Authentic bull skulls, painted by local artist Susan Privman - Goldstein and artists from Blue Buddha Tattoo punctuate the space, while hand - picked lighting from Mexico and Morocco hang overhead. (fb101.com)
The exhibition will feature bull skulls carved in a scrimshaw technique, mixed media paintings on wood salvaged from an abandoned prison, as well as studies drawn with ink on paper (some in collaboration with James Allison, a friend of Hazelip's who is currently incarcerated). (juxtapoz.com)
Sure, imagery of the stark white bull skull has become a nostalgic piece of the Old West, an artifact as much as it is token decor, but Watkins's work comes as a polychromatic patterned approach, providing life after death to wildlife and livestock as beaded installations. (visualnews.com)