Folded #2: The History: Share what you see and start the next chapter… It was a rough week of personal trials. The energy and sketches were scarce. I decided to trust in fate and let the muses inspire spontaneity. It spawned a short series that was both satisfying and energizing, and pleasing to see, as … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #148: Folded #2
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #147: Folded #1
Folded #1: The History: Share what you see and start the next chapter… It was a rough week of personal trials. The energy and sketches were scarce. I decided to trust in fate and let the muses inspire spontaneity. It spawned a short series that was both satisfying and energizing, and pleasing to see, as … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #147: Folded #1
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #146: Disk-bowl
Disk-bowl: The History: Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Shortly after realizing I didn't enjoy the process of turning clay, I started making items with slabs. At that time, someone had mistakenly contaminated a beautiful variegated blue glaze, it fired with a lovely caramel color and with odd pooling of colors. … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #146: Disk-bowl
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #145: Horn of Plenty
Horn of Plenty: The History: Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… When I started studying about porcelain, I began with what the challenges were in using it. This sculpture and its sister, "Cornucopia" were some of the many things my teachers said shouldn't be possible. Porcelain is a beautiful material to … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #145: Horn of Plenty
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #144: Cornucopia
Cornucopia: The History: Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… When I started studying about porcelain, I began with what the challenges were in using it. This sculpture and its brother, "Horn" were some of the many things my teachers said shouldn't be possible. Porcelain is a beautiful material to use and … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #144: Cornucopia
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #143: Adam and Eve
Adam & Eve: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… An extension of my melted pot series... I engraved the leather-hard clay on both sides... the opposite side has a short, pot-bellied Adam, with a beard... influenced by some African drawings I saw and … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #143: Adam and Eve
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity: Part 5 – Vessels
Part 5 - Vessels Explorations of forms and possibilities using slabs & hand-building. This was my apprenticeship with clay. I played with wet slabs, leather hard slabs, and everything in between. I mixed types of clay, created my own glazes, and broke all the rules the teachers and textbooks taught… It was here that I … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity: Part 5 – Vessels
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #142: Stills: 10-006
Stills: 10-006: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Imagine the dig site of Pompeii and the discovery of ancient glass vessels. The glass would be warped by the volcanic ash that buried it so long ago, and the glass would be opaque and … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #142: Stills: 10-006
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #141: Stills: 10-005
Stills: 10-005: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Image the same cafe in Montmartre where Matisse is giving his lesson on color theory and Picasso does what he would, and grabs the colors to do his own demonstrations, then challenges the group with … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #141: Stills: 10-005
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #140: Stills: 10-004
Stills: 10-004: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Imagine Matisse sitting at a table in a Montmartre cafe. Around him are several other known artists and he is their master. A discussion on color theory breaks out regarding tones vs hues and he … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #140: Stills: 10-004
The New Renaissance Mindset 