CATS & DOGS
— One very old lion! At the Museum at Urfa — A leopard skin? —This stone may have framed a star. — Lion Hole Stone in [Enclosure] AD — Neolithic Water Channel —
— Lions, Leopards & Foxes: Cats & Dogs at Karahantepe — A broken fox next to shattered stone in the Throne Room [Enclosure] AD — drone footage — Cook pots? Rain catchers? Up top at Karahantepe — Broken Fox closeup —- Roof tile? — Mangled Leopard on a rock in [Enclosure] AD—— I drew much of this from video footage of Karahantepe on the Internet during the second Covid lockdown.
STOLEN HEAD & SMILEY
— In Situ — Stolen Head from Gobeklitepe – this seems to be the only photo -Ripped off the day it was found in 2010 – Serpent? – Bracelets? – Face? —- Smiley – 2 aspects of Smiley — Serpent (?) detail from stolen head — stolen Head bracelet detail — Baby hand — “Baby Hand” — Face detail from Stolen Head —
— Skull Boar — Scream—— I discover a lot while I’m drawing this stuff. The stolen head was a great scandal, and Lead Archeologist Klaus Schmidt took full responsibility, paying the Turkish government an enormous amount in compensation.
SNAKEMAN & COHORTS
—Drawing the ancient mystery to Miles Davis 12 January 2022 —IT’S ALL HAPPENING AT KARAHANTEPE – 12-9Century BCE – ZOWIE! — Some sort of bird — Another surprise face — A Mesolithic dodo? — Free-Standing Snake Man —Surprise face back of this Flat-Face stone — Flat Face — “Elmer” – He’s got eyes!—— Drawing this stuff slows me down so I see things I wouldn’t notice at a place, like these seeming-faces on the sides and backs of these sculptures. Here are Snakeman’s cohorts in closeup for phones.
KARAHANTEPE DOUBLE HEADER
— Karahantepe Double Header c10,000 BCE — URFA MUSE Double Snake (?) Face from Karahantepe. Looks like there were two more on the back, circa 11,000 years ago. — Classic Greek theater masks — we humans have been at this a long time! — Japanese Now masks. Expression changes with aspect—— I’ll bet all this stuff was painted. We had paint 25,000 years ago. Here’s a closeup for phones.
MELVIN ON THE SIDE
— I love this 11,500 year old character — “Melvin” from Karahantepe, with a face on the back of his head. ——- Okay, I spend a lot of time with these entities in stone and I give them nicknames. This one’s my new boyfriend. He’s over life-size, in the museum at Urfa.