PEACE PIGEON/DOVE PROJECT
Artist Statement

In the fall of 2016, I decided to experiment with sculpture materials. I challenged myself to sculpt a new sculpture a week in a different material each week. As my subject, I chose the German beak-crested trumpeter with leg muffs pigeon because he allows me to express a lot of movement and energy. I have many drawings and a bronze sculpture of the German beak trumpeter. From a sculpturing point of view, his feathery feet keep him balanced without a pedestal allowing for lots of expression of energy and emotion.

It turns out that the bird known in the US as a German beak trumpeter pigeon is the same bird that Picasso drew as the peace dove. Everyone knows His famous "peace doves" This pigeon was given to him by Henri Matisse. It is described as a Milanese pigeon. Possibly it was from Milan, but you can tell by the fancy feathers on his feet that it is a German beak-crested trumpeter with leg muffs. In German and French, the term pigeon and dove are interchangeable.

I am no longer committed to sculpting a peace pigeon a week, but I don’t hesitate if a material or found object jumps out at me to turn it into a sculpture. And I am no longer committed to just one bird.

 http://www.arttimesjournal.com/art/reviews/May_June_10_Ina_Cole/Pablo_Picasso_Ina_Cole.html