Thursday, October 30, 2008

More Work in Progress?


This was supposed to be the basis for a watercolor. The idea was to do a sort of Winslow Homer thing but to borrow the waves from Japanese woodblock prints. Maybe it's just an ink drawing and it's finished.

Sunday, August 03, 2008

An Art Nude


I like the idea of art nudes and I had a couple here for a while.  They were endorsed by the model and later removed at her request.  I think this one is anonymous enough that it can stand in for the concept of black and white artistic nude photography.



Thursday, February 21, 2008

Arts N Crafts



These are poplar boxes. Science will no doubt one day discover that they serve a useful purpose, but to date they are just the residue of my desire to make dove-tail boxes using only hand tools and to scratch drawings into their facades.

The striped bass is freshly stained and on the workbench. The great blue heron has settled into the patina which is the final state of both pieces. When bas reflief dove-tail boxes become all the rage, you'll know I was a pioneer.