This is the second of three postings showing more close up images from the Monkey Mural (posted December 14, 2007). Each drawing includes an “easter egg” for the benefit of the owners of the mural and maybe a couple of personal ones of my own.
Please forgive the quality of some of these snapshots.
This replicates The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine.
Can’t have The Beatles without also having The King, Elvis.
The soccer player is for me. The Aggie uniform isn’t.
Wearing her nostalgic leotard, this gymnast had an occasional wobble on the beam.
Yep. I was a cheerleader in college. Those are my college colors. I didn’t use pom poms though. Or wear a skirt. For proof go to “Artist’s Statement.”
I’ve been asked to show some of the critters from the Monkey Mural (posted December 14, 2007). I’ve picked out just a handful from the approximately 50 in the mural. I won’t post them all at the same time. This is the first of three postings.
Please forgive the quality of some of these snapshots.
Each of these drawings includes some “easter egg” (personal reference) for the owners of the mural with a couple of personal ones of my own thrown in.
First, we had to start with the traditional “barrel full of monkeys.”
The cowboy hat is for the Texas roots. They’re flying a kite that looks like the Texas flag. The kid monkey imitates Chim-Chim, from Speed Racer.
On the cape is a replica of a family coat of arms.
The liederhosen represents the family’s German heritage.
The plane gives a nod to Southwest Airlines.
I don’t know if I prefer it this way, horizontal, or rotated clockwise 90º.
Acrylic on canvas, 34″ X 24″
I did this MANY years ago. It served as the cover for the Dallas Park Department’s summer manual. Fashioned after a board game (remember those?) it encouraged kids to participate in as many activities as they could so that their summer would be more fun and last longer before they had to go back to school.
Hook’em!
Acrylic on canvas, 24″ X 18″
Following instructions to the letter doesn’t always make sense.
Yet another common and convenient rule misinterpretation by players…if you somehow manage to get a toe on the ball then anything else you do is perfectly legal.
Just in case you were curious about comparing the Desert Sip paintings, here are both images together.
It’s a bit misleading since the original (top) is larger than the newer, abstract version.
