"Home From The Hunt" is 24"high and weighs in at 16 pounds. The stone for this
piece comes from a small quarry in the Adirondack Mountains.
HOWARD McAVOY SCULPTURE-PEDESTAL
"Home From The Hunt" is 24"high and weighs in at 16 pounds. The stone for this
piece comes from a small quarry in the Adirondack Mountains.
I made "Blah, Blah, Blah" because we all know people like this, who blahhh the pants
off you. It needed a companion piece, so I made an english version, "Blaw, Blaw, Blaw",
which i sold immediately to a nice woman from, where else, England. At the same show,
THE Eartha Kitt bought "Blah, Blah, Blah". What a wonderful, generous person she was.
She looked great in a beautiful blue suit with matching big veiled hat and that voice-WOW.
"arms Race" is 14"wide and 5"high. I've had this image in my head for a long time.
Where it came from, I have no idea. Growing up under the concept of "mutually assured
destruction" might have something to do with it.
"Left, Left, Left" is 20 inches high and very heavy. When I said goodbye to this piece
my back stopped twitching. I spent 4 years in the military (1968-1972) and was forced to
do a lot of very stupid things. One thing I thought was particularly stupid was marching.
Calling cadence, left, left, left. Dumb, very dumb. So, I made a sculpture so that
people could see just how silly marching can be. This piece was on display last year at the
Schenectady N.Y. Museum.
"The Puppeteer" is 20" high. I think it's good that we try and remember that we still make
a lot of decisions ourselves. We're not totally at the mercy of big corporations and the
governments they control.
"Psyco Mower Man" is 16" high. I made this piece for my neighbor. He mows his lawn twice
a week. When he's not mowing, he wishes he was. His lawn has the criss-cross pattern.
We live in the country and everyone's property around "Mower Man" is overgrown and in its
natural state. While driving down our road, if you're not ready for it, his bright green golf
course-like lawn, can really scare you. I think we all know a psyco mower man or someone
just a tad obsessed with lawn care.
"Go Around" is 10"high and 16"wide. Sometimes a problem seems insolvable. This piece
reflects the simple idea that there are other ways to solve a problem. Obvious ways to us
the onlooker, but not necessarily to the one with the problem behind bars. I sold this piece
to a wonderful person who teaches special ed. somewhere outside Pittsburg.