MADE IN CHINA

This bear was inspired by a rather strange looking plastic bear. My daughter has a vast collection of plastic animals all MADE IN CHINA. Most of the bears are on all fours but this particular bear is upright and looks like a rather hairy man in hairy underpants showing off his muscles. Originally I had done a more realistic interpretation but his face was too stern so I redrew him with this rather dreamy moon face. I love loteria cards and vintage children's alphabet's hence the B is for Bear. I also love slightly offset printing and the visible screen dots that you used to get with cheap mass produced textbooks.
R400 unframed (excl. postage & packaging) An edition of 10. 220 x 307 mm

This plastic bear mask is from All Occasions, 551 King Dinzulu Road (Berea Rd), 031 202 9710. A treasure trove. Everyone knows how much I luurve party shops, they give me the same feeling as libraries. I could hide in them all day.

This little sloth of bears are from left: a ceramic dreamy bear from Eclectic Antiques, 155 Gordon Road, 031 303 2218, he has such weird posture (as if he is waiting to catch a ball) and a fetching white stripe on his forehead. The middle bear is the hairy underpants culprit who spawned MADE IN CHINA and the black bear has doleful zombi red eyes.