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

“The Poetic Heart of a Faun”

“The Poetic Heart of a Faun”....in my garden

Often people ask me why such a rarity of male sculptures showing up in my work…and its true,  my sculptures are mostly women…but when there are males, they most likely will be Fauns or versions of the Green Man.  Relating to my work as personas or archetypes, influenced by mythology, I am drawn to these male consorts of Mother Nature…generator, fecund lover…the creators, nurturers, healers & teachers…and other aspects of male gentleness. First inspired, I am sure, by one of my favorite ballets “Afternoon of a Faun”, music by Claude Dubussy which I first saw as a teenager…it swept me up into its beauty, lyricism & romanticism…the choreographer was Jerome Robbins who turned the Faun into a ballet student and was no longer the very randy Faun (half man, half) created by the original choreographer, Nijinsky and who also danced as the Faun in the ballet’s infamous opening of 1912 in Paris (think “Rite of Spring“)…so it was Jerome Robbins’  gentle , ethereal “Faun” that made such a huge impression on me. Actually, the Faun of the ancient Romans is said to be a gentler form of the ancient Greeks Satyr.  So for me, the Faun  represents a poetic heart…and so far, all my Fauns have emblazed on their chests; a heart.

“The Poetic Heart of a Faun”
Photo of “The Poetic Heart of a Faun” in my studio showing the red terracotta clay while he waits to dry enough to be fired in my electric kiln

 This photo is thru the mystical dimensions of Photoshop shop…oh, I do enjoy playing there! If you would like to see “The Poetic Heart of a Faun" in person, he is @ Cocco & Salem Imagine Art Gallery, 1111 Duval Street, Key West, FL

The Golden Heart Of The Blue Faun

Hello…what a GREAT time for me to be starting this Blog.  Choice, an art show happening at the gallery, Maine Art in Kennebunk has a dynamite ad in the April issue of Maine Home…and I’m in it…or my ceramic sculpture, The Golden Heart Of The Blue Faun is in it! I am one of 12 artists selected to be part of this, first-for-me type of art show…after April 2, the public is invited to go on line

(Maine-Art.com/choice) and vote for their favorite work from each of the participating artists…ultimately, 3 pieces from the 6 pieces that each artist presents will be selected for the Choice show…one will represent artist choice, one the gallery choice, and one the public’s choice…not quite American Idol but I’m surprisingly excited…living in Eastport, Maine and only a hop, skip, and a jump from the actual and official 45th parallel line and where folks, where I live, have been know to say, “It’s not nowhere but you can see it from here” makes it’s feel so phenomenal to be apart of this on-line, wide ranging Art Project…feeling connected but still having my great, uncrowded “view“! So please remember during April 2 to May 31, to take a peek and voice your choice…(Maine-Art.com/choice)…I’m really curious to find out what it will be…and thanks!

The Golden Heart Of The Blue Faun
Ceramic,  Acrylic and Sand
Height 22 inches,  Width 12 inches, Depth 8 inches