Look Around #1: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Variations and explorations using my faces... creating functional art and sculptural objects... a different perspective for each individual viewer… As you turn it, you realize the faces are directing you to look outward with them, … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #113: Look Around #1
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #112: Long Faces
Long Faces: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Easter Island images, Tiki iconography, and African masks started merging into these deeply expressive faces, but their origin is much more mysterious. Filled with druidic magic, they still sing to your mind and whisper secrets … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #112: Long Faces
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #111: Long Face #2
Long Face #2: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Easter Island images, Tiki iconography, and African masks started merging into these deeply expressive faces, but their origin is much more mysterious. Filled with druidic magic, they still sing to your mind and whisper … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #111: Long Face #2
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #110: Lone Face
Lone Face: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… There were three of these... each one sang into my head... I heard strange chanting, New Orleans Jazz with that ominous Voodoo presence... When the others joined this one, I could almost feel the heat … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #110: Lone Face
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #109: Life
Life: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… This is storytelling... the tree of life with symbolic levels... always growing higher, looking upwards, comforts and roots behind, but always a part of us… I had a habit of using the clay scraps left over … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #109: Life
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #108: Small Chorus
Small Chorus: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… This vase was done at the same time as “Duet” and grew out of a challenge from a colleague... to increase the size of some small face cups I made and to offer bigger pieces … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #108: Small Chorus
My Favourite Art Supplies: Permanent Colors – Sharpies!
Sharpie Ultra Fine Point Permanent Markers, 12 Colored Markers: The Review: The colors are always pure and vibrant. They will bleed through most papers, unless quite thick. The colors can be blended with rubbing alcohol and a cotton swab. Sharpies are the most basic drawing tool for every artist and doodler! The black of … Continue reading My Favourite Art Supplies: Permanent Colors – Sharpies!
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #107: Duet
Duet: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… This vase grew out of a challenge from a colleague... to increase the size of some small face cups I made and to offer bigger pieces that could be used as functional objects... in this case … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #107: Duet
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #106: Devil Peppers
Devil Peppers: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… My confidence was building fast and the desire to make larger pieces grew with it. I had made many pots already and started to explore working with just rolled, wet clay. I was still uncertain … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #106: Devil Peppers
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #105: Dero
Dero: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… This strange face grew out of my past... it reminded me of an old friend from high school and it bears his name... it's an early study of the African masks that strongly influence my sculptures. … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #105: Dero
The New Renaissance Mindset 