"The 8-Legged Man" acrylic and antique newspaper on hardboard, 11x14"
He's finished now! Framed up and ready to roll (err--I mean, swim). I think my favorite part in this piece is actually a barely-visible snippet from the antique 30s newspaper in the background:
It's hard to make out here, but it reads: "Yes, Whale Eats Sea Serpent". I crack up every time I glance at it.
I also slipped through an antique store this week for the first time in quite a while. It felt good. For a couple dollars I picked up some fab 1950s/60s colorful Italian buttons (the aqua ones are my faves):
And then on the way to purchase said buttons, I spied this amazing vintage lucite crabby paperweight hidden on a shelf:
Needless to say, he came home with me as well (for only 5 bucks). I don't think the lady who rang me up understood the sheer awesomeness of this piece, but goodness, how can anyone object to little crabs suspended in plastic? Not I.
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4 comments:
show starts TODAY! how exciting! ;)
the crabbies... are those real? I don't know how i feel about *real* crabbies suspended in plastic...love the buttons, though. :)
Yup--real crabbies. Thus the cool part. The perfect addition to my own strange Wunderkammer. I wish you were there to see the antique store lady's face when I purchased this. Priceless. :)
Hahaha (your above comment)
And may I say that painting is just stunning!
Thank you so much, my dear! :)
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