Voting for “Choice” has Begun!

Reverie Of A Woodland Nymph
Ceramic,  Acrylic and A Wreath of Tree Roots
Height 17 inches,  Width 11 inches, Depth  7 ½ inches

So the voting is on…and so far, “Reverie of the Woodland Nymph“,  is in the lead…I’m using her face as my Blog logo…so she is definitely one of  “mama’s” favorite…yes, I do think of my sculptures as my art children…entities that came from me…out of me that were once so close, so intimate they,  like my birth children, in time, claim their own unto themselves identities

 “Reverie of the Woodland Nymph“, appeared to me in a visual meditation and I was inspired to pursue the vision in clay but I was also using a new clay and I was a bit anxious how it would all turn out.

For some time, I had been wanting to try a higher firing clay body and so after much toing-and-foring, I choose a mid-range firing sculpture clay from Portland Pottery…that’s Portland, ME.  This new clay took me a while to get use to…It didn’t handle like the familiar terracotta clay but after a bit, I did feel we were beginning to dance together…but then my concern was how would the kiln firing  go with this higher cone clay in my kiln…gratefully, it fried beautifully…a bit more shrinking than I was used to but I was still quite pleased.  Plus it responded well to my acrylic coloring technique…so, a vision realized along with technical aplomb makes her a winner to me!

Flying With Soul’s Grace
Ceramic, and Acrylic
Height  16 ½ inches,  Width 11 ½ inches, Depth 13 inches

 “Flying With Soul’s Grace” is the second most high rated favorite…she is another nature being like “Reverie of the Woodland Nymph“, but of a decidedly different countenance.  For her, I feel that she is springing up from the grass to soar with the birds towards the sun and the Nymph’s quietude unfolds in the sweet shadows of forest trees and ferns.

Hope you’ll go take a peek at all of this…and vote too…it’s @  www.maine-art.com/choice