October 8th, 2009

Well I finally decided to bite the bullet and start a blog. I think it may stem from wanting to update the site more regularly and this would give me a little more motivation to do it.

As some of you know, I was working on a yellow cedar Coffee Table which was finished a little while ago. I entered it into the Sidney Fine Art Show and am very pleased to say I made it into this prestigious show. I think there were over 1400 entries this year so just getting in is an accomplishment. There are some pics in the Art in Progress section but not the high quality ones. I rely on Lynn for that!

I have also been working lately on a couple of panels for a gentleman in Italy. The order is for an Eagle with a Salmon that is very traditional (black and red) on a "rustic" red cedar panel that is whitewashed. Also the panel is to be painted only, no carving. Sounds easy on paper but the whitewash throws a wrench into the operation. Cedar oil tends to bleed pretty badly through white paint so you have to put on numerous undercoats as well as numerous layers of white. Also, red and black require more coats of paint over white as opposed to cedar so basically everything takes more time. Here is a sketch I did as a rough idea of where this is going.

Anyways, I'll try to keep this up-to-date as I go along. Feel free to ask any questions.....

 


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