The Late Emerging Artist

The Bird is Complete (Now for the Base)

It’s been a long time coming, but the painting of the owl is complete. Now all I’ve got to do is finish the base and wait for the standing ovation. Of course, if you check out the base it has a long way to go. (Who da guessed it?) I believe that the triangular areaContinue reading “The Bird is Complete (Now for the Base)”

The Owl is in the Home Stretch”!!!

You can see that the base of the sculpture needs a lot of work, but except for a couple of rough spots the sculpture of the bird is complete. I have the color palette for the owl picked out; it’s just a matter of getting the paint on the bird. Having said that I haveContinue reading “The Owl is in the Home Stretch”!!!”

The Painting has Started

I have run out of clay again, so the completed sculpture will not be done by the end of January (Surprised???), however, I have begun to paint the Owl. I have gessoed the whole piece (At least where there is clay), and I am using acrylic paint in very thin glazes. I’ll be covering someContinue reading “The Painting has Started”

Almost Complete

Hi Folks, Things are moving right along and it appears that I will be completing at least the sculpturing part of the “Great Horned Owl” by the end of January. “Check It Out”. As you can see, the base still needs a lot of work, and if you look closely there are still some minorContinue reading “Almost Complete”

The Owl and the Gallery

Hi Folks I was at the Around the Corner Frames and Gallery last Tuesday (January 11, 2022) working on “Hootie”. I spent four hours “Gallery Sitting” and detailing the Owl’s head. It went well and I met some really great Folks. When I got back to my studio I attached the head to the bodyContinue reading “The Owl and the Gallery”

Great Horned Owl 1st Post 2022

Hi Folks, I’m out of clay again, and if in fact you check you check out the little bonnet the owl is wearing, along with the feathers on the breast that haven’t been detailed yet, that’s the end of the last batch. I wanted to point out that adding the feathers is not only addingContinue reading “Great Horned Owl 1st Post 2022”

The Holidays are over and a New Year is almost here!

Hi Folks, I’m “Really Cooking” right now (or perhaps, I’m just “Half Baked”). Whichever way you look at it, I feel I’ve made some progress last week, and I think that I may be done with the sculpting by the end of January. Then comes the finishing process. I’m leaning toward painting it in aContinue reading “The Holidays are over and a New Year is almost here!”

The Epoxy Came, So Did The Eyes

Everything has arrived and only a couple of days late. I can’t complain about the late arrival considering the Holiday shipping challenges. Time to get back to work The eyes came in a bit on the large size, (40 mm. about 1.5 inches) so I had to reorder them. This pair is 30 mm, orContinue reading “The Epoxy Came, So Did The Eyes”

WHERE’S DA CLAY???

Hi Folks, I was zipping right along and I ran out of two-part epoxy. Don’t ya just hate it when that happens? Amazon assures me that it will arrive today. Meanwhile, I thought I’d complain a bit.

Great Horned Owl 12/10/2021

Hi Folks, Well, the head is now on the Owl; the chicken wire is wrapped, and all of the insulation foam is in place and expanded. Now comes the messy part. I am beginning to lay on the first coat of two-part epoxy. The main thing to know about this epoxy is that: It needsContinue reading “Great Horned Owl 12/10/2021”