As a young child, my grandfather always smoked Camel cigarettes. I would often find myself going into his room and smelling the fresh packs. This terracotta work stems from those memories. The acrylic painting was inspired by Rauschenberg's loose painting of a Camel pack which hangs in the Williams College Museum.
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Camel
14" x 17" x 9"
terracotta, sand, glaze, underglaze
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Camel (detail)
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Michael Boroniec sculpting 'Camel'