Larry Calkins V

 

My week, in fact the last two have been spent trying to overcome an army of fleas. It has been mild too many winters and the flea population has done well. My poor old black cat despite treatments of insecticide remains infested and with the crazy warm weather the house is jumping. I have tried everything, maybe, I will die by flea bites.

Anyway the incredibly talented Larry Calkins has produced these still lives and they are just lovely . . .  except the triggering 'Small Insect'.

Larry Calkins IV

Larry Calkins's charismatic skittle or bedpost dolls made from encaustic metal string wood and cloth.

Larry Calkins III

For the morning after Halloween, I thought this print by Larry Calkins was perfect. Larry Calkin's is an American artist who works in sculpture, painting, graphics he is prolific and diverse in his work.

Larry Calkins II

Larry Calkins is so prolific and diverse in his creativity in the media of sculpture, painting and photography that I am slowly introducing it here. This assemblage is called 'cat mask full' Larry likes to used found objects and materials that have their own history and energy.

Larry Calkins I

I cannot remember what led me to the work of Larry Calkins two or three weeks ago, but having found it I have been lost in it's different media, approaches, styles and wonder.
Larry Calkins is extremely prolific and very varied in his working media and method. 
These works are some of Larry's paper cut silhouettes, they reminded me of Hans Christian Anderson's paper cuts and they also have the same irreverence of David Shrigleys work.