Semester
Fall
Date of Graduation
2003
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MA
College
College of Creative Arts
Department
Painting
Committee Chair
Paul Krainak.
Committee Co-Chair
Sergio Soave
Committee Member
Naijun Zhang
Abstract
Portmanteau is a blend of two words incorporated to make a new meaning. In my painting I combine two animals to make a new life form. The weak, defenseless animals get armament and the fierce, dominant carnivores are made less threatening so that man will not find it necessary to destroy them. My animals are hybrids and with hybridity anything is possible because hybridity is about making meaning without being bound by actuality. My hybrid animals are whimsical and funny but I create them for a serious reason. I want people to look at them and see that they are precious, and from there, to realize that all animals, all creation, is precious. Man was not intended to rule this world and destroy habitats and species to build condominiums and parking lots. Each living thing has value and significance.
Recommended Citation
Edwards, Peggy Ann, "Portmanteau" (2003). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 827.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/827