RED, WHITE AND STRAW

Shredded wheat splashed with milk and topped with strawberry sweetness, as the lady walks on, leaving us wondering where she's going and maybe where she's been and who would splash her red hair with milk and why... oh, but...is she real?

A SPIRITUAL TIME

I must have been thinking of religion one day as I began cutting out a picture of crackers from a box, not exactly sure of where I was going with it. The crackers reminded me of stone structures. The soup bowl of vegetables and noodles brought to mind a stained glass window and the whole thing began to come together in my mind. Pretty soon I placed each piece in place, creating this image I call simply "A Spiritual time"

DOLLY PASTALINI

Meet Dolly Pastalini, my latest find. I hope you like my spooky little lady friend. Doesn't everyone love pasta?

OLD MAN RUNNING

This is "Old Man Running" No need to fear, he's in no danger. He could be Old Man Winter running out of season, to allow Spring to take over for a while and smooth the way for Summer. He ran off from a pizza we enjoyed one evening. It was delicious, with lots of peppers, chicken, loads of cheese and sauce. I don't remember if there was anything else on it. But it was good.

CAT ON A SHREDDED ROOF

If you click on "Older Posts" at the bottom of this page and go back about three pages to my Sunday, 7 April 2013 entry: "In A Cereal World" you can see what I first saw in the image from the box.
     The other day, I happened on the same illustration I'd cut out of another box of the same cereal and realized  that I needed to reveal (or rescue) this cat from the spilled milk.

The brown horse on the bottom is part of a mushroom and cheese pizza. Although I found the body, neck and head in one piece, he was without legs, which I found at other parts of the pie. Although I don't like adding pieces, but rather finding and cutting an entire image from one cut, I liked the horse with the missing legs so much, I searched the pie for the missing parts.
     Finally, I attached the legs and made copies to accompany the original. I used to feel that seeking missing parts to create an image was in some way cheating. But, now I believe if the pieces are found and fit to make the image, what's the harm? It's not a perfect horse, but probably a more appealing presentation than one I might have created using another medium. 

DANCING PILBOTS WITH DOGGY PILBOTS

These are some of my smaller Pilbot Buddies, around an inch and a quarter tall. I sculpt them using a pocket knife, initially to cut the overall area that will contain the figures. Then I cut out the figures using my scissors and then an Exacto knife for the detailed features. I very much enjoy doing these. I hope you'll enjoy them, as well.
     I hope you will listen to my original music FREE OF CHARGE at: joebello.bandcamp.com if you haven't already done so. My album: "Never Too Late" features my pareidolia on the cover, depicting an audience attending a performance, with the performer onstage. I hope you'll like my music. I'm planning to release a new album in the near future, recorded at a studio in Pennsylvania recently. I also am part of a trio called "Fluid Drive" playing mostly locally. You can go to Facebook and check us out. I sing, play harmonica and bongos for the group.