little of this and a little of that

August and September were busy. took my sculptures and signs to 3 events, the Ratrod-O-Rama, art walk at the Bear Hotel, and the Oktoberfest in Wolf Creek Or.

                              

now working at the Bear Hotel, painting a Tromp l'oeil  mural at the end of a short hall.

we had so much fun at the crawdad festival I made a sign in the hopes of selling it, but it will look good in my next booth set up.




I also made another tree sculpture with a crowing rooster to show what can be done with the materials I use.

I've also been making little bird sculptures and may take a spot in a crafters mall in Grants Pass to sell them.

The last two months have been a bit chaotic.

                                                                                 

I have been working at the baseball field again doing sponsor signs, am back to working with FedEx again on a part time basis and have started a new sculpture.

we took the 65 Falcon to the Back to the Fifties car cruise with Sammy our Pomeranian, he got lots of ooh's and aww's, the car not so much :)

motel 6

Last Friday I did a wall sign at Motel 6. things started off a little rough, it was a little windy and I couldnt get the paper pattern pieces to line up but, eventually I got things situated and started in on the paint.

I started with the background blue then the red and finally the white. it was hot (91 degrees) and miserable, but I got it done about 1:30, and will be getting a check in the mail soon, so all is good.

Joyce the manager called me and told how great the sign looked, but that I had put it in the wrong spot, (uurrghg!!), but she said not to worry it can stay there and they may pay me later to paint the tag line :we'll leave the lights on for you" so that's a plus :)

cake topper

this is a wedding cake topper I made

 it is made of an old aluminum foil pie plate, and some foam balls all covered in magic sculpt epoxy clay

the handrail is done

 this is a shot of the base coat that I applied last week and let set for a couple of days.

 I went back on Sat the 12th and finished up the post and rails with two glazes, one a purplish brown color and the second a blue-green black, applied liberally and blotted off with rags to get the effect I was looking for. I offered to come back and gray it a bit to match the surrounding trees but my parents said they were happy with the look.

not sure yet if we are going to paint the rocks on the risers of the steps they look pretty good natural, and blend in quite well with the existing rocks.

A little support

Yesterday May 4th I started a handrail at my parents house, they are getting for a wedding (mine) and a couple of family reunions this summer.

They asked me if I would like to make the rail and posts into branches and such, plus put some support under the leading edge of the steps, they are just setting on the dirt and tend to tip when you step on the leading edge, so I said sure and got to work.

 These two photos are at the end of the day Fri May 4th

The last three photos are at the end of today. I will be going back to do a little more detailing with some 2 part epoxy clay, and then it will be on to paint should be done before the end of the week, I've still got to get the cake topper done and was thinking about a sign for the end of my parents driveway.

Fly away birdie

 got the little birdie done, and now I've got to come up with some wedding cake toppers

It's a fun little sign that I hope will bring more business for my friend and myself

tee's and trees

the stump grinding sign is just about done, I have decided to add a little bird sitting atop the sign to add some color, and the lettering needs another coat of paint


the T-shirt design is done and has been approved for printing. now to get them done by the 27th of April

Still Grinding

Here's a shot of the stump grinding sign still in progress. I am still experimenting on glaze colors to get a rich brown bark, but overall I am happy with how it is turning out. The signboard will probably get a few highlights and the lettering will get a contrasting color.

heatin' up

things are starting to look up for the work schedule. the stump grinder job is in paint, should have pictures up by Tues, today was spent cooking some chili and building a sign for tomorrows chili cook off at church, and I've been working on a three or four color t-shirt design for Strictly Foreign, and I've got a wheel cover to paint for another long time friend.

the cook off sign is pink styro foam for the chili, it was shaped with a pneumatic die grinder, and beaded white foam for the flames. the lettering is hand painted using Sherwin Williams resilience paint, it will be hanging in the shop after the chili cook off as another sample of whats possible for my future clients.

the t-shirt has a little more work to go, change the rims on the bus and add a bug, and determine colors and amount of colors, and then get it printed in time for a car show on the 28th of April.

and addition to all that we went to Medford today and picked up a little chihuahua for my girlfriend

Stump Grinding

A long time friend recently purchased a stump grinder to augment his landscape maintenance business, so I am making a sign that will sit at the edge of his property on a well traveled road here in Grants Pass.

I've had the framework done for a few days, and today I got started coating with fiberglass reenforced concrete and an epoxy clay called magic sculpt. Hopefully I can get this done in the next 4 or 5 days.

Grants Pass Museum of Art

the March 2012 issue of Art Matters put out by the GPMA has an article of yours truly.

Janet Higgins a fellow artist at the Bear Hotel wrote the piece, I think she did a great job? what do you think?