
Yellow Porcupine
2024
A bold geometric sculpture in saturated yellow oil enamel on steel depicts a stylized creature with an angular, totemic silhouette. The form combines sharp triangular planes and curved cutouts suggesting a bird or porcupine rendered in modernist abstraction, its profile punctuated by three circular openings and a prominent purple circular eye. The vivid monochromatic palette of bright yellow contrasts with deep plum and burgundy accents, while the steel substrate and industrial finish emphasize the work's sculptural mass and material presence. The piece exemplifies Van Earl's approach to animalistic abstraction: saturated color, simplified forms, and a totemic quality that references both modernist sculpture and folk art traditions.
- Medium
- oil enamel on steel
- Spotted At
- Studio · Delos Van Earl Studios
Notes
From Delos Van Earl's CREATURES series, oil-enamel-on-steel sculptures of stylized animals and totemic forms. Catalog: https://delosvanearlstudios.com/section/526465-CREATURES.html.
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