Whiligig #36 Plan
Whirligig #36, 24″ x 18″ (61cm x 46cm), pencil on paper
Whirligig #36 is a departure from the previous whirligigs. This one is vertical and features three independent blades sets, the middle one rotating counter clockwise and the top and bottom set clockwise. The blades will be made of .015″ (4mm) thick brass sheet, bent in the middle to a 45 degree angle and will be soldered to the brass arms. The hubs will still be made like those of earlier whiligigs from African maholgany. There will only be two blades on each hub. The two other arms will be made of thin walled brass tubes of different lengths and will be fashioned to whistle as they spin around.
I am painting Whriligig #35.
I will be exhibiting work at two galleries in May and June. At Johnsons of Madrid, Madrid, NM, I will be exhibiting three whirligigs and several paintings in a group show. Edna and I will be exhibiting twenty to twenty four drawings at Art Is…OK Gallery, Albuquerque, NM. I will post more about these exhibits in the next week or so. I have made a new section in the sidebar to feature the work in the various exhibits.
