26 October 2018
Even though I recently took a year’s sabbatical from making sculpture, it’s gratifying to know that there’s still “an appetite” for my work. Four of my figurative pieces have sold in the past few months — some through the Pulse Gallery (at The Forks, Winnipeg), and some directly to collectors who contacted me here, through my studio. I’m now back in the atelier sculpting away… timely, as the autumn seems to be turning less favourable for “playing outside.”
Sculptures recently sold: ‘Deep Within‘ (which went to Paris); ‘Carrot & Ginger‘; ‘Believe,’ my homage to aviator Amelia Earhart; and ‘Third Time Lucky,’ the metaphoric piece depicting a stressed, myopic lifeguard.
23 September 2018
Well, it’s been a while, but I am back in the studio (after a year of Sabbatical). It feels good!
My studio is sporting a new roof, and I am putting up the storm windows in preparation for what they say will be a cold winter. Wood has been stacked for the stove, and my mind is a clutter of ideas… waiting to be “realized” as figurative sculptures. I am feeling the need for some new “studio buddies,” so let the work begin!
I’m getting back into the feel of clay by shaping a new batch of “Readers,” as most of the previous iterations were adopted by WAVE tour visitors during the summer, and there are folks who want some prior to Christmas.
2 September 2016
Rejoice, rejoice — you have no choice… Hand-built figurative ceramic sculpture with cold finishes; assemblage with ornate antique bird cage, silver-plated dish, and hexagonal hardwood base.
410mm high x 300mm diameter
1 September 2016
When Pigs Fly is a new sculptural commission I have just completed. Five hand-built winged pigs (in a burnished metallic-silver cold finish) erupt upwards from a tiered, turned wooden base with metal findings. Each pig featues a “piggy-bank” coin slot on its back. Interpretation is open to the viewer…
340mm high x 250mm diameter
23 March 2016
Carrot & Ginger A hand-built clay sculpture with cold finishes on turned mahogany/teak base, with copper findings — this piece was selected for inclusion at the 2016 WAVE at the WAG exhibition, and can be viewed at the Winnipeg Art Gallery until 17 April.
675mm x 340mm x 220mm
“Sometimes, it’s really just a matter of getting started.
‘Slow and steady’ has its well-earned place,
but without the motivation to start,
you’re not even in the race.”
27 February 2016
Winter weather provides a great motivation to work in the comfort of my wood-heated studio… half a dozen sculptures underway or completed since New Year’s day!
15 February 2016
To what end? This hand-built clay sculpture incorporates antique iron callipers on a turned wooden base with bronze metal details.
580mm high x 255mm diameter
4 September 2015
Shapely vitrified hearts, crafty pendents, the ever-popular readers, and engaging ceramic sculpture… along with hugs galore, await you! Don’t worry about the rain — make this a weekend to remember!
Please come out to the 2015 WAVE Artists’ Studio Tour on Saturday, 5 September and Sunday, 6 September (10:00 to 18:00 each day). ‘What? Clay Art & Curios’ is #13 on the tour (click for map).
7 April 2015
We live in stories… is my latest piece — as of today it’s on exhibit at the Pulse Gallery (The Forks, Winnipeg).
This hand-built kiln-fired clay figure is partially glazed, along with oxide stains and cold finishes, on a stained wooden base (old-growth fir).
