Donkeys and Dug

The magic of Mylar!  I created a stencil of Degas’ Little Dancer Aged 14 out of Mylar and then used different combinations of paints to put together a small collection of paintings.  

Today marks the 53rd anniversary of the shootings at Kent State University.  On May 4th, 1970, the Ohio National Guard randomly fired into a group of students protesting the Nixon Administration’s bombing of Cambodia (which was technically a neutral country in the Vietnam War).  Thirteen students were struck by bullets and four were killed.  

Of the four killed, two were not even participating in the protest.  The guard simply became frustrated and fired on unarmed college students.  People have claimed all sorts of things about the demonstration to justify the shootings but the reality is there is no evidence to support any of the claims.  They just turned, in unison, and fired into a crowd.  

She’s done!  When I was in Copenhagen in November I went to the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek for a day (thanks to Søs and family for planning the day and including me).  It was a good opportunity for me to photograph some of the sculptures.  I’ve been using sculptures more and more frequently as subjects for my paintings.  This is my painting of Degas’  Little Dancer of Fourteen Years (La Petite Danseuse de quatorze ans).