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 #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
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
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #102: The Mexican
The Mexican: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Following a discovery of Oaxacan art, I delved into researching Day of the Dead imagery and history... this rich holiday is full of beauty and emotion... it would be easy to get lost in the … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #102: The Mexican
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #100: The Hunters
The Hunters: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and write the next chapter… My mind was filled with surrealist painters and commercial illustrators, as well as getting my library ready for a new baby, it became filled with children’s books too. I started writing some stories and thinking … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #100: The Hunters
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #99: The Last Hollow Men
The Last Hollow Men: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and write the next chapter… Back in the 80s, following the release of Pink Floyd the Wall, I started seeing these images repeating in literature, film, and painting... oddly I found these nihilistic sentiments repeated in earlier works … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #99: The Last Hollow Men
The New Renaissance Mindset 