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Sculpture hollowing out and a bit of iron oxide wash on a large dish!

2/7/2019

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Some doggie adorableness with my furbabies at the park :)

2/7/2019

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Playing with water-soluble graphite pencils

6/23/2018

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Not finished yet, but a lot of fun to try out! Using a paintbrush with a water well in the handle is really helpful and makes the pencils easy to use when you're out and about . . .
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Long lost painting

1/1/2018

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One of the last oil paintings I did in college was a self-portrait, but I thought that I had forgotten to take any pictures of it, and lost it in a fire a few years ago. Lo and behold, I found a single picture of it today! That's the way to start off the new year!
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The process in a nutshell; filling the cast, making supports, cleaning up the surface, and completing the bust

11/9/2017

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Louisville Clay show at Mantle Gallery (Ky Mudworks' Louisville location)

9/26/2017

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Come by the Mantle Gallery and see some great artwork from the artists in Louisville Clay! This is the first piece I've had in a gallery in a while- finally getting back into it!
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First artwork of 2017

1/19/2017

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Serenity in the Impending Storm.
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Newest inspiration

12/5/2016

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A stunning sculpture by artist Augusta Savage
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Louisville Artisans Guild Holiday Showcase 2016

11/18/2016

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Art Show Pics
Click the button above to be transported to the lovely L.A.G. pics taken by Judy Rosati! It was a great weekend!
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When at first you don't succeed, you probably should have made a maquette

8/9/2016

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The posing, plastering, sculpting, bisque-firing, and primering stages are all complete. The next step is definitely to put your favorite hat on your sculpture and send a picture of it to the model, right?
Freshly primered Kevin:
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The next step is to spend 2 solid days painting it, and a few scattered hours in between, without having thought it through enough. Mmmmmmmm that doesn't sound quite right.

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It doesn't look quite right, either. Not at all what I was shooting for.

So I have a bad habit of not making maquettes before starting major pieces. I work on an idea in my sketchbook, write out a lot of possibilities and details, and then dive in. Sometimes it works out great, and sometimes I put lots of takes-a-long-time-to-dry oil paint on the piece and hate it. But have to wipe off what paint I can and wait for the rest to dry before I can redo it. Ugh.
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This was me, if the mud was chocolate.

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Make some more things to de-grump and pass the time.

Then, lo! The paint has FINALLY dried!
Painting, take two:
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