It has been a busy summer both artistically and otherwise. I have not written a post in a number of weeks an as such have so much to say I hardly know where to start. This blog post will be a quick recap of the past few weeks and I will also tell you about a couple things you can do to get involved with my artwork.
The picture above is a design I created for a sculpture I would like to make for my hometown Meridian Idaho. I was chosen as a finalist for this project and they are accepting public input both at Meridian City Hall and online. I invite you to read the proposals and if you feel so inclined to write in a letter in support of my sculpture design. Here is an excerpt from my proposal to the Meridian Arts Council
“My sculpture design features three children enjoying a day out on the town. I have many good memories of going into downtown Meridian with my older siblings, buying candy at Albertsons, Hamburgers and Ice cream at the Burger Den (which is now Main Street Burger), and then looking at toys at Payless (which is now Rite Aid). Coincidentally the location for this project is in the center of these stores. In a way this is a portrait of us when we were younger. I am the little boy with the Ice cream cone holding my older sisters hand and my older brother going ahead of us with a box of candy in his back pocket. I hope it can inspire the people and children in Meridian to enjoy the town more, and help make this corner a little more inviting.”
I hope you will support me in this. Click here to see all the proposals and support my design.
I have also been doing a lot of work trying to get ready for the Jackson Hole Art Fair which I will be selling my work in. You are also invited to come and see me at my booth on July 10th, 11th, and 12th in Jackson Hole. It will be a ton of fun with lots of great artwork from many great artists! You can read more about the Jackson Hole Art Fair here.
Here are a few of the things I have been working on.
Made this totally awesome banner for my booth!
Made a mold for this sculpture of hands entitled “Blessings”
Started Sculpting the relief versions of my full round sculptures “Shelter” and “Lotus”
Finished this sculpture entitled “Stormy Day”
Fired the Kiln with my new sculptures in it.
Completely destroyed the first casting and the mold for this sculpture. No worries I still had the orginal which I am making a new mold of.
Finished this sculpture which the title is still up for debate.
And I cleaned and organized my awesome studio. You can see more pics of my studio if you click here.
More has happened but I have work to do! You will just have to hear about it in future blog posts.
Beginning of Summer Recap
