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GOLEM: MAJOR OPUS

GOLEM GALLERY: MAJOR OPUS

December 2, 2024 By Administrator Leave a Comment

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A big part of the fun of this stage of a paper scu A big part of the fun of this stage of a paper sculpture is trying to PREDICT how I will be folding the paper three-dimensionally. 

Sketching, folding, tracing, resetching, transforming three-dimensional forms into two-dimensional forms back into three-dimensional forms. 

It's quite the dance, thank goodness good music helps. 

#wip #papersculpture #papertoy #sculpture #figurativeart #artistmannequin #artistmodel #maquette
Keeping on with the gouache. This one went a littl Keeping on with the gouache. This one went a little more classic. 

#gouache #figurativeart #figuresketching #gesturesketch #dynamicpose #newskills
Finding some poetry with gouache! This fire dancer Finding some poetry with gouache! This fire dancer emerged! 

#figurativeart #figuresketching #gesturesketch #firedancer #gouache #artmodel
Gouache figure study, with a full figured model. S Gouache figure study, with a full figured model. Still figuring this gouache thing out and trying different techniques.

The figure I know, the brush I know, Gouache is a new vocabulary to me.

#gouache #figuredrawing #figuresketching #gesturesketch #figurativeart #justfiguringitout
I'm bravely attempting to understand gouache... I'm bravely attempting to understand gouache... 

The queen of all mediums (Oil Paint) and I have long understood each other. Now I am trying to get to know the Knight. Hopefully I won't get too bruised in the process. 

#gouache #figuredrawing #figuresketching #gesturesketch #figurativeart #justfiguringitout
Just a yoga head stand... That's all. #figured Just a yoga head stand... 

That's all. 

#figuredrawing #figuresketching #gesturesketch #yogaheadstand #contécrayon
Initial draft of a paper golem sculpture. Still wo Initial draft of a paper golem sculpture. Still working out the kinks in the composition. .. eventually he will model for painting. I think it will be called: 

THE KING'S CELL

#golem #papertoy #papersculpture #artmodel #artistmannequin #figurativeart #humanfigure #echochamber #contemporaryart #expressiveart #surrealism #visionaryart
So here it is. Four years later. I have worked on So here it is. Four years later.

I have worked on this painting on and off for the last four years. 

Originally, I intended this to be a completely unashamedly joyful piece, created as we were coming out of the lockdown. 

But the world kept burning, and the piece at the time felt shallow.  

I put it away, pulled it out, put it away again.

It changed. Changed again. 

And again.

I am finishing it here. 

Still joyful, but more of a ‘NONETHELESS’. 

The world burns. But nonetheless there is love, and joy, and wonder.

The single greatest act of rebellion I know.

Title: YET, IN THE FURNACE OF BABYLON, THE CHILDREN, TOGETHER, DANCED

Oil on Panel

36”x64”

#love #dance #celebration #furnace #treeoflife #agape #visionaryart #mystic #christianmysticism #surrealart #babel #golem #papertoy #resilliance #loveanyway #oilpainting #art
@joshuat.manion is always an inspiring Model. One @joshuat.manion is always an inspiring Model. One of the few I know with the nerve control to cause isolated back muscles to "pop" when I am giving anatomy demonstrations.

But his poses are pure lyrical poetry as well!

#lifedrawing #gesturesketch #figuredrawing #figurativeart #figuresketching #lifemodeling #humanfigure
Tying up the end of the figure drawing semester, a Tying up the end of the figure drawing semester, and going back through the portfolio and finding some of my favorite modeling sessions.

Ashley provided some powerful poses working with long drapery. Thank you Ashley!

#artistmodel #humanfigure #figuredrawing #figuresketching #gesturesketching #lifedrawing #figureandcloth
It's been way too long since I've sculpted with cl It's been way too long since I've sculpted with clay. Don't know if this is just a one-time experiment, or the beginning of a new body of work. Still want to keep a close relationship between sculpture and painting no matter how I move forward. 

I think this one is just begun, there's some love coming to this hardworking fellow. 

#clayscupture #figurativeart #figurativesculture #humanfigure #claysketch #expressiveart
I have been working on this painting on and off, t I have been working on this painting on and off, then on again, then off again… revised… put it away… pulled it back out… revised again…

for over 3 years now. 

So much so I think I am going aesthetically blind to it.
 
Trying a new view, bring it to a different location with different light, flip it upside down, look at a mirror… anything! I want to land this son-of-lovin’-God-painting in the next week if I can!

#wip #paintinginprogress #oilpainting #artistlife #creativeprocess #justfinishitalready
The incomparable Chris V. (Sorry, don’t have his The incomparable Chris V. (Sorry, don’t have his account or I would tag him) Gave some amazing, expressive poses to my class last night, playing figure and dramatic cloth!

#figuredrawing #figuresketching #humanfigure #figureandcloth #lifedrawing #lifesketching
Many thanks to @pose_with_keith who modeled for my Many thanks to @pose_with_keith who modeled for my figure drawing class and came up with some inspiring figure/cloth/uniform poses! Great stuff happened across the classroom!

#figuresketching #figuredrawing #lifedrawing #lifedrawingclasses #humanfigure no
RAVEN’S BREAD. Oil on Panel, 21”X11.5” I am RAVEN’S BREAD. Oil on Panel, 21”X11.5”

I am rolling on a much bigger project… but needed to jump-start the muse with a fast and fun composition. So I dug up an old paper figure from a previous commission, whipped out a paper raven, and put them both under a black light (second image) to do playful riff of an ancient narrative. 

felt good.

#surrealistart #oilpainting #papertoy #golem #homunculus #expressiverealism #imaginativerealism #artistmodel #angel #warrior #raven #elijahandraven #mystic #mysticism #expressiveart
Always a joy to be back teaching Figure Drawing ag Always a joy to be back teaching Figure Drawing again!  Some of my favorite uber-fast demo drawings from the Muscle & Skeleton anatomy classes. With @joshuat.manion & @pose_with_keith 

#figuredrawing #anatomystudies #muscledrawings #ecorché #humanfiguredrawing
WATCHING HERM Oil on Panel, 21”x11.5”. #imagi WATCHING HERM
Oil on Panel, 21”x11.5”.

#imaginativerealism #surrealism #herm #visionaryart #mysticism #anthropocine #figurativeart #landscapepainting #watching
If your still searching for gifts, there is still If your still searching for gifts, there is still a window of time to get a Guy Kinnear designed shirt custom printed and delivered in time for the Holiday.  New designs are up and more coming, but if you’re holding out to get something for yourself a little later, there is still plenty of time. 

All shirts can be customized for cut and fabric color. (even printed on mugs and bags) Check in for daily deals.

Look to my profile to find the way to the Shirt Shop.

if you are particularly interested in the ASSUMPTION OF MAGGIE shirt, the way to that design is also on my Profile.

#christmasshopping #christmasgifts #shirtdesign #tshirt #golem #ragdoll #artshirt #arttoy #toys #holidaygifts #whimsey
FALLOW STAG, oil on panel Just finished in time t FALLOW STAG, oil on panel

Just finished in time to look back over 2024. I have started to compare Off-the-grid living to driving a 1966 Volkswagon Van... It just requires constant tinkering.  And BOY have I ever tinkered on the land this year. New well pump, rebuilding inverters, expanded food growing, reworking solar panels, new batteries... Not as much time studio-painting, but lots of time land-creating.

So this one has been slow cooking as I have been creating: THE FALLOW STAG. It has been an apt point of meditation during a season when it seems like my creative studio has been allowed to “go fallow” while I put my energy elsewhere.
 
My thoughts on the creation of the piece in the comments below for the curious:

#oilpainting #painting #environmentalart #offthegridliving #figurativepainting #surrealistart #postcontemporaryart #magicrealism #visionaryart #expressiveart #golem #papertoy #fallowdeer #stag #mysticim #mysticart #serpent
The T-shirt and Gifts shop is open for business in The T-shirt and Gifts shop is open for business in time for the Holidays! And a whole new set of whimsical designs are uploaded and ready to go into someone’s stockings!

All shirts can be customized for cut and fabric color. (even printed on mugs and bags) There is still time to get some ordered for the holidays and there are daily deals.

Look to my profile to find the way to the Shirt Shop.

if you are particularly interested in the WAS IT A DREAM OR WAS IT AN ALEGORY shirt, the way to that design is also on my Profile.

#christmasshopping #christmasgifts #shirtdesign #tshirt #golem #marriage #automaton #toys #lovers #holidaygifts #whimsey
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