Bits and Bobs

Sometimes an image just pops out and there's no explaining it. It's inside me and must have life in the form of a painting or sculpture. Other times it is like a sentence or paragraph and several images will come out of the musing. And other times it is a commission and the patron sets the direction.

Boy Wonder (rabbit), graphite on paper, 30 x 27 in. The Art Spirit Gallery

Superhero (rabbit), graphite on paper, 30 x 22, The Art Spirit Gallery

Javelina and Plant, egg tempera, rubbing on 6 x 6 in. panel, MF Dondelinger In private collection

Goldfinch, egg tempera on panel, 6 x 12 in, MF Dondelinger In private collection

Cock of the Walk, Egg tempera on panel, 16 x 20" , In private collection

The Handsome and Honorable Mister Henry Bugsley Longears, 14 x 18", egg tempera on panel, Private Collection

Elvis, The Exotic Visitor From a Faraway Land, egg tempera on panel, 8 x 10", In private collection

Pan boy on bench, egg tempera on panel, 10 x 8 in. MF Dondelinger $650

Octopus and Flying Monkey, egg tempera on paper, 20 x 20 in, MF Dondelinger In private collection

(Sainted) Pets

Buddy, Egg tempera, 23 c. gold on wood panel. 10 x 8 in, In private collection

Sammi, Egg tempera, 23 c. gold on panel, 11 x 14", In private collection

Focused, egg tempera on panel, 6 x 6 in, MF Dondelinger, In private collection

Two Friends, egg tempera on wood panel, 8 x 10 in, MF Dondelinger, In private collection

My friend, egg tempera on wood panel, 6 x 6 in, MF Dondelinger, In private collection

Mostly Longhorns

Most of my life I've been afraid of cows. Really afraid. I was working on the Illumination Series and saw a cow whose belly was lit just right by the sun. It seemed to glow from the inside out. I logged it away as a possible image for the series. (I ultimately opted for a swan). Then one day while traveling in Arizona we came face to face with Texas Longhorn cattle. What an incredible animal with those impossibly long horns. And they have become a constant figure in my studio. I am still afraid of cows but I do appreciate their lumbering beauty and the engineering feat to hold those long horns.
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