Art Newsletter

Nov/Dec 2004
Art Newsletter 03

23 November 2004

Since my last newsletter I think I have worked in a greater variety of mediums than ever before in such a short period of time. Firstly in August I have finished a commission for a marble sculpture; 'Andromache'. Returning to this medium was like spending time with your best friend after years apart and realizing again how at home he/she could make you feel. Fallowing are some images of the completed piece. I also tried to keep track of all the stages this piece of stone went through. Click to see the making off this sculpture

In October my work was on display at the Manchester Art Show by La Mostra Gallery. Shortly before this event my palette went bright (probably due to the first fall in our forest like garden) These two pieces were born as the first two in a series I hope to return to shortly. During the same time I was also privileged to be the featured artist of the Images of eyes gallery. This is the Internet's only fine art gallery where the focus is on images and paintings of eyes by international artists (www.Imagesofeyes.com)

Sublime Figure I & II

During November I entered the annual juried exhibition held by the Richmond Art Museum (Indiana, U.S.). All three works entered were selected for this exhibit by juror, Homer O. Hacker and will be displayed in the Museum until 16 Dec. 2004.

'Serendipity'
25 x 33 inch
Oil & texture gel on canvas

''Welwese'
40 x 53 inch
Oil, Collage, texture gel and polyurethane on canvas

'Art of creation'
23 x 18.5 inch
Oil, Drawing, Photograph, Collage on wood panel covered with carved plexiglass

The last of these three was probably the most interesting as far as mediums used. It consists out of a collage, drawing, oil painting as well as a photographs created on a 3/4 inch solid wood board. It is covered with a sheet of carved plexiglass. There is about a 1/4 inch space between the plexiglass and the wood surface designed to give the piece depth as well as movement. My aim was to create something on the theme of art and creation itself. I wanted to bring together some of the art movements, styles and mediums that played fundamental roles in art as we know it today. Everything was brought together with a background photograph of Montmartre that I took during a visit to Paris in 2002. I found this to be the ideal backdrop for this piece due to the huge role this area played in the history of so many of the most well known artists as well as for Paris artists today.

While on the subject of art mediums. I have to mention that I have also explored a new medium a few weeks ago. Although I have done a few metal sculptures in 1998, I have never really used a grinder as sculpture medium as I have in "Metal Ballad". An abstract nude female figure sculpted on a 3/16 inch thick solid steel plate. In the making of this piece four different types of sanders were used together with 4.5" and 9" angle grinders as well as a dremel. The completed artwork weighs about 11 pounds.

Since I always have so many new works and I am usually a little ahead of my website I decided to add a new section to my site, 'New Artwork' where I hope to add al my newest works as they come off the easel.