Functional Sculpture
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OK class, time for another Gray tutorial on eastern Oregon fence building. Here's a variation on the rock jack (see my April 28th post.) This style of jack may have another name, but I don't know it. (some fencing instructor I am, huh?) Maybe some of you ranchers can help me out.
It's a pretty elegant, simple solution that looks almost sculptural, don't you agree?
This subject seemed to cry out to be painted in watercolor, at a bit larger scale than the usual daily.
12 comments:
I love this one! The sky is lovely and I like the way the orange grass contrasts against it.
A stark yet beautiful lesson in basic physics. Love the sky and the rock "hanging in the balance."
Anne Thrower
Thanks a lot, Kristin--nice to hear from you.
Hi Anne--thanks. Yes, it really is elemental physics. One senses the weight of the stone and how it effects the tripod of posts.
Rock cradle????
"Rock Cradle" may not be the official name, Micah, but I think it's a perfect description! Thanks.
Hmmm.....
That lone structure is a fence? But what is it blocking out?
Or was it part of a fence that's been dismantled?
Just curious!
-Dean
I like the starkness of this painting. Very Wyeth.
ya know...there is something strangely beautiful about this structure.
It has been dismantled, Dean. Normally there would be 4 or 5 strands of barbed wire strung across one of the angled posts. The wires end up being not vertical but angled. They are a bear to try to cross without getting your clothes hooked on the barbs!
Thanks, Mary. Wyeth was my big idol as a young painter--I even flew from Oregon to Pennsylvania to meet him and ask his advice on whether I should try painting full-time. All these years later, when I use watercolor I tend to "revert" to a more Wyeth-like style--can't seem to help it.
It is beautiful, isn't it, Micah? I love your term "rock cradle."
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