Retrospective Glances: The Umbrella I & II

Hello netfriends!

To tide the blogosphere over until I can bring you my latest projects, this evening I present a look back at a couple of works I created in 2006 and 2008. They are untitled pieces simply referred to as "The Umbrella."

Each umbrella at a 36" diameter is hand drawn and painted in a colorful, busy mash up of cartoon characters. These pieces are very time-consuming but one day I would like to have a room covered in this "design." Although they seem to have a pattern at first glance, the handmade artwork is truly one-of-a-kind, never-to-be-replicated-twice. Umbrella I is the tear-drop umbrella with the long white handle and Umbrella II is the duck-handle umbrella.

As you gaze into the close up photographs, keep your eyes peeled for such quasi-well-known characters as Red Richard (created by fellow artist James T. Arnold) Master Volume, The Raw Sewage Mafia, Dumpy Dolores, Kryptonite Rita, Debbie and Stacy. These umbrellas were done quite sometime ago, so these characters may look a little different from the way they look presently, which to some may be an interesting visual to see how things have evolved over time.

 If you are interested in perhaps owning a hand-decorated umbrella not unlike these ones one day. Please email me, mheter@gmail.com

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