These are the last works of art done by Adrian and Sebastian during their residence at the Kindercare Institute for Fine Art.
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| Yes, the surf board is supposed to be upside down. That's part of this work's brilliance. |
In "Apple Trees in the Breeze" Adrian has captured the graceful movement of the apples and tree branches in the early fall wind.
In "Rotten Apples" Sebastian portrayed rotting apples, left on the tree by apple pickers at the end of the season.
These plaques were provided by the Kindercare Institute for Fine Art when A & S left.
Notice the green leaf below (representing the shy, developing side of Sebastian's personality) is eclipsed by the gigantic yellow leaf (representing his gregarious, outgoing side).
Adrian chose leaves of vibrant colors that provide nice contrast next to each other, another representation of personality. In his case, his fiery stubborn side is overtaking the peaceful green and cautious yellow sides.
Amazing placement of foam shapes in these two works of art. Wow.
I like the technique Adrian used on the thumb here to add to the perception of the ghost's ephemeral nature.
Sebastian sure knows how to use googly eyes for full effect!
Lovely mosaic of candy corns, one by each boy.
In "Along Came a Spider" Adrian gracefully depicts the hatching of a hideous black spider from a nest of gross spider eggs.
Sebastian uses similar colors and supplies to portray the tree in which the spider nest is located.
The boys' art was resplendent at Thanksgiving, a reflection of how excited they felt to eat turkey, birthday cake, and Christmas goodies all within a short period of time.
Both boys studied traditional Native American headdress construction techniques to compose these modern renditions with construction paper and glue sticks. And tape.
Inspired by their success with the mosaic candy corn, the boys attacked construction paper once again for these mosaics of corn.
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| "Seaweed and cattails on the beach" (top) by Adrian and "Green meadows in Galicia" (bottom) by Sebastian |
One day, the boys and Natalie decided to create artwork out of whatever they could find. They started with rotini pasta. They put a piece of paper in a container along with some paint and some rotini and shook it up. Brilliant.
After the invigorating experience of with paint and pasta, the boys brought their blood pressure back down to normal with peaceful crayon drawings on construction paper.
In the next two works, the boys attempted to depict their brother's personality in a painting. Sebastian composed trees blowing in the wind, gulls in the air, and a mess of autumn leaves on the floor of the forest to represent Adrian.
Adrian drew a massive bonfire. Both works are telling. Very telling.
"Coral Reef" by Adrian
"Hades" by Sebastian
As a subtle but brilliant commentary on the importance of recycling and their disdain at their mama's affinity for the bottle, the boys used beer bottles to make circles (just kidding). Adrian's painting resembles a decomposed chain link fence,
while Sebastian depicted Pig Pen riding a bicycle.
One week, the boys took on forms of transportation.
In their pair of paintings entitled "Wheels on the Bus Don't Go Round and Round" the boys used art as a means of political commentary about the poor shape of public school buses these days.
The following two paintings are the best of a series called "Thomas. Boom. Crying."
Sebastian's plane painting depicts the transportation of oranges and citrus fruits from Florida to Massachusetts during a long winter, a reflection of how much he loves "naranjas" and hates winter.
Adrian opted to depict the ocean in his airplane: sand, seaweed, and water. He is clearly pining for summertime at Grumpy's house in Hull.
"Garbage trucks in Easton." One by each boy.
Here, Adrian and Sebastian were once again inspired by Natalie to take cars, trucks, and trains and run them through paint. The result was an explosion of lines the convey movement, speed, and power.
Bass Pro Shops hired the boys to do catalog collages. Brilliant.
Finally, some untitled, unsigned works of art. These appear to be practice sketches for some big paintings that have been commissioned.
The boys will be busy all spring with all the work coming their way, but they are sure they will continue to explore new mediums and techniques under the study of their master teacher Natalie.
*Admission to the Gattas Gallery of Art is free with a donation of food to the boys, who are so busy painting, sculpting play-doh, and wreaking havoc that they often don't have time to cook.
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