"that ball is not going to throw itself"
1 gallon of paint and counting
Getting ready for this falls "known and underknown" show at art Brookfield- downtown Houston
My piece "that ball is not going to throw it's self" was selected along with my "fetch I-VI" lenticular.
I will be replacing the pedestal on the "tat ball is not going to throw it's self" piece with a chair. I am going to paint the chair with drippy, thick, flat white paint. It will look like plaster. I will then attach the wire dog to the back of the chair.
I bought this chair on Montrose at a 1/2 price sale.
The painting will start next week and probably go on all summer.
Known and Underknownexhibition to be installed in the lobby of 1600 Smith on September 8- November 13, 2017.
New piece- still working on the title
9/26/2016 - 10/2/2016
I started a new sculpture. This will be an additional piece to my series based on shaking dogs. My fingers are crossed.
Pedestal ✅ photos of similar pose ✅ wire✅ wire cutters✅ music ✅
The beginning
Paw
Double
Starting the body. This will be the back side of the piece. The front of the piece you will see just the dogs head popping out and paws gripping the side of a deck.
Right side view
I Moved the piece from my garage to my studio at Glassell. It got a little banged up in the move. There is a lot of negative space involved in these pieces so it is important to have a clean white background behind whichever side I am working on. I have created a movable partition that I move around it as I work.
I taped two 3 paneled science fair poster boards together to make my clean white back drop.
Left side started
Adding more support
More wire
Front view- at this time he is headless. The most important part of this piece will be the dogs expression.
Left view- the tail is wagging extreme left. I spent an entire day getting this tail perfect. Next week I will take a backside view.
The next step is to start the head and face.
I will start a new post for the head of this piece.
I am still struggling with a name. Curtis suggested "did I win?"
I was thinking "paws up"
Naming the piece is an important task to me. I struggle with the name of each and every piece. And I am struggling with the name of this piece.
If you have a suggestion for a "title of work" please do not hesitate to send me an idea.