Finalized the quick work. With memorial day coming won’t be starting a new work until next Thursday, but will get rolling as early as tomorrow. Works in the work? Thinking of a deep seated figure and then should do a walking figure. I also wish to make a face mold so that I can do […]
One of the two was completed on Saturday. I realized afterwards that I had not been completely true to my model which is to make these as texture studies more than completed works. I wish to try figuratives out that represent future efforts, but to not refine them so completely that they become sacred. So […]
If my energy could even be half of the energy of the great artists of today and yesterday my life would be incredibly blessed. Recently in Charlotte at the Bechtler Museum I tuned into the wonderful energies of Niki De Saint Phalle. I especially liked the action expressionism of her earlier relief works. I think my […]
One more hour. At this rate I think I need about four more hours. It’s always the question as to when you’ll get those cycles. I think I can get two in tomorrow morning, and another two Sunday. I should be able to roll a few more slabs out on Sunday and begin crafting my […]
What’s exciting is that I have passed through the need to set the clock. Now I just think in terms of what I wish to get done, no matter how long it takes. I spent 45 minutes in the studio this morning, but didn’t get done what I wanted or needed to get done. I […]
Alright, I would like to be done tomorrow, but that’s probably not going to happen. Been working on other things in the house so this has not gotten all my attention over the past 6 days, however, I’ve made HUGE progress and am very pleased with this expressive process. I’ve now determined that “nose dive” […]
I’m really enjoying this process. It takes more time than I realize to do small things. The fact that I’m moving forward at a speed where I’ll be finished with these two works in a couple more days, underscores the fact that each session in the studio has me completing parts by degrees. I may […]
Just going at it, and it’s great! I’m developing by attaching wet on web letting it cure for about 24 hours then going at it again.Proportions are roughly considered, but the gesture and the feeling is more important than the perfectly considered development. Hoping to finish by Thursday at least this figure, but will probably […]
And so it begins, 45 days of expressive works. This is about 1.2 hours in the studio this morning developing expressive torsos. I’m going to add legs, heads and shoulders, but the goal is to just try things out. I want for the leg positions to be something that will help me break free. the […]
6 week effort on expression in form and figure (1st week of July) 4 weeks on boxer form – deadline (First week of August) 7 weeks Chair woman (first week of End of September) 4 weeks configuration of 8 low relief images (end of October) 4 weeks on second boxer form – (end of November) […]
Almost forgot to vent these, I left them uncovered last night to dry, but thankfully this morning they were still wet enough to poke. Not certain about the finish here, and if the pedestand should be one piece. I guess it should be so I best cover again when I get home. Stopping by Granny’s […]
My first experience with a slip ball and it came out nice. The effect is to represent something akin to the set design from “Queen of the Night” in Amadeus, but also references the concept of stars and pearls. The Queen of the Ways represents a symbolic work that is the tragic collision of industry […]
I just crossed over that hump and am finally starting to get a flow around this development. Went out sketching on Sunday night at Cocoa Cinnamon cafe and finalize some of the details around this work. Still need to attach a head of course, and the detailing on this could take a week, but now that […]
Swimmer one of three completed this weekend. Started a new corset form and fired two bisque and 1 glaze. Will aim to complete another swimmer this weekend, and finalize a corset form. Working on researching in the background as well. Started a texture and color sample sheet and started reading my Slips book . May […]