hood ornament

At most custom car shows you will find autos with $ 20,000 paint jobs and for the price of some of the cars you could buy a small house in the mid-west. However this patinated gem caught my attention. The owner was no where to be found and I can only imagine the history connected to this beauty. Hood ornaments are not prevalent on most new cars these days. This particular one is a great example of a 1950’s style ornament. The crystalized portion of the ornament caught the light just right and the sky reflecting in the chrome bright work laying on a sea of patina and rusted metal just appealed to me. Of all the images I created that day this one was the most gratifying for me.

Bird of a different feather, from a row of fowl to a single bird. My reaction to Jay’s row of Coots was to go to one of my favorite subjects, hood ornaments. Over water on a log to on the hood of a classic Packard, and  feathers to chrome. These ornaments come in many forms, ladies to birds, felines to dogs, and rockets to wings. My choice was a “Bird of a Different Feather.”

When I saw Jay’s graceful image, I wanted to play something outside my box, the studio. For me “In the Wind” is a picture of time past, when things just seemed to be a bit more free.  Freedom and the feel of the open road.