Quincey
2004 watercolor & pencil
Status: Sold

Quincey is the jock in the flock. Well, sort of. Quincey was a pole-vaulter. After many years of shattering his own records, pompously parading around the pit and twice gracing the cover of Sports Illustrated, the famed jinx caught Quincey. His vaulting career came to a screeching halt when Quincey’s ego smacked the horizontal bar and he came crashing down on his inflated crown. Now, with a severe case of vertigo, Quincey has switched to ultra-marathon running and thrice won the Western States 100 on a strict diet of marshmallows and sunflower seeds. Quincey’s fastidious preparedness and ability to keep his ducks in a row earned him pole position in the Great Peacock Run.

Simon
2004 watercolor & pencil
Status: Not available

Simon is anything but simple. While all the other kids were growing mold in Petri dishes at the 5th grade pea-school science fair, Simon hypothesized an elaborate experiment that accurately measured the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow -- both the African AND European. Later, after a stint as principal investigator in a clinical trial confirming the sanity of the loony bird, Simon put forth his best feather at NASA, where he developed the delectable space treat ‘yolk in a jar’©.

Esther
2005 watercolor & pencil
Status: Sold

Esther likes to think of herself as an artist’s artist – the type of artist who is so artistic that only an artist could fully appreciate her artistry. Unfortunately, most artists can’t afford real art, so Esther’s market is somewhat limited. Not to be discouraged, Esther has taken to posting her art in public. You have probably seen Esther’s work. The next time you discover a wad of gooey chewing gum strategically tacked to the sole of your shoe, look closely, it is likely that Esther has expressed herself and added some color to your world.

Wanda
2005 watercolor & pencil
Status: Sold

Wanda’s life was fraught with controversy from the day she cracked her shell. The daughter of Pavo and Cristus della Peacock, both certified albinos, Wanda’s outrageous colors caused beaks to cluck. As a teenager, the young hen posed with all of her feathers exposed for a national television network. Luckily, the network decided her voluptuous plumage was far too much for its sensitive viewers and toned it down a notch with the touch of an airbrush. But Wanda’s reputation was made, the paparazzi swarmed, and a star was born.

Clarence
2005 watercolor & pencil
Status: Sold

While the rest of the flock was out struttin’ their feathers, Clarence secretly dreamed of becoming a rompin’ stompin’ rodeo bull. When reality hoofed him in the beak and he was rejected for not being a bovine, undeterred he enrolled in the rodeo clown academy. Since graduating with highest laughs, Clarence has run the circuit and made proud appearances at the Winthrop, WA and Steamboat Springs, CO rodeos. Some of the cowboys call him ‘chicken’, but Clarence’s feathers don’t get ruffled, he just smiles and flips ‘em the bird.

Flash
2005 watercolor & pencil
Status: Sold

Despite his sultry struts and fast-squawking promises, Flash wasn't always so flashy. In fact, Flash's real name is Bob. Not Robert, not Robbie, not Bobby ­ just Bob. Having misspent his youth as an overly timid little cluck, at the ripe age of 5, Bob hot-tailed it to Venice Beach, California where he took up as a street performer and promptly changed his name to Flash. Now, always out to make a buck and share a few good cackles, you can catch him down on the strip juggling chainsaws, spitting fire or sitting atop the roller-skate pyramid blissfully pecking at the crispy coating of a warm churro. If you are ever in the area, cruise on by Muscle Beach to catch him in his latest act ‘Flash in a Pan’.

Jessie
2005 watercolor & pencil
Status: Sold

Despite being in the Guinnea-hens book of world records as the oldest living peahen, Jessie is a Zen yoga master, extreme road louger, and globe-trotting thrill-seeker who collects native hats as souvenirs from her adventures. Refusing to rest on her laurels as the reigning Taco Bell Taco War champion, at the ripe young age of 107, Jessie donned a feathered skull-cap and shocked the world by winning Wrestlemania VII when she clamped the Hulkster in a chicken wing. Hulkster had few words to say about Jessie as he handed over the WWF belt and his trademark yellow doo-rag, “That old bird, she’s quite a chick!”

Harlan
2005 watercolor & pencil
Status: Sold

The chicks dig 'hot dog' Harlan. No, really, they do. Although peacocks aren’t known for their funky beats, Harlan really can shake his tail feathers and always flaunts his colors at the front of a Lionel Richie conga train. To impress the young peahens, Harlan keeps his plumage plush by gobbling gallons of tasty tapioca pudding and slugging mugs of creamy root beer. While the others are out winning hearts with their smooth-talkin’ jive squakin’, Harlan just says it how it is, “Don’t be a baby, lady; be a lady, baby”. Then he plucks them in the shinnies and runs away.

Declan
2005 watercolor & pencil
Status: Sold

Declan makes his nest in the gardens of the Muckross Estate in County Kerry, Ireland. If he’s not heckling the jaunty nags, Declan is pickin’ a sharp bazooki and leading the American tourists in Wednesday night sing-a-longs at the local watering hole. Not one to watch his P’s and Q’s, Declan’s tales are so colorful he leaves even the Irish short of words. Some see the glass as half empty. Some see the glass as half full. Declan? He just sees the glass and orders another.

Olaf
2005 watercolor & pencil
Status: Sold

Olaf nests in the headwaters of the mighty Mississippi. He travels about the great state of Minnesota as the official census taker with the sole responsibility to certify Minnesota as the land of ten thousand lakes. Unfortunately, Olaf doesn’t have much of a head for numbers, so he always has to start from scratch. Job longevity.

Chip
2005 watercolor & pencil
Status: Sold

Chip’s father wanted him to be a doctor. His mother wanted him to be an architect. Chip? He wanted to be the flutist in a ‘Black Crows’ cover-band. Failing to secure any regular gigs, Chip turned to the next best thing. He accepted a lifetime appointment as the mascot for the Pomona College Bush Chickens. Apparently, the school doesn’t know the difference.