There Must be a Horse Here Somewhere

Thanks to Elaine and Jason at Xanadu Gallery in Scottsdale I will be creating 2 new horses similar to the Blue Horse which has gone on to new owners in Grand Marais.

                                           Blue Horse

Susan, my returning assistant, and I will be down on the farm, so to speak, working on horses and cowboys for the Kickin' Show at Grand Hand Gallery. (scroll down on the link) This show opens April 1, the next day we will have the remaining horses loaded in the trailer headed for Scottsdale.

Here is what it looks like to start on one of these sculptures. There must be a horse in the foundry somewhere.

By the way, this is Susan who worked with me years ago and is back again. I am soooo happy to have her back.

Career Development Grant

I am pleased to report I have been awarded a Career Development Grant from The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council. These grants are funded by the State of Minnesota and the McKnight Foundation.
Specifically this will help me create new work for two art shows I am participating in this year. April 1 is the opening of a show at Grand Hand Gallery, St. Paul. In August I am participating in a show at the Johnson Heritage Gallery in Grand Marais.
Currently I am working on a model and a presentation to the City of Duluth, MN for the new Police Headquarters building. I am one of three finalists for this large public project.

Road Trip

At Dawn and Joe's house tonight. Playing with little Annalise before I head off to bed. Heading out to Phoenix with sculptures and golf clubs in the car. I'll post some pictures along the way.

Tooting My Own Horn

Thanks to Curt Brown for this nice article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune today.
Sunrises on the North Shore sustain artist

More Art Summit/ Office Shaman

Art Summit

I'm back blogging again after loosing my last computer, well, I didn't loose the computer just everything on it.

Here are some images of new work I will be showing at the Art Summit. A small group show and sale at 301 Summit Ave. St. Paul on Saturday November 13, 2-10 PM. Hope to see you there.

Tofte Fish Project

This is ceramic shell coat #9 on the lake trout. One more coat of the slurry, let dry, de-wax, Vitrify molds at 1800 degrees for an hour, check the molds for cracks, patch if needed, pour bronze into the molds, chill, break off the mold material, cut off the extra metal, design and manufacture a system for mounting, sand blast, patina, and finally wax the finished bronzes. Then build the net that the fish will be mounted to.....see, nothing to it.