By this time next Sunday, Prix de West in Oklahoma City will be over and I'll post and update.
For more information about the exhibition, go to the museum and catalogue links and the blog links below:
This year is my 27th year to be invited to participate in the Prix de West Exhibition at the National Cowboy Museum and Western Heritage Center in Oklahoma City. Like most artists, it's important for me to introduce new work at the prestigious event and no one wants to drop the ball! The collector and museum expects new work and my studio method and working challenges demand it. The Prix de West, like the Autry, Eiteljorg, Briscoe, Jackson, Cody, and others gives the artist an opportunity to engage in a catalogued museum gala venue and sale that is as good as the artist chooses to make it . . .
I can't imagine not giving it my best and respond with new work and over the years, I've attempted to do just that.
Below, are images of one of the new works for the exhibition entitled, "Jake".
The sculpture is a quiet study of a young male Wild Turkey and is shown cast in bronze and during patina.
The patina is achieved by applying liver of sulfur to cold metal then scrubbing back, revealing darks in the negatives
and lights on the high points. Next the sculpture is heated and cupric nitrate is sizzled on to the hot metal.
Then, ferric nitrate is applied while the bronze is still hot. The sculpture is waxed with Johnson's Paste Wax
after cool-down, and "Jake" is placed on a walnut base.
The close-ups reveal the "woodsy" feel and coloration I was attempting to convey with the patina.
For more information about see post
#635 May 17, 2015
The patina is achieved by applying liver of sulfur to cold metal then scrubbing back, revealing darks in the negatives
and lights on the high points. Next the sculpture is heated and cupric nitrate is sizzled on to the hot metal.
Then, ferric nitrate is applied while the bronze is still hot. The sculpture is waxed with Johnson's Paste Wax
after cool-down, and "Jake" is placed on a walnut base.
The close-ups reveal the "woodsy" feel and coloration I was attempting to convey with the patina.
For more information about see post
#635 May 17, 2015
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