Carol Willett Sculpture Virtual Exhibit

Carol Willett Virtual Exhibit

The virtual exhibit below will take you on a tour through Carol Willett's Imaginary Creatures Run Amok" featuring her handmade sculptures.

Imaginary Creatures Run Amok is a rollicking exploration of what happens when evolution takes a detour into the realm of outrageous puns and impudent wordplay. Each Creature displays a unique personality, perspective, and philosophy on life. The antithesis of "anonymous art", these sculptures are eye-catching conversation pieces with a life and a back story all their own. Each is unique and distinguishes its owner as an art aficionado of good taste and a lively sense of humor.

Imaginary Creatures Run Amok will also be on display at Dare County Arts Council August 7 - 29, 2020.

Blue Wave Ray

Rays and skates sometimes take on the colors of the water in which they swim. Here is one on a bright summer’s day off Southern Shores.

To purchase this piece, please contact the DCAC Gallery at 252 473 5558 or dareartsgallery@gmail.com.

Beach Moose

Visitors generally collect any seashells they find, and many other creatures from the beach. This guest from Maine clearly decided to stay for more than one season!

To purchase this piece, please contact the DCAC Gallery at 252 473 5558 or dareartsgallery@gmail.com.

Illustrious Fore-Bear

In honor of my grandfather, this bear sports a lush handlebar moustache and brightly accessorized glasses.

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Just a Buncha Bullknit

Larry was a bull who, once he was turned into a steer, became very angry and depressed. The herd suggested he could chill out by taking up yarn work. He gave it a try, but in his heart, he knew it was just a buncha bullknit.

To purchase this piece, please contact the DCAC Gallery at 252 473 5558 or dareartsgallery@gmail.com.

Deer Season I

Southern Shores (where I live) is overrun with deer who consider my garden a salad bar. More than once I’ve been tempted to turn one into a trophy.

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Deer Season II

Grandma's Lacewing Turtle

Somewhere there has to be a Grandmother sea turtle who took up tatting and making lace doilies and didn’t know when to quit. This is in her honor.

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A Very French Fish

It’s a bias, but many French things strike me as stylishly over-coordinated and very high priced. This fish epitomizes my last visit to Paris.

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Uni-Corn

I think the Medieval myth of the unicorn tamed by a virgin had it’s origin in something like this. A deer who thought it would be funny to strap Indian Corn to its forehead.

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African Hornbill

Beauty marks (like small black moles) used to be the height of fashion. This African Horn Bill has plastered one on the side of his beak.

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Bear-ista

Obviously, this is the origin of the job title in Starbucks. Some bear in Seattle decided to start pouring coffee.

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A Pigment of the Imagination

Again a pun. Pig and pigment sound so logical to an artist and pigment sounds like figment of imagination. Voila!

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Blue Beary Season

North Carolina produces delicious blueberries, including the ones in our garden. This guy would like to eat them all year round.

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Got a Frog In My Throat

Surely frogs must occasionally get stuck (or fight back) when something tries to swallow one. This heron faces exactly that dilemma.

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Neptune's Nanny

Why would Neptune hire a Victorian-era British nanny to push an antique wooden perambulator filled with jellyfish across the ocean floor? You’d think they would all float away, but here is proof to the contrary.

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Whose Catch?

When we try to fish for something larger than ourselves, one must wonder, who has caught whom?

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Lola the Boa Constripper

Boa Constrictors aren’t funny. A Boa Constripper on the other hand, conjures up smokey bars, exotic dancing, and feather boas. Lola is my only sculpture thus far to wear fake eyelashes.

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Ganja Roo

Hey Mon, loosen up, keep calm and smoke weed. At least that’s the mantra of this Kangaroo from down under who in deep into Ganja.

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Rhapsody in Blue

Blue is a good color on birds, they wear it well. This one may have gone just the least little bit overboard.

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Armed Adillo

It is simply logical that an Armadillo should be armed, as well as armored. This one is stylishly Steam Punky in gold gears and spears.

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Peli-Can-Can

The Can-Can is one of the best dances the French ever introduced and it’s no surprise the local Pelicans have taken to it with gusto. This 1890’s version is complete right down to the lacy panties daringly on view.

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Sherlock The Great Deducktive

Duck, North Carolina has been the home to many fictional detectives including Sherlock, who made the art of deduction famous.

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Ride Em' Fishboy!

At every rodeo I’ve attended people say, “Ride ‘em Cowboy!”, even if he or she is riding a horse rather than a cow. It got me thinking about what you call someone who rides fishes professionally.

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Ride 'Em Birdboy!

At every rodeo I’ve attended people say, “Ride ‘em Cowboy!”, even if he or she is riding a horse rather than a cow. It got me thinking about what you call someone who rides birds professionally.

To purchase this piece, please contact the DCAC Gallery at 252 473 5558 or dareartsgallery@gmail.com.

OctoPie

The plural of Octopus is Octopi. That suggests they might be tasty if baked in a pie crust and served hot.

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