Daniel Borup's Year in Review

Daniel Borup's Year in Review

by | Dec 31, 2015 | Artist Bio, Artist weekly Log, Contest, Creative Process, Inspiration, Progress Pictures

Well… here it is. The last blog post of the year. Well at least I am starting it before the year is over. I hope to get it posted before next year starts. If you are joining the blog for the first time this will be a good post to catch you up on everything that has happened this year. If you have been following the blog for a while then you will hear some new stuff seeing as how I haven’t posted in a few months now. Now… I am pleased to share with you

Daniel Borup’s Magnificent Year in Review Blog Post 2015!

Let me start by saying, this is the first post of this kind I have written seeing as how I only really started blogging at the beginning of this year. In fact getting this blog up and going was my new years resolution. I will talk more about that next week.
Although there is tons to write about this post is to give you a quick overview of the highlights of 2015, so hear it goes.
The year started off good with this sculpture of a lion I did…
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Then I finished my Good Samaritan Sculpture. I entered it into the International LDS Art Competition and didn’t get in. That’s okay though because it has turned out to be one of my better selling sculptures. In fact you can purchase a casting of this sculpture here: http://www.danielborup.com/product/the-good-samaritan-2/
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Then I did my second artist residency at the Idaho Art Lab. This was a fantastically productive and inspiring time. During that residency I sculpted this…
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And This…
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Which is a small maquette of this…
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I cleaned and organized my studio
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Man I wish is looked this clean now!
I also had a booth at the Jackson Hole Art Fair which was pretty sweet.
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I won best of show at the Eastern Idaho State Fair
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I sculpted a bust of John F. Shelley for the City of Shelley Idaho.
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I sculpted some giant busts of Adam and Eve…
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I made some sweet videos like this one:

You can see other videos right here: www.danielborup.com/videos/
Then to end the year off I had a solo exhibition open in the Carr Gallery in Idaho Falls. The show features 32 of my works and is still open until January 10th. So if you haven’t seen it yet please go. http://www.idahofallsarts.org/daniel-borup
Last but not least is my gift to you. I am holding a sculpture giveaway contest which is ending tomorrow. If you haven’t entered yet please do so now. It’s free to enter and you could start off your year winning a sculpture from me! Here is a link to the contest: http://www.danielborup.com/contest/
It has been a crazy amazing year. I just scratched the surface of all the great things that happened this year. I made tons of sculpture and worked to inspire lives. Thank you for being a part of it and I hope you will continue to be a part of my life next year. Stick around and I will do everything I can to  inspire you with art in 2016, making it the best year ever!
Comments are welcome.

My Time With Artist Marilyn Hoff Hansen

My Time With Artist Marilyn Hoff Hansen

by | Apr 30, 2015 | Artist Feature

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This week I was  pleased to enjoy an awesome demonstration from one of the most fantastic artists I know Marilyn Hoff Hansen. I enjoyed it so much I decided to make this post is feature on her. Marilyn is know for her beautiful horse sculptures and paintings. The artwork in this post is hers. I first met Marilyn at the Idaho Art Lab about a year ago during my first Artist residency. I was familiar with and admired her work before this time, but now that I know her I admire her for the wonderful person and artist she is. The first time we met she was pleasant and friendly and so willing to share all she knows with me. Some artist tend to want to keep secrets about their processes. Not Marilyn, she was happy go into detail about how she works. She likes to joke and tell me “Come by my studio and I will teach you all I know… It will only take about 5 minutes”. This of course is far from the truth as Marilyn has a wealth of knowledge about many aspects of art. My conversations I have had with Marilyn have inspired me to do more relief work and to begin casting in concrete. Her casting techniques have taken her many years to develop and perfect and that knowledge she freely gives. I am very grateful for that.
I recently assigned a relief sculpture project to my high school sculpture class. One of my students wanted to sculpt a horse and I thought to myself. “It would be so great to have Marilyn come in and do a demonstration for my sculpture class!” So I called her to ask if she would come and she gladly accepted.
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What lucky students I have to be able to meet such a woman. I too learned a ton from her in the short time she was in my class.
She talked about her casting process and then showed her thought process as she composed a new relief sculpture piece for us. It was fascinating to watch. I was the lucky one because after the class was over she stayed for some time during my prep hour and I got to ask her all the questions I wanted.
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I hope you will spend a little time today to visit her website and facebook page, and see more of her wonderful artwork.
I love getting to know other artists and being inspired by them. Thank You Marilyn.
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