OPEN STUDIO!  If you’re visiting the Hadley Asparagus Festival tomorrow, Saturday 6/3, or just in the area, please stop by our house/my studio.  8 West Street, north end of the street up from the festival.  I hope to see you then!

Still making progress on Hannah but in the meantime, Study 16 Nathalie may be complete.

 

Hannah isn’t finished but I’ve taken a brief detour to work on a new piece,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Study 15: Hannah though is still, in progress

And a sketch I did along the way

 

 

My New Years resolution (for 2016!) was to get my website up and running- I almost made it but here I go.

It’s a bit odd, figuring out what to say when going ‘live’ with a website documenting something I’ve been working on for over 30 years.  Where to start- clearly not at the beginning?

These works represent a lengthy process from concept, design and engineering, assembly and finally the painting itself.  I call all of them Studies because in fact, each is a further evolution of the previous ones.  All are 3 dimensional and until now, mounted flat on a wall.  Study 15: Hannah however is completely free standing and one can move all around it.  For this piece I’ve drawn inspiration from Marcel Duchamp, Eadweard Muybridge, Frank Gehry and my friends at Research Casting International.

Following this post are three short videos about recent works, then there are a series of posts showing the stages of work on Hannah- the clip above is the final assembly of all the parts.

Finally, I’d like to thank Erica Shannon for creating my website.  She is smart, talented and really terrific to work with.  Thank you Erica!

A short clip on the making of Taija

Short video of making Study 13: Philippe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assembling the nine full and partial figures

final alignment check and attaching plates

 

 

 

 

 

 

welding armature to figure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aligning and attaching the beam to the column supports