Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>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.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- MA
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Painting
- Year dc:date.available
- 2003
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
-
- Edwards, Peggy Ann
- Contributors dc:contributor
-
- Paul Krainak.
- Sergio Soave
- Naijun Zhang
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/827
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:researchrepository.wvu.edu:etd-1830