"Coy Fish", David Plotnick, Mixed Media, AFO 2010
When the lizard finished his bird, he slinked over to a pond only to be gobbled by a large fish while drinking.
When making this sculpture I was beginning to pay attention to the natural features in animals, little nuances that made them easier to differentiate from a mere conception of a generic creature. I observed drawings and photographs of coy fish. I noticed for instance that there were two set of whisker on these fish as well as nostrils, plated gills, a dorsal, pectoral, and anal fin. While walking back from class I found a sushi tray tossed away, and that inspired the idea of a fish and to my luck some fish do eat lizards. This took about four and a half hours to construct.
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