Continued work on my #19 Historic Steam Engine from Yreka, CA. The goal is to have the complete model 3d printed. I'm looking for someone who would like to assist me in the actual printing. 

This is the second road test of the portable Raku Kiln shown in SketchUp drawings. As you can see the design has changed. A good friend had make the comment, " wouldn't it be cool if it were motorized". Well I've had some bike parts laying around for several years, so you know how that goes. There is still quite a bit to go on this project. I thought I'd show this because I haven't put a new SketchUp design on my blog for a while. Now you know why

Display of current project. This is a welded model of a Raven just after the moment of takeoff. At this point the basic skeletal form and the center spires of the wing and tail feathers are in place. The piece will be just short of 6' wing span. 

This is a design for a portable ceramic kiln. It is for reduction firings. I'm 1/2 the way through the actual construction of this kiln. It will be used for personal as well as class work.

This is a painting just completed. It is 4' X 52". There four wrinkles in the bottom of the picture that is because this is part of a panel painted by 20 artists. This is just one of the painting.

Photos for showing at Liberty Arts Gallery.

A sculpture in progress. The purpose of this piece is to ask questions.

Shell fish? a quick design painting while playing with my new Photoshop upgrade. A Christmas toy. Don

This is a new poster for my studio art. It's a collection of my work in a collage executed in Photoshop.

Series of the 1904 work

The 1904 Oldsmobile in this image was created in SketchUp and rendered in Kerkythea. The background photo was taken with my iPhone and loaded in Kerkythea as a background. Title " Morning in the 04 "

This Morning's fun with Photoshop and Intuos pad.

Forest experiment with Photoshop and new intuos 2 tablet. I'm doing a series of experimental paintings to deal with the learning curve with these two products. This new tablet is much better than the old one.

This sculpture is for the "Master Sculpture Class" being taught at the Yreka Institute of the Arts in Yreka, CA. It is to aid students in seeing the relationship of the bone and muscle structure as it affects the outer skin layer.

Muscle and head muscle model too aid students in the structure of the portrait busts.

The "Muse" being caught in the act of entering an art gallery.
Anicca is an art exhibit at Liberty Arts Gallery in Yreka, CA. This is the work I did for the show. I hope this will be the beginning of these type of shows everywhere. The idea behind the show was to create a community art happening that would last for three weeks. The name Anicca was chosen as a Buddhist word describing things that don't last forever. Everyone in the community was invited into the gallery. They could choose a space and create their own art. I talked with artists from 4 years of age to 89. I created this piece to represent the "Muse" crawling out of the wall. There was so much creativity going on that he, the muse, had to come see what was going on. No one is supposed to see the Muse. His surprised look is because we caught him in the act of investigating the work.
Go to this site to get more information:
http://www.libertyartsyreka.org/2012/01/26/opening-night-anicca/

Latest Clay Sculpture. My goal with this portrait is a young Angelina Jolie. What do you think? I worked from a lot of online photos.

Fascination

This is the latest Sculpture. It was created 1/4 scale as a sample for the Sculpturing Masters classes that will start at St. Marks Preservation Square on January 11, 2012. These open-ended classes will be directed by Sculptor Don East. This is also the first class to be offered through the Yreka Institute for the Arts. The time will be 7 to 9 P.M.

For reservations call 530 340-5587

Starting Master Sculpting Class soon.

God with Textures

The Sculpture I've created after Michaelangelo's God from the Sistine Chapel is now complete as far as the modeling stage. It will now have to go through the drying and thinning stages in preparation for firing. I plan on including additional pictures of the preparation for firing.