Paradise Lost in Copenhagen ~ A Fairy Tale (of sorts)

Paradise Lost in Copenhagen: Nightside

Copenhagen is the home to Hans Christian Andersen and the city of fairy tales. It's also been home to the 2011 Elephant Parade this summer. An exciting opportunity for well known and unknown artists alike. After last year's great success in London,  I was keen for my work to be seen in a public place again, and for ordinary people to enjoy and interact with it. So I jumped at the offer to do another elephant. 

Copenhagen is a beautiful city and it would be great to visit my work in situ. It's a fantastic event to be involved in and the money raised goes to helping the ailing Asian Elephant population. 

Dayside ~ Pictures courtesy of The Elephant Parade

So after weeks of working on my bright and colourful Paradise Lost, I crated it up and sent it over there. I couldn't make it to the launch, but I would be visiting two weeks later. And I was very excited. Unfortunately, vandals got there first, and mine along with several others had to be removed from the streets within 4 days of going on display. It has been difficult to repair as the fibreglass was broken and I'm not sure (10 days before the auction) if it's been fixed yet. 

Paradise Lost,  Copenhagen Elephant Parade

I must admit I'm more than a little disappointed by the mindless destruction that occurred. It takes a huge leap of faith to put your artwork on the streets, and sadly it doesn't always pay off.

Night side in miniature version

Day side in miniature version

Not to be deterred I still have hope that it will be fixed in time for the auction. It was just sad going all the way to Copenhagen and not seeing it amongst the others.

Here is the stop frame film I made of the painting. Credit goes to Lucille Sutherland for editing.

I hope we get a happy ending...

Debris

 I just thought the leftovers from my last job looked nice.

Debris

Jungle City Simian

A few photos of Simian, the orangutan sculpture I've painted for The Elephant Family's Jungle City  project in Edinburgh. Details of where and when to find her, plus more pictures, can be found on the blog entry beneath this one.


Many thanks to another Jungle City artist, Loz Atkinson for taking the photos and giving me permission to use here.

Simian at the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh

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Jungle City

Here are a few pictures of a right at home, fibre-glass orangutan. I painted her for an event in Edinburgh this summer called Jungle City. It has been organised by the The Elephant Family charity, and all proceeds go to saving the Asian Elephant.


I've called this one Simian. She and many other animals will be roaming the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh from 16th of August. Then they'll be let loose on the streets of the capital from 6th - 23rd of September. Auction begins on 29th of September.