OK I must confess. I'm creating two, large linocuts (2'X3') of those furry, tree hugging, bird feeder raiding creatures called squirrels.
For me (I am a city dweller), these guys are tenaciously cute and to others: tenaciously repugnant.
I take daily walks with my Corgi, Bogart, to Lucy Park located between a canal and St. Anne's Church; a broad public area lined with benches and large oak trees. Just mention the word 'squirrel' to my Corgi and he is all pointy eared and wide-eyed (no bushy tail though). As the squirrels busy themselves with work and play in this area, I quietly unleash my dog. He proceeds to tear up the turf chasing one or the scurries (a group of squirrels) up oak trees. Come down here! he barks.Once a squirrel did fall from the tree onto his chest. Both animals were in a state of shock for a few milliseconds. The squirrel reacted first, bolting up the tree. Bogart looked at me and knew he missed his only life time chance to have squirrel stew.
I thought it would be great fun to create a print with squirrels poised in a variety of states looking down on us from an aerial position of superiority. Now honestly... aren't they cute!
So here's my starting point: a lino diptych of a 'scurry' chased up an oak tree by a Corgi.
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| second state carving |
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| first state print on second state linoleum |
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| isolated and selective inking |
