Open-Mindedness #2: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… This small series was intended to be a collective pot with almost twenty faces in a pile.... inspired by a painting by Clive Barker from his Abarat series... these ended up having more impact.... that … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #121: Open-Mindedness #2
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #120: Open-Mindedness #1
Open-Mindedness #1: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… This small series was intended to be a collective pot with almost twenty faces in a pile.... inspired by a painting by Clive Barker from his Abarat series... these ended up having more impact.... that … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #120: Open-Mindedness #1
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #119: New Face #2
New Face #2: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Sometimes we need to let the gods of spontaneity take over. I had been making a slew of faces for several projects and had a load of leftover materials to use. I inverted a … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #119: New Face #2
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #118: New Face #1
New Face #1: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Enough people commented that my faces remind them of the Easter Island heads or they saw a Picasso influence... so I made a smoking Picasso Tiki. The Technique: How I did this awesomeness! Using … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #118: New Face #1
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #117: Multiple Perspectives
Multiple Perspectives: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Music plays a pivotal role in my visual work and I don’t always see it at first. I found myself listening to classical music from the Baroque era and remembering the many Gothic Cathedrals I … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #117: Multiple Perspectives
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #116: Look Around #4
Look Around #4: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Material explorations using my faces... I needed to play with what I had learned about glaze chemistry and continue to create functional art and sculptural objects... a different perspective for each individual viewer… As … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #116: Look Around #4
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #115: Look Around #3
Look Around #3: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Material explorations using my faces... I needed to play with what I had learned about glaze chemistry and continue to create functional art and sculptural objects... a different perspective for each individual viewer… As … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #115: Look Around #3
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #114: Look Around #2
Look Around #2: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Material explorations using my faces... I needed to play with what I had learned about glaze chemistry and continue to create functional art and sculptural objects... a different perspective for each individual viewer… As … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #114: Look Around #2
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #113: Look Around #1
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
The New Renaissance Mindset 