Enlightenment

Enlightenment
Enlightenment

Enlightenment is a fun fantasy piece with a little bit of a pun. Its origin goes way back to the late 1960s when I was in my Beardsley phase doing complex pen and ink drawing. I did a pen and ink that was to be used as a bookplate, shown here:

Pen and Ink of Book Plate
Pen and Ink of Book Plate

Here is another piece I did in the same period, this one as a wine bottle label.

Pen and Ink drawing of Wine bottle label
Pen and Ink drawing of Wine bottle label

In 2007 this fantasy creature decided that he needed to escape 2D and get into 3D. What I like about this piece is the whimsy and the fun textures. The top actually holds a candle to help him read his book. Thus the title, Enlightenment, is a pun.

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Selected the arc gallery in San Francisco for the Fantasy exhibition, May-June 2024.

He is an edition of 15 and measures 6” W x 11” L x 14.5” H.

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