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The Court of the Radish Queen is 33 1/2 x 42 inches, matted and framed. Like my other pieces, this is a mixed media narrative collage. The Radish Queen is mad for radishes and her court serves them up in wondrous dishes. Eventually, she goes into the radish powder business and if you would like to read her entire story it is on my website, timbuctooties.com. She was scheduled for exhibit at the Gallery at Bainbridge Arts and Crafts on Bainbridge Island, Washington, in July, 2011 but another radish lover purchased her in advance and she will be replaced by the Cauliflower King. Stay on the lookout for him. If you are around Winslow on Bainbridge Island in July, pop by The Gallery for a visit and he will be there along with a half dozen other friends-in-collage.
As for details: The dozens of leaves are a combo of hand painted, ink transfer, and found leaf patterns, each carefully cut and applied to the collage with Liquitex...a long process. The radishes are part of a second printing of a monotype which was a commission created for a large agricultural company in Salinas, California. That less than perfect second printing allowed me to salvage the radishes which were cut apart, reassembled, glued into position and then over painted with the rest of the collage in place. This particular piece took the better part of two months to complete.
