Monday, July 27, 2009

Monk

Monk

Continuing trophy sculpture series, this time featuring a monk. 

Friday, July 17, 2009

Valentina

Valentina 4

Another sculpture series I had been working on.  At first it started with the Trophy Wife series but I am thinking to expand it. 

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Cherries

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5Cherries

With summer at its peak, the cherry trees in our yard have ripened and are ready for the picking.  I thought these encaustic mixed media paintings I made would go well with the season.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Raggedy Ann

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The second of the birdcage dress series, based roughly off of one of my favorite dolls, Raggedy Ann.   I wish I still had the handmade doll my mother made for me when I was a child.   It was interesting trying to figure out how to add on the patches on her dress.  Eventually I used liquid sculpy and pliable sculpy and photo transferred fabric patterns on to them.  More images beneath the link.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Surrogate

Surrogate-smaller

I've decided to start a couple of small sculpture series.  I'm interested in birds, nests and eggs within a cage framework. It was reaffirming when I emailed this first sculpture image to my collector list and it sold within 10 minutes. More images beneath the link.

Friday, July 3, 2009

Nyad

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In one of my earlier posts I mentioned becoming interested in sculpture.  I am interested in figurative work, this particular piece was quite an engineering feat and I got out of hand with the size. Luckily my mom has a giant oven I was able to bake it in on a bed of polyester fiberfill.  More images beneath the link.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

What is it with nests, eggs & birds?

• Gentle, oil 12x12x12 triangle (Kyles collection)


• Gentle, oil 12x12x12 triangle (Kyles collection)"




I started painting this subject matter because it was comforting to me at the time. My teenage son was starting to gain more independence and pull away from his over-nurturing mother, which I found rather painful and sudden. I know that things were moving along as nature intended and he was ready, but I wasn't. Once again, painting got me through a difficult period. A lot of love went into these nests and I hope it shows. Some galleries have asked me to do more birds, nests and eggs, so I am thinking about it, but I am pretty hung up on sculpture right now.