I am fortunate to have a piece from my “The Road” series accepted in this year’s exhibition.

Just west of the Menil on Alabama @waterercolor society.

Each piece is sewn onto the sculpture with a piece of wire in at least three places. It is slow meticulous work. It is a meditation. I have to really slow down and look very carefully for the best places to connect each piece to the sculpture. The wires used to attach the pieces can not look functional. The connections have to be hidden. My goal is to keep the water light and moving. Harvey was all about the water.

Re working the splashing made by the figure wading through the flood.

Reworking the splash

The first day of working on the splash made from walking through flood water.

How to sculpt a splash

Today’s ingredients

Hay, string and wire-cloth to be mixed with plaster.

The left leg Preplaster

Hoof vibrations

The first day of plaster

Right leg

Building the ears and adding baling wire before the plaster.

One of the most coveted words an artist can hear or receive in an email is “invited”

I am so pleased and grateful to have a piece selected. 🙏

A selection of my Hurricane Harvey Heroes monotypes and one of the Humanities pieces are now exhibited in the Houston Flood Museum.

https://houstonfloodmuseum.org/hurricane-harvey-heroes-and-humanity/

Step one - I find or take a photo to use as a reference. Many times I take screen shots from videos I find online. This time I took photos of Griffin and Alex. At the time I was planning on sculpting “The Guy In the Astros Cap”. I had Griffin carry Alex and I took photos as he walked. I can still use the pictures of Griffin walking. Alex is too cute and tiny to stand in for the pig. I will have to wing the pig.

Step 2- I start with the armature for the feet, piecing them together from the small leftover scraps of my last sculpture.

I really like the pigeon toed aspect of this photo.

Even though I like work from photos I feel free to change anything I want.

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