 As I was cleaning up at my studio, I came across this 1970 vintage wind up hopping kangaroo. Of course I couldn’t resist playing with this cute little toy. At first it didn’t move at all due to its age, but like me, with a bit of coaxing it eventually began to hop. As a matter of fact, it ended up moving so quickly that it fell over a few times. BING!!! Based on old photos I had seen of boxing kangaroos from the 1890s and early 1900s, TKO bloomed in my imagination. Since I only had one toy, I photographed it in multiple positions while holding a small flashlight for my desired lighting effect. I edited, cut, pasted and arranged selected images in a photo program on my laptop to match my vision, then I continued on to create this painting from that rather crude digital layout. And… I never laughed so much behind the easel as I did while painting this piece! |
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