Imagine riding a bat! On some carousels you can. It’s going to go in the same direction as all of the other animals on the turning ring. Can’t you just imagine Eddie Munster or any one of the Addam’s Family riding it? This is my 13th carousel animal in my Fun-A-Day ‘Prequel’.
Painting is acrylic on 6″ x 6″ stretched canvas.
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I first saw this Carousel Ladybug in a photo of the carousel at the Kansas City National Park. I saw it again at the company who manufactured it from hardwoods: Carousel Works. They will make carousel animals to order of any animal or insect one could desire. They even made one non-animal: a baseball bat, with the glove for the saddle! I painted this mostly using a pencil partially sharpened, then the eraser for the large dots.
Painting is acrylic on 6″ x 6″ stretched canvas.
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This is the first actual carousel horse I have painted. All of these carousel animals on this site, and the many more that are to come, are for the 2018 Perkasie Fun-A-Day. This piece is not for sale. It is a promotional piece for the Fun-A-Day gathering on February 3, 2018. I will be placing it somewhere in Perkasie. It has an instruction label decoupaged to its back. If you find it, follow the instructions to receive a free coffee or tea and a chance at a free piece of art from the Fun-A-Day.
You see, Perkasie Rocks is one of the sponsors of Perkasie Fun-A-Day, so this it is only reasonable that I would paint one of my carousel animals on a rock. The rock is kind of hard to miss. It is roughly 6″ x 10″ and has silver glitter on it.
Have fun! And rock on!
I painted this Carousel Rabbit in the limited palette I typically use in my Heroes Series of paintings.
Painting is acrylic on 6″ x 6″ stretched canvas.
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This Seahorse is on a carousel at an American, Atlantic coast beach. The carousel is filled entirely with sea creatures.
Painting is acrylic on 12″ x 12″ stretched canvas.
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This Howler Monkey is from a 19th century carousel. The poll was made to look like a sapling. Howlers are native to Central and South America. There are 13 species. This is one of the red species. All of the species are under pressure or endangered due to disappearing habitat, predation, capturing for pets and zoos, etc.
Painting is acrylic on 6″ x 6″ stretched canvas.
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These carousel frogs are reproductions of 19th century zoo carousel animals. I painted them for my 6th and 7th carousel animals for my Fun-A-Day ‘prequel’ project.
Painting is acrylic on 11″ x 14″ stretched canvas.
Price: $100 plus postage
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The first thing you may notice about this carousel animal is that it is facing left. I guess it must be on a British merry-go-round! It also is not simply nailed down to the deck like the swan benches I have ridden in. It is round-bottomed and mounted on a little deck that gently tips backward and forward as the carousel goes around. The seat is only big enough for two children or two ‘very close friends’ to snuggle together in a semi-reclined position.
Painting is acrylic on 6″ x 6″ stretched canvas.
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This is a carousel Peacock painted as my fourth Fun-A-Day warm up piece. Peacocks are male Peafowl. This is an Indian Blue Peafowl. There are three species of peafowl.
Painting is acrylic on 6″ x 6″ stretched canvas.
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This is a Green-headed Tanager (Tangara seledon). He/she’s way out of scale compared to the painted ponies he/she’s obscuring on the carousel. The Green-headed Tanager is found in the Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil, far eastern Paraguay and Misiones, Argentina. It is about 13.5cm or 5-1/4″ long. This one is saddled up and ready to ride on a fantastic carousel.
Painting is acrylic on 12″ x 12″ stretched canvas.
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Aardvaark’s have always been my favorite exotic animal. For my second carousel animal for my Fun-A-Day prequel, I painted this little, saddled aardvaark. It was the first time I used glitter on a painting.
Painting is acrylic on 6″ x 6″ stretched canvas.
Price: $40
SOLD
I determined to paint carousel animals for my project for the 2018 Perkasie Fun-A-Day. I am supposed to wait and just do it in January. I did some research on Sunday. I found more than 31 carousel critters from zoo carousels built in the late 19th century, without including a single horse or pony! This is more fun than one month can contain. I just had to get the ball rolling. I also decided to not limit myself to 6″x6″. On Monday, I painted a Carousel Flamingo in acrylics on a 16″ x 20″ stretched canvas.
Price: $150 reduced to $50 plus postage
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