"Carpe' Diem"-painted
while at the Pike Place Market and copyrighted in 1986, it sold
out a couple years later. The image was released on a postcard
which was re-copyrighted 1990.
It was inspired by a fantasy art illustration of the London
Bridge in nuclear winter and features a skeleton and the number
15 bus to Ballard where the artist lived at the time.
This piece is sold out and no longer available.
"Reclamation: Disney's Other
Proposal"-This piece was painted in 1987 and copyrighted
in 1988. Like the Carpe' Diem, it was re-copyrighted 1990
when it was re-printed by a postcard company. In the mid-eighties
as the Space Needle sought ways to survive financially, the
Disney corporation was
encouraged to provide a remodelling of the Fun Forest and other
features of the iconic Seattle symbol from the 1960 Worlds Fair.
This satire on that reclamation hints at a shifting of the polar
axis and endangered species returning to provide their own
version of "reclamation".
Mother Nature is seen in the clouds and the horses from the Fun
Forest merry-go-round with severed poles hope to symbolize the
plight of the unicorn:
another extinct species. This was the first artwork of its kind
and sold out very quickly. It can now only be purchased through
the secondary market.
"The Suburban Northwest Vulture Controversy"-
Painted and copyrighted in 1990 it satirizes the obsession with
the endangered spotted owl that characterized
political debate at that time. This piece deals with genetic
engineering, the shameless commercialization of the Space Needle
which has been changed to a McDonalds,
Elvis in a truck which had carried drugs, and the same fellow
from an earlier piece, "Wheel of Fortune", with his
generic beer. There are many other more subtle
elements hidden in the artwork. Whereas, it is nearly sold out,
there are a few we held back. Email us if you are interested in
this piece.
"Whalewatch"- Painted in acrylic and copyrighted
in 1988, it is a whimsical look at whales in their environment,
It is sold out except for a few we've held back. Please contact
us if interested.
When a print gets near the end of the edition,
I now remove the item from display which allows it to last longer
for people that have "been meaning to get that one" and
I can use it as a filler for shows with an extraordinarily large
display area. Pieces now nearing extinction include:
"Michael's Angel", "City By the Berg",
"Sheets of Sound", "Affair to Remember",
"Whalewatch", "A New Dawn", "Sleepin'
In", "Spokescat", "Reflections",
"Limited Nuclear War", and "Steam".
to contact me: sloanspr@gmail.com