The Unexpurgated Book of Dogs (Softcover)

Sculptor Gerald Heffernon produces lifelike works of art that shock, amuse, delight and disturb viewers.

An artist who lives and works near Davis, California, he has been producing animal-inspired sculptures for over twenty-five years. His art has been shown in Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Paris and other cities across the United States and Europe. He shows locally at the Natsoulas Gallery in Davis.

Heffernon eventually plans to sculpt the entire phyla of the animal kingdom. He produces startlingly realistic portrayals of animals large and small, from cats, dogs, and birds, to life-size jungle creatures and humanoids with animal features. While at first glance many of these animals appear as though they could exist in nature, the animals are not always what they seem. In many works the animals’ “genetic” make-up seems to have taken a horribly wrong turn. Lizards with cats heads, dogs with four eyes, and prehistoric birds with fur all exist in the artist’s fantastic world.

“I find beauty in my monsters,” Heffernon says. The Unexpurgated Book of Dogs includes several of these creations, such as the Two-headed Mastiff and the Phantom Hound. Images are black and white.

61 pages