MATERIALS: Farm-raised duck, dove, rooster and sea bass. Sculpted clay armature on a vintage metal stand with 24K gold leaf and Austrian crystal chatons.
 
I drew my inspiration from the Book of Genesis, day 5 of the Creation Story ~
 “And God said, ‘Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky’. So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, of every kind, with which the waters swarm, and every winged bird of every kind. And God saw that it was good”. But God wastes nothing. So at the end of day 5 she gathered the leftovers and made herself a pet. And God saw that it was very, very, good. And she named the pet “Aquinairia”.
 
Both fish and birds exist in seemingly weightless states. I wanted the lines of this piece to be fluid so it looked like it could be moving through the air, the water, or the heavens. And if it resides in heaven, naturally it needed to be white and gold.
 
The title splices together the words ‘aqua’, ‘air’, and ‘quinary’. The word ‘quinary' not only means ‘five’ but also refers to a historical zoological taxonomy system that was used during the early 19th century called the Quinarian system.