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How did you come up with “Negative Sheep”?

One late night in my studio I was smoking marijuana, lots of it, and I threw a sheepskin rug over two ottomans. It looked like a sheep with no head and two rear ends. I took the idea of a headless, two-tailed sheep and made the “Push me, Push Ewe”. It’s made of foam over a wooden armature covered in sheepskin with sculpted bronze legs. The sheep has secret silicone anatomy hidden under the tails.

While working on the sheep sculpture I began thinking about sheep mutations, I remembered seeing photos of a two-headed sheep. I decided to draw two-headed sheep to balance out the headless sheep sculpture. Those mutations led to using images from my home printer malfunctions as inspiration. Sometimes I will run out of a color and something interesting will happen, unusual color combinations and other distortions. I worked these oddities into my drawings and paintings. This brought me to digitally manipulating found images of sheep which led to the negative sheep.

John Geary, "Negative Sheep"

July 2-August 6, 2022

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Lamb In Daffodils, Pastel On Paper, 24” X 18”

Lamb In Daffodils, Pastel On Paper, 24” X 18”

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Fire Lamb, Acrylic On Canvas, 36” X 30”

Fire Lamb, Acrylic On Canvas, 36” X 30”

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Negative Studio View, 3 Negative Sheep In Progress

Negative Studio View, 3 Negative Sheep In Progress

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3 Negative Sheep, Acrylic On Canvas, 70.5 X 59”

3 Negative Sheep, Acrylic On Canvas, 70.5 X 59”

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Negative Studio View, Negative Sheep (Tongue) In Progress

Negative Studio View, Negative Sheep (Tongue) In Progress

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Negative Sheep (October), Acrylic On Canvas, 48” X 36”

Negative Sheep (October), Acrylic On Canvas, 48” X 36”

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#7

Negative Studio View, Negative Black Sheep, 24” X 18"

Negative Studio View, Negative Black Sheep, 24” X 18"

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#8

Negative Sheep (Tongue) 36" X 59"

Negative Sheep (Tongue) 36" X 59"

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#9

Pixelated Sheep, Acrylic On Canvas, 70.5 X 59”

Pixelated Sheep, Acrylic On Canvas, 70.5 X 59”

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#10

Negative Sheep (Big Horn), Acrylic On Canvas, 40” X 60”

Negative Sheep (Big Horn), Acrylic On Canvas, 40” X 60”

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#11

Negative Lamb With Flower, Pastel On Paper, 24” X 18”

Negative Lamb With Flower, Pastel On Paper, 24” X 18”

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#12

Negative Lamb With Ducklings, Acrylic On Canvas, 42” X 42” Framed

Negative Lamb With Ducklings, Acrylic On Canvas, 42” X 42” Framed

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#13

Negative Sheep (Cyclopse), Pastel On Paper, 24” X 18”

Negative Sheep (Cyclopse), Pastel On Paper, 24” X 18”

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Negative Black Sheep, Pastel On Paper, 24” X 18”

Negative Black Sheep, Pastel On Paper, 24” X 18”

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#15

Double Negative Black Sheep, Giclee Print, Edition Of 25, 24” X 18”,

Double Negative Black Sheep, Giclee Print, Edition Of 25, 24” X 18”,

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The Push Me-Push Ewe (Black), Sheepskin, Bronze, Wood, Foam, Silicone, 30” X 48” X 20”

The Push Me-Push Ewe (Black), Sheepskin, Bronze, Wood, Foam, Silicone, 30” X 48” X 20”

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The Push Me - Push Ewe, Sheepskin, Bronze, Wood, Foam, Silicone, 30” X 48” X 20”

The Push Me - Push Ewe, Sheepskin, Bronze, Wood, Foam, Silicone, 30” X 48” X 20”

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