Dog Eared Cadillac, 1992, 5" long"The Cadillac with the ears was made for Roy de Forest* (from memory) and was based on the ears of our Blue Heeler, one or two of which I think he had in 1990. so I spose it should be called Dog Eared Cadillac. I made a few Holden ones."
*Roy de Forest, California painter who taught at Davis at the same time Robert Arneson did.
Dog Eared Cadillac, 1992
15"
"[I also made a] Badillac** or Batillac (bad name!) that is like a bat hanging upside down.
** ...glad to see I changed its name to something more dignified, Battus Cadillaccus Eldorado."
poster for Margaret Dodd's one person show at the Memorial Union in Davis, 1968"The poster photo was taken by Bob [Arneson], a nice B&W of a Buick. One of the first pieces I made, and the first piece I sold as far as I remember..."
Club Car, 1968
18" x 8" x 11"
Earthenware, satin, tulle
This is one of the few cars that include figures. There are ladies in big hats sitting in this bus.
Club Car, 1968
The Fossil, 1991
16 ft. x 13 ft. x 10 ft
fiberglass reinforced cement, steel, plaster, Sculpturecote
"... commissioned by the National Motor Museum at Birdwood, South Australia. Construction was halted often by fire, frost and rain. The "limestone" Holden hangs half out of its rock, with a cave inside. Some of the men working at the museum workshop had learned their trade in the Holden Factory at Elizabeth, SA! "
Little Bike, 1979
12" x 9" x 3.5"
Earthenware"Little Bike was a maquette for a much bigger one that also hangs on the wall like a crucifix"