Category: My Art

Online classes can be useful: very useful! After the disappointment of failing entry to a juried show, it was time to take a class and move on! I am temporarily stalled on one new project, so I decided it was time to move on to the next one. So I found and I took a…

I am sad to say that my two submissions to the CVG 2024 exhibit in Bremerton were not accepted, and I am very disappointed. I feel that my recent 3-D works hve taken my work to a new level. The submitted pieces were ambitious in subject matter and implementation, and I do still feel they…

I made a small plaster head with embedded wire mesh, and it is now coming into its own. I started to enjoy it after I placed it on another art scrap, and arranged an extra bit of wire mesh with it to amuse myself. Now I have these various parts mounted into more plaster in…

Reworking is what I do when stuck. I may try to touch up and foil and old drawing, add color to an old set of prints, or rearrange pieces to create something new. Today I found a frame to use as a form for a plaster base on a small new work, but instead found…

It is winter, I still take many photos on my walks, and it is time for the return of the foils! Foils are just about fun, and can be quite lovely. A simple photo with good contrast, with fewer and more subtle colors, generally results in a better foil that needs little tweaking. Here is…

I am just messing about in the studio these days, in between bouts of life both good and bad. Today I worked on further detailing of my latest paperclay version of my Beckoning Angel. I started by making a simple paperclay cast of this low relief figure: read the previous post for more information about…