"Sometimes artists take themselves too seriously. I try to do at least one spoof each year. "Different art speaks to different people . . . Aren't we glad?
Michael Don Fess
Frivolous
Sculpture
"The Other Woman"
Carved Limestone
SOLD
"The Egg & I"
Carved Laminated Oak 52" tall
$3,500
"MODERN GOTHIC"
Carved Laminated Oak 46" tall
$3,800
My Spoof
Remember the famous painting "American Gothic" showing an old farmer with a pitchfork ?
Well, in my sculpture, the old farmer has thrown down his pitchfork and grabbed a golf club.
He replaced that solemn old woman with a young swinger - - -
I called it "Modern Gothic"
Member
ArtTRUST.net
A Network of
Fine Artists
"Easy Guitar"
Carved Treated Wood
10' tall
SOLD
"Fraternal Twins"
Serious art can also be amusing as in
this spoof on the Male and Female symbols
ArtStone each 7' tall
"Humor in the right places can give people a lift."
"A conversation piece stimulates social participation and tends to serve as an ice-breaker."
