Ellen ORSECK
Sumo Wrestlers
My son Jason gave me a rubber sumo wrestler doll for hand exercises. The three-inch doll inspired me to see myself and the world differently. I imagined myself empowered by the wrestler.
Houston Restaurant Ouisie’s Table allowed me to sketch and photograph the sumo with their desserts. Kenny and Ziggy’s cooked traditional deli foods for him. The Dessert Gallery, the Grove restaurant and Gravitas in Houston and bistros in Venice have been the site of sumo stagings as well as Whole Foods grocery stores.
He remains a humorous but significant source of ideas about body image and indulgence.
2008 acrylic and oil on hard board 30 x 30 inches Private Collection
2014 watercolor and ink on paper 23.5 x 23.5 inches Private Collection
2013 watercolor 22 x 30 inches Private Collection
2008 acrylic and oil on hard board 30 x 30 inches Private Collection
2006 acrylic and oil on hard board 30 x 30 inches Private Collection
2014 oil on canvas 16 X 20 inches Private Collection
2009 oil and collage on canvas 35.5 x 35.5 inches Private Collection
2007 acrylic and oil on hard board 12 x 12 inches Private Collection
2013 acrylic and oil on wood 12 x 12 inches Private Collection
2009 acrylic and oil on hard board 14 x 14 inches
2008 acrylic and oil on hard board 30 x 30 inches Private Collection
2008 acrylic and oil on hard board 30 x 30 inches Private Collection