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Artist Statement:
Artist statement: Why paint
rats?
If there's a question I get
asked more than any other,
this is it. Why rats? Well,
first off, I like them, both
as companion animals and as
subjects for drawing. They can
twist their little bodies into
all sorts of different
positions, and they often stay
in those positions long enough
to get in a quick sketch. The
main reason I choose to draw
rats over any other domestic
animal, however, is that they
have a lot of very human
characteristics. Their front
paws, for instance, look much
like tiny, half-thumbed hands.
(Rats only have a small nub
where the thumb would be on a
person.) You'll never see a
dog or a cat standing up on
its hind legs holding a piece
of food in its hand. But rats
do that sort of thing all the
time. They use their 'hands'
in much the same way that
people do, which gives them a
lot of disquietingly human
mannerisms.
I like to insert rats into
common artistic scenarios that
are usually reserved for
humans. I have a picture of a
rat staring sadly into the
sunset, for instance, and
another of ...
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