Category: My Art

I am making very halting progress on the “Struggle to Rise” triptych. This work is slow going at the best of times, but with spring coming the garden demands my time. However I had some fun posing the wire armatures for photos. And I will continue to pose them as I progress with adding “flesh”.…

I have a 12″ wire armature for experimenting with the way of all flesh! The wire and some epoxy clay form the figures bones, and now to try methods for wrapping this figure in flesh. I want something satisfying (to me) and also translucent enough that I can see the “bones” showing through with the…

Still working very slowly toward a new work which may be called Struggle to Rise. Three armatures are now getting a few more wire bones, and I call them The Thin Ones for now. The Thin Ones Struggle to Rise, and I struggle to decide how to flesh them out! I could stay with the…

I have a tentative plan for my next work, in which three full relief dimensional figures will be mounted on three flat panels. The plan is for three panels that will hang side by side on a wall, with the figures emerging from them. At the moment I think of this work as “Struggle to…

My most ambitious sculpture to date is finished, now that Not Out of the Woods Yet is Signed and Sealed! All that is really left to do is a good photo shoot of the final finished work. I think I can do better than this, but I need a better backdrop, careful lighting, and just…

I have finished the resin pour for Not Out of the Woods Yet: glossy resin covers the Surprisingly Artistic Potholes of Port Townsend of the three sections. This is a major milestone and the final significant phase. It should be all detailing and touch up now! I will need a bit more resin here and…