Garden Reverie Sculpture #11

June 2nd, 2013 | Posted in Sculpture | 4 Comments »

Garden Reverie Sculpture #11

The last step before molding is sculpting the base with flowers and note.  

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Garden Reverie Sculpture #10

May 7th, 2013 | Posted in Sculpture | 2 Comments »

Garden Reverie Sculpture #10

Sculpting the seat cushion is next.  She’s almost finished!  (See finished clay pics and promotion and bronze photos) 

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Awards for Garden Reverie

May 1st, 2013 | Posted in Sculpture | Leave a comment »

Awards for Garden Reverie

Glad I entered some competitions this year!  Decided to see how my sculpture Garden Reverie would do in a few competitions.  If she was able to win something it would really help with promoting her.  Well, I was so excited to get a phone call from AWA (American Women Artists) that I had won Grand Prize in their online 2013 competition!

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“Garden Reverie” Bronze with Blue-Green Dress

April 24th, 2013 | Posted in Promotions | 15 Comments »

“Garden Reverie” Bronze with Blue-Green Dress

My favorite patinas are usually ones that show the quality of the bronze metal in all it’s glowing glory.  Some sculptures look best with an opaque patina and some look great with a bronze patina.  I happen to favor Garden Reverie in bronze patina, with color on her dress and flower etc..

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“Garden Reverie” Finished in Bronze!

April 17th, 2013 | Posted in Promotions | 3 Comments »

“Garden Reverie”  Finished in Bronze!

Hi everyone,

Finally have some pics to share with you of Garden Reverie in monochrome.  The patina is called a pastel patina, meaning that a white base is used and then color is slowly built up upon that.  I wanted her to look warm and soft so we used warm colors of rosy salmon, tan, off-white and grey.

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Garden Reverie Sculpture #9

April 15th, 2013 | Posted in Sculpture | 4 Comments »

Garden Reverie Sculpture #9

Sculpting flowers is something I really enjoy doing.  Adding one to my garden lady seemed like a great  thing to do.   (See finished clay pics and promotion and bronze photos)

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Parks Bronze Foundry

April 13th, 2013 | Posted in Foundry | 6 Comments »

Parks Bronze Foundry

What a wonderful time I had going to my new foundry, Parks Bronze, in Enterprise, Oregon.  Want to share my foundry experience with you along with photos of Enterprise and the nearby town of Joseph (5 miles away).

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Garden Reverie Sculpture #8

April 12th, 2013 | Posted in Sculpture | 1 Comment »

Garden Reverie Sculpture #8

Once again, refining her figure is what I’ll be showing today but this time for her legs.  Keeping in mind the shape of the bones, such as in the knee, is important.  There are many complex features to a knee.  Two large bones join there and then a knee cap and tendons, muscle and fat all play a part. 

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Garden Reverie Sculpture- #7

March 27th, 2013 | Posted in Sculpture | 10 Comments »

QCFA Blog Post #7 – Garden Reverie

Today I want to show how this arm and hand was more difficult to sculpt than the other hand.  Lining up her hand in the right position under her chin was part of the difficulty.

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“Garden Reverie” – Finished clay pics!

March 18th, 2013 | Posted in Sculpture | 26 Comments »

“Garden Reverie” – Finished clay pics!

Garden Reverie’s work in progress blog posts are here.  (See Garden Reverie’s bronze photos) I’ll continue to add more steps showing her anatomy being refined on into molding, casting in bronze and patina.  

For now, I’m skipping ahead to the finished clay pics because I’m doing a pre-cast promotion (also available at my Napa gallery) for this sculpture.  She will be available in bronze by mid-April.

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