2/Carnival.jpg" data-mid="46926903" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/603/i/67b2129f1302862d69aa597ec629cd254546e41038e53a68a74072e557e347a2/Carnival.jpg" /> <img width="640" height="640" width_o="640" height_o="640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d887e7c90097c1a7caff80716a5f7428309b8956a8b3918a3c80a60796fa591f/20759719_1937327573191126_285490629398495232_n.jpg" data-mid="37184440" border="0" data-scale="98" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/d887e7c90097c1a7caff80716a5f7428309b8956a8b3918a3c80a60796fa591f/20759719_1937327573191126_285490629398495232_n.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/97ea5ba71c2f60a3872f4fb1c0f5e8640af9831b2dc8e60a7ad7c7e976c1c36a/digestion-monster.jpg" data-mid="46926936" border="0" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/747764829bb3c011b589637e76d9aac298fd02a28e422c2df9b85325cfe51f6e/scary-landscape.jpg" data-mid="37182188" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/747764829bb3c011b589637e76d9aac298fd02a28e422c2df9b85325cfe51f6e/scary-landscape.jpg" /> <img width="1048" height="1482" width_o="1048" height_o="1482" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2a4c934c421b5d686dc64906657fe0625ad8da9fd8633b359bba49b11ca11e9e/Fertile-Patch.jpg" data-mid="37181794" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2a4c934c421b5d686dc64906657fe0625ad8da9fd8633b359bba49b11ca11e9e/Fertile-Patch.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/29374cc7b34765e4bb2cb583eee6fb0be2416b4b43bb542d97850d05c6270907/dsc08251.jpg" data-mid="37183907" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/29374cc7b34765e4bb2cb583eee6fb0be2416b4b43bb542d97850d05c6270907/dsc08251.jpg" /> 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https://greatflounder.cargo.site/Student-Work Mon, 04 Mar 2019 01:22:23 +0000 Great Flounder Gallery https://greatflounder.cargo.site/Student-Work <img width="662" height="994" width_o="662" height_o="994" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b7ffd38c0bbec6cf9127cfcabbbe1ea7ea5133254f17bc46004894d40b8ac88/j3.jpg" data-mid="37185088" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/662/i/1b7ffd38c0bbec6cf9127cfcabbbe1ea7ea5133254f17bc46004894d40b8ac88/j3.jpg" /><img width="412" height="500" width_o="412" height_o="500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33f435e06d2feab601d03e286a0cd072fc0cfb0d4490a502245a63156b72f1ae/a3.jpg" data-mid="37185068" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/412/i/33f435e06d2feab601d03e286a0cd072fc0cfb0d4490a502245a63156b72f1ae/a3.jpg" /><img width="401" height="500" width_o="401" height_o="500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a5a004aa1e160eddc9306a9bea8d0de86af77fdfc9ad0ce2002ca51c971116bc/d3.jpg" data-mid="37185064" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/401/i/a5a004aa1e160eddc9306a9bea8d0de86af77fdfc9ad0ce2002ca51c971116bc/d3.jpg" /> Student Work Portraits painted in the classroom at the Art Students’ League of New York (Ron Scherr Class) early 2000s. <img width="1944" height="2592" width_o="1944" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8510826fd355e39f12164d0fdf6fe5558dd1f7cd2d9da04aef37dcfebc2864b1/male-portrait.jpg" data-mid="46927693" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8510826fd355e39f12164d0fdf6fe5558dd1f7cd2d9da04aef37dcfebc2864b1/male-portrait.jpg" /><img width="1944" height="2592" width_o="1944" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c18935d8c2a2f49e74b2d78e86e2ee1b124e852a3c5edd4ddb9e34acd3d64091/portrait.jpg" data-mid="46927692" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c18935d8c2a2f49e74b2d78e86e2ee1b124e852a3c5edd4ddb9e34acd3d64091/portrait.jpg" /><img width="508" height="500" width_o="508" height_o="500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b3856af551abc6eeb2dae8dd7f591e3eeea3c3a91c237775b972193412778d3/G3.jpg" data-mid="37185063" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/508/i/0b3856af551abc6eeb2dae8dd7f591e3eeea3c3a91c237775b972193412778d3/G3.jpg" /> https://greatflounder.cargo.site/Sketching Mon, 04 Mar 2019 01:22:24 +0000 Great Flounder Gallery https://greatflounder.cargo.site/Sketching <img width="995" height="2168" width_o="995" height_o="2168" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/245a972bced2b3e54b05d122b680bfba708bba478777822adfac7951bdd573e2/sketch.jpg" data-mid="37185103" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/995/i/245a972bced2b3e54b05d122b680bfba708bba478777822adfac7951bdd573e2/sketch.jpg" /> <img width="1656" height="2439" width_o="1656" height_o="2439" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/be07dcc0b434a482f9eec8cbe06926de7b6017e465a376ac4d9b8c4b521233fe/2sketch.jpg" data-mid="46927541" border="0" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/245a972bced2b3e54b05d122b680bfba708bba478777822adfac7951bdd573e2/sketch.jpg" data-mid="37185103" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/995/i/245a972bced2b3e54b05d122b680bfba708bba478777822adfac7951bdd573e2/sketch.jpg" /> https://greatflounder.cargo.site/The-Artist Mon, 04 Mar 2019 01:49:39 +0000 Great Flounder Gallery https://greatflounder.cargo.site/The-Artist SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND SHOWS 2017 &nbsp; Solo Exhibition: “Flounder” 250 Broome Street, New York, NY 2017 Group Juried Show: “Red,” The Colors of Humanity Online Gallery 2017 Friday the Thirteenth Show (Part I), Halyards, Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY 2016 Group Multidisciplinary Show/Reading: The Lyre and The Line: Ditmas Park Poetry Event, Brooklyn. NY 2015 &nbsp; Solo Exhibition: “Celebridad Local,” Bar Reiss, Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY 2014 &nbsp; Group Show, The Circle of Piotr Uklanski, Shirey Art Gallery, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY 2012 Mutatis MutaTOY: Christmas/Seasonal Toy Giveaway with Evolutionary Tree of Life (Toy Co. Dissolution Party and Aztec Calendar Endtime) Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, NY 2005 &nbsp; Sherr Class Annual Review, Juried by Steve Cox.&nbsp; Invitational, The Art Students League of New York, Midtown Manhattan 2004 &nbsp; Sherr Class Annual Review, The Art Students League of New York, Midtown Manhattan 2003 Annual Holiday Sales Show, The Art Students League of New York, Midtown Manhattan <img width="1944" height="2268" width_o="1944" height_o="2268" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2f5641f86a0eb99ff604235b55902f3e61cb4974904f8073c437ab8cf7595769/Untitled-3.jpg" data-mid="37033327" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2f5641f86a0eb99ff604235b55902f3e61cb4974904f8073c437ab8cf7595769/Untitled-3.jpg" /> Wayne Ferrebee Wayne Ferrebee makes art which explores the dynamic between the natural world and the artifical manmade ecosystem (recognizing that the latter is wholly subsumed within the former). With a background in biology, history, toymaking and painting, Ferrebee utlilizes symbols and narratives to contextualize the role which organisms have in the context of larger life cycles.&nbsp; Thus a sole flatfish becomes an avatar for the duality of predator/prey.&nbsp; Beasts of the watery realm join with mythological beings from antiquity to show how our cherished aspirations contain poisonous hooks.&nbsp; Each of us thinks we are a heroic individual, yet we are also a tiny part of a billion-headed hydra.&nbsp; So too each artwork of dynamically intertwined symbols represents the cycles within life, history, and paleontology.&nbsp; By representing the stories of natural history in the manner of fairytales, Ferrebee highlights patterns of creation and destruction not readily discernible from the perspective of a single lifetime. https://greatflounder.cargo.site/Home-Page Mon, 04 Mar 2019 01:49:38 +0000 Great Flounder Gallery https://greatflounder.cargo.site/Home-Page Imagine a colony of little shrimp frolicking on the bottom of the ocean when suddenly the earth opens up its mouth and swallows one of the shrimp: the sandy substrate was actually a lurking flatfish hunting for dinner.&nbsp; In the shadowy depths even bigger predators are in turn hunting the flounder.&nbsp; Glistening hooks with sparkling bait descend from unknown realms above.<img width="6029" height="4830" width_o="6029" height_o="4830" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4ce5c74266ff13830eaab8294344868d60974c38eaf133870ca2945df392056c/Cleaned-up-Babylon-Flounder-web.jpg" data-mid="36851189" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4ce5c74266ff13830eaab8294344868d60974c38eaf133870ca2945df392056c/Cleaned-up-Babylon-Flounder-web.jpg" />The Great Flounder of Babylon (2016) Ink on Paper The Great Flounder is a symbolic avatar of the worldwide ecosystem--a seemingly adversarial realm of constant cutthroat competition.&nbsp; Yet closer study of ecology reveals that living things are far more dependent on each other than the predator/prey relationship makes it seem.&nbsp; If a flounder eats a shrimp, the world moves on.&nbsp; If all of the shrimp vanish, or if all of the flounder are fished out of the ocean, other dominoes begin to fall and the whole web of life starts to dwindle and fold inwards.This brings us to humankind, a worldwide collective of cunning primate colonies which are in ferocious violent competition with each other.&nbsp; <img width="1536" height="2048" width_o="1536" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/86e236a3527ff862bb5ad148671b82601dbf42488b4d538a099c47cc615d53a2/Blue-Turbot-Baby.jpg" data-mid="36753885" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/86e236a3527ff862bb5ad148671b82601dbf42488b4d538a099c47cc615d53a2/Blue-Turbot-Baby.jpg" />If there were ever an aymmetrical animal, t’is surely us.&nbsp; Our history and our science have given us a unique place in the world ecosphere--but we are not dealing well with our new prominence. This piscine artwork reflects our past and our present.&nbsp; In the flounder’s tragicomic eyes we can perhaps glimpse our future of glory, grandeur, and doom. &nbsp; Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood. Oh blindness to the future! kindly giv'n, That each may fill the circle mark'd by Heav'n: Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world. An Essay on Man: Epistle I, Alexander Pope