Back in 1992 I painted a series of kangaroos. It all started when I spotted a little plush puppet of a kangaroo in a toy store. It went home with me and the rest is history. What followed was a real bender of painting Vector in different sizes (mostly 30' x 40' though), but in the same exact pose.
Everyone always reacted to Vector very positively as in 'OH! I love the bunny!' Sometimes comments were made about how reminiscent he is of the Velveteen Rabbit. So compliments were humbly accepted and gentle reminders were made regarding his species.
When I shared a draft of a painting of a very disgruntled rabbit with my friend Claps, he reminded me about Vector. Once in the early 90's Vector starred in a show at the Three Birds Bookstore in Ybor City (in the good old days before Ybor turned into bar alley).
Now it turns out that maybe Vector is a rabbit stuck in a kangaroo body?
So much for thinking you know your puppet :-)
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and how about The Space Bacon Bits of the same era? http://doriecox.blogspot.com/2011/01/space-bacon-bit-by-tomek.html
and the destruction of another Tomek original from the 1990s era. now reorganized on another canvas. it was a gorgeous piece, but too much for my walls and the Dorie Cox Museum was not yet open to house it.
http://doriecox.blogspot.com/2011/02/blog-post.html
and another from the 1990s Tomek collection, now destroyed and reassembled to better reflect the subject:
http://doriecox.blogspot.com/2011/02/blog-post.html
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