I love Ferdinand. Truly. It is one of my all time favorite stories and Disney shorts. It’s simple and beautiful and reminds us all to be in the moment, to be at peace, and to be grateful for all that surrounds us. It is pure, effective, simple, unaffected storytelling in its best form, in my opinion. It’s one of those ideal finds that appeals just as much to adults as it does to children. The perfect Walt discovery.
In honor of that perfect discovery, here is my perfect discovery: Meet Ferdy. 
Ferdy sits atop my desk, totally clashing with its Queen Anne style, but I don’t care and neither does he. 
Ferdy dates back to the release of “Ferdinand the Bull” (1938), and is in excellent condition for his age. He has a few cracks in his paint, but otherwise he’s still a dapper fellow. His tail is made of a bunching of satiny type string connected to his backside, which I keep away from bees at all times.
The flower he holds in his mouth is made of pink plastic and is still holding up nicely after all these years. Isn’t he a charmer!?
I’m throwing in his film debut just because it’s a good thing to watch. It’s his gift to you! Enjoy!
6 comments:
Greetings Miss Tink'.........Your "Ferdy", is now, the second that I have seen. My mom has had hers since it was new. The flowers on yours are in a bit better condition. Her "Ferdy" clashed with the Rosenthal china that it was placed in front of. My apologies for not commenting previously, "As always, my compliments regarding the second installment of Storybook Land. "
Cheers!
Steve
Greetings Miss Tink'.........Your "Ferdy", is now, the second that I have seen. My mom has had hers since it was new. The flowers on yours are in a bit better condition. Her "Ferdy" clashed with the Rosenthal china that it was placed in front of. My apologies for not commenting previously, "As always, my compliments regarding the second installment of Storybook Land. "
Cheers!
Steve
How amazing that your mom has had one since it was new. That's fantastic! I'm happy to know he still has brothers out there. ;)
Thank you so much!! It was fun to paint. Onward to #3!
It's too bad that he went when my mom moved. As the current project is bullfighting cartoons, he would have been good to have around for inspiration.
Steve
Hi there! Sorry for the public posting - I couldn't get onto your web page.
I love your artwork! I stumbled onto you by looking for people interested in Disney concept sketches, because I work for a place that is showing/selling a bunch of them tonight, and I wanted to let you know about it.
Again - sorry that I couldn't let you know in a more private manner (I don't want to spam your page). If you are interested, feel free to go to our web page - www.absolutelyfabulous1.com - or email me at ian@absolutelyfabulous1.com.
(For the record, when preparing for this event, and photographing all of the concept sketches, I can see how you love them so much. They really are fascinating looks into the building of cultural iconography... I love them!)
Thank you so much, Ian! Both for your kind words and for informing me about your showing tonight. I so wish I lived closer.
I have checked out your web page, however. Your store looks great!! You have some very nice things and some lovely art.
I hope you don't mind me saying, but just to let you know (because I do graphic/web design, too) the link to your Toby Bluth art pulls up Louis Icart porcelain repros. :)
Again, thank you! Hopefully you'll drop by the blog again sometime.
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