Whats up with the carrots Doc?
The carrots that appear in Paxton’s work have a simple explanation. While Paxton was beginning his career in San Francisco, CA in 1992 he found himself living the true life of a starving artist. Because of a lack of income the main thing you would find in the kitchen was cans of beans and bags of carrots. Paxton would sit at his easel and paint while drinking hot tea and eating carrots. It was inevitable that the carrots would find their way onto his canvases. The way they ended up being depicted in his paintings were growing upside-down out of his desert landscapes. Paxton was also mesmerized by Bugs Bunny when he was little and would try and imitate the many ways bugs would eat and prepare his carrots. Going to the extent as to stick them on a coat hanger and roast them in the family fireplace.
