Now anyone that knows me knows that I love animals. Monkeys, Elephants, Goats, Horses, etc. but since none of those aren’t allowed by my homeowners’ association, I have dogs. So I thought it was only fitting that I get to design an interior that incorporates some of William Wegman’s work. Wegman originally started out as a painter, earning a BFA and an MFA in painting. But what he is really known for are his photographs of Weimaramer dogs. The start of this life-long collaboration with Weimaraner dogs occurred when he got his first one, Man Ray back in 1970. From there he built a career on the photography of his Weimaramers, Man Ray, Fay Ray, and Fay’s offspring: Battina, Crooky and Chundo. And later, their offspring: Battina’s son Chip, and Chip’s son Bobbin in 1999 and Candy and Bobbin’s daughter Penny in 2004. An entire generational tree of Wegman Weimaramers!
The art I used to complement Wegman’s is an acrylic piece, “La Ligne Tremlante” by Jack Roth. Which translates like it sounds, “The Trembling Line.” This particular piece completed in 1980, is representative of his paintings from the 1970’s and 80’s that were crisp, boldly graphic, and emphasized expanses of saturated color. Exploring this particular subject, he conceived a series of “La Ligne Tremlante” in 1980. Roth’s interests as a person and an artist were varied. He studied chemistry, literature, philosophy, music, mathematics and Zen Buddhism in addition to painting. As an artist he began working as an Abstract Expressionist, and evolved into Pop Art, then to Color Field Abstraction.