The Bird-Snake of Dewitt Park

This new wall mobile uses a fallen tree branch that I found in Dewitt Park while walking the dogs. The bark was already stripped, so I guess it had been dead for a while. What drew me to it is its sensuous serpentine curve. I took it home, washed it, and coated it with polyurethane. For the mobile, I designed a dancing flower-bird figure that complements the sinuous branch. To add visual balance/depth and to enhance the animal motifs, I painted abstract eye and tail graphics on the wood. This piece is one of the largest I've made, around 40 inches tall.