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
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 #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
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #104: Champagne
Champagne: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… These were made following an invitation to design the dishes and serving wares for a new international fusion restaurant. The restaurant never saw the light of day, but lots of my designs did! Along with these … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #104: Champagne
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity: Part 3 – Sculpture – Faces
Part 3 - Sculpture - Faces After years of making things with self-drying clay and/or found objects, I felt ready to take classes in ceramics. I enrolled at the Visual Arts Centre in a turning class under the tutelage of the amazing Audrey Killoran. I really disliked the wheel. I might have given up entirely … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity: Part 3 – Sculpture – Faces
The New Renaissance Mindset 