Working in France

Working on a small sculpture. I was given this great antique workbench to use. It is so sturdy and well built it will last another hundred years. 

recent work

This is a recent bass wood piece, titled  Oxide Curve. 

This is a detail showing the texture and coloring of the piece. 

new work in the studio.

I'm working on a new piece in the studio. Using 1" solid square stock is great to work with. I really like making sculpture at this scale these days.

recent studio shots

I am working on a welded steel piece. I really like this scale, it's about 8 feet long.

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Some photographs, some sculpture. 

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Fort Worth AIA Home Tour 2013

Some of my work will be featured at the home of Norman Ward, AIA this weekend, April 27 and 28.

http://aiafw.org/events/homestour/

Final result of the gold leaf process.

Into Drawing, 2012

Gilded wood

This piece is finished with traditional oil gilding.

Preparing for gold leaf

Some of the work that goes into a gold leaf finish.

I'm working on two pieces at the same time.

Rabbit skin glue being warmed in a water bath. 

 Applying the first coat of rsg.

 First coats of gesso, also warming in water bath.

After several (6-7) coats of gesso.

After drying, sanding cutting and polishing.

After this I'll be sealing and adding color before leafing.

No Bright Line

I finally had some time to sit down and get some gold leaf on this piece. The work is constructed of bass wood and birch plywood, roughly 12 inches tall.

Femme, (after Picasso), 2011

After the Pablo Picasso painting in the collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. 

http://www.themodern.org/collection/artists/Picasso

The piece is constructed of wood.

It is painted with enamel in a style similar to the dazzle camouflage series of mine.

An earlier dazzle piece.

studio time

Preparing work for an exhibition at Gallery 414, Fort Worth.

Winter Works

Winter is always a tough time for me to work, but here are a few new works.

The top piece is painted after Matisse's L'Asie (Asia), 1946. Owned by the Kimbell Art Museum, the link to that painting is here.

some new sculpture

Here are a few new pieces. The top two are bass wood with a modified dutch black finish. The other piece is sterling silver combined with pink ivory, a rare exotic wood.