cowboy figurine

When looking for inspiration to make a still life I go to my bowl of small objects first.  Marbles, Jacks, monopoly icons, bits of money, or foreign coins and anything that has interesting shape color or texture. For years small figures of the old west and military have been past by or overlooked.  But with all the violence in the news that can’t be avoided, I choose them today. Most wars have been fought over territories, property, and religious beliefs, something that obviously still occurs.  The inclusion of a flower is a remembrance of the 60’s, and how we thought when we get in control things it will all be different.  Alas, humans are just as rigid in their actions today, as these plastic figures of the past. recipe:  map, four toy figures, large window light a small led light and for the first time ever, and I mean ever, a slight white vignette.