fine art
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As the crow flies
I made an artist book “As The Crow Flies” for my exhibit at the Caplan Art Designs Gallery– opening Oct 3 – my book was inspired when I realized that with 8 independent bookstores and 12 public library branches in the town where I live that wherever I go in town I’m within about 2…
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Delivery of art done
Yesterday I delivered 20 artworks to the Caplan Art Designs Gallery for my upcoming exhibit opening Oct 3 from 6 to 8 pm. Here’s a look at my studio prior to packing up the car to deliver it all. And a video look at everything while I talk some… My wife and I packed our…
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Eggheads forum
As I’ve worked on my Eggheads sculpture – hand painting heads on 12 solid wood eggs and bodies on 12 solid wood egg cups – I thought about how smart people are as essential to society as eggs are to a working kitchen. In the background of my thinking was a question of how to…
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Egghead beginnings
My fine art exhibit continues at Burnt Bridge Cellars via the Caplan Art Designs Gallery. I am continuing to create more fine art for later this year when my current exhibit moves to the Caplan Gallery to be exhibited there along with my new artworks. These new artworks will primarily be 3d sculptures. Here’s a…
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Figures of Speech 2.0 opens
Early in the first week of June my exhibit Figures of Speech 2.0 was hung at Burnt Bridge Cellars. Fortunately I had help hanging everything! Thank goodness for Mark and Judy – I simply couldn’t have done it without them! Here’s how the exhibit looked just after it was hung… Then on Friday June 7…
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Flew the coop
Last week I shared the beginning of a new painting. I continued to work on it in short bursts despite a busy week that included intense physical therapy for my ankle. Thank goodness for work stools on wheels. As I painted I thought about the various confining worldviews I have lived within during my life…
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In my book
I mentioned in my last post that I started a new big painting- another 18 x 24 inch one. I’ve taken it slow with many breaks to rest and ice my still-in-physical-therapy ankle. This painting was inspired by my thoughts about how our imaginations can be inspired by what we read or see in the…
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Ducks in a row
This painting that I began in my last post was inspired by one of my nephews who teased me, gently, about saying so often during our family domino games that I “need a minute to get my ducks in a row”. Apparantly I tend to focus on our family conversations during our games rather than…
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Colorful language
In my last post I mentioned that I was working on a smaller piece… Since Spring has begun I’ve heard more birds chattering whenever I’m outside. I’ve also been reading about birds and language use. Birds like parakeets or parrots can mimic human speechmaking fairly accurately. That thought led to thoughts about how humans mimic…
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Half assed
In my last post I told about finally being able to work in short bursts at my studio easel on a larger painting inspired by a conversation with our Fairy Goddaughter. She had talked about the distinction between things done “half assed” and things that were done acceptably as “good enough” meaning that while one…
