Friday, May 19, 2000
Pig Parade: Snork-oink-eel
Muralist's oinker dressed to dive
By Owen Findsen
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Artist Eric Henn painted the murals in the Newport Aquarium.
(Jeff Swinger photo)
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This is the 20th in the series spotlighting a pig from the Big Pig Gig Public Art Project in downtown Cincinnati, Covington and Newport.
Artist: Eric Henn, 35, Franklin.
Sponsor: Newport Aquarium.
This pig's pen: Fountain Square.
You were inspired by: The assignment was to do an underwater scene.
Completing the project took: Painting took five days after the Glass Hand prepared the pig and fabricated the mask.
Swine over matter: Industrial acrylic.
Your high on the hog was: It was a nice break from painting murals and water tanks. And it was fun to add little details like barnacles and a swimmer's knife strapped to the pig's leg.
Best pig tale: Most of the time I paint large wrap-around murals on water tanks and towers. My biggest work is an 18,000-square-foot horse mural in Lexington.
My favorite pork dish: Pork chops, bacon and ham, but I didn't eat any pork while I was painting this.
More pig profiles, complete Big Pig Gig details at Cincinnati.com/bigpiggig/
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