#692 Retrospective

SANDY SCOTT: A RETROSPECTIVE

Traveling Museum Exhibition Produced by David J. Wagner, L.L.C.

TOUR ITINERARY

October 1 - December 31, 2015

Center for the Arts of Bonita Springs

Bonita Springs, FL

artcenterbonita.org

January 23 - April 24, 2016

Brookgreen Gardens

Murrells Inlet, SC

brookgreen.org

June 1 - August 31, 2016

Sternberg Museum of Natural History

Fort Hays State University

Hays, KS

sternberg.fhsu.edu

October 22, 2016 - April 30, 2017

National Museum of Wildlife Art

Jackson Hole, WY

Shown below, on the cover of  the current "Art of the West", is 

a brilliant painting by  Logan Maxwell Hagege.  

Shown below and on the inside cover, is an ad for the 
Retrospective in the current issue of

 "Art of the West" magazine.

This blog has been temporarily suspended due to retrospective commitments but will post again soon.

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Blog, text, photos, drawings, and sculpture . . . © Sandy Scott and Trish

#691 Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from our house to yours!

We hope your Christmas is merry and bright . . . if you live in Wyoming, it's sure to be white!

Shown above is my little snowbound studio cabin along the Popo Agie River where I paint. 

The photo was taken this morning looking north from the sculpture design studio.

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#690 Deer antlers

Male members of the deer family, including moose and elk,
grow antlers which are extensions of the skull.
Their main purpose is to attract females and to fight
other males.  Antlers and shed and grow back every year.
When a buck is growing antlers, they are referred to as being
in "velvet".  Along with moose and elk, the two other deer
species found in Wyoming are Mule Deer and Whitetail.

Below are etchings showing the difference between a Mule Deer and Whitetail buck's antlers.
Notice the points on a muley's antlers split and fork in two directions while a Whitetail
 buck's antler points grow off of one main beam and do not fork.

Mule Deer

Whitetail Deer


Below, is an etching of a Mule Deer entitled, "The Itch".

Below, is a little oil study in progress of a Whitetail buck.

Below is a sculpture of a Whitetail Deer

"Swamp Buck"
15"H 13"W 6"D
Edition 65
2,400

Below is a sculpture head study of a Whitetail Deer

"Whitetail Bust"
14"H 8"W 6"D
1,200

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Blog, text, photos, drawings, and sculpture . . . © Sandy Scott and Trish

#689 White-tailed deer

Both Mule Deer and White-tailed deer are found in Wyoming
but Mule Deer are more prevalent.I see muleys daily where I live in
the Lander Valley located on the eastern slopes of the Wind River Range.
Occasionally, White-tails are to be found on the western slopes of the continental
divide, but not often.White-tails are typically considered an eastern deer but we have
them and the further east you go from Wyoming,the more common they become . . .
the Rocky Mountains are the cut-off of their range to the west.

My studio is located on a river that flows into the eastern drainage of the Wind River
and there is a resident herdof White-tail deer a few miles northwest of us . . .
we don't see them often but today a doe and a yearling were out in the harsh,
snowy weather.  Below, are images.

Below, are images of etchings entitled,"First Snow" and "White-tail in Snow".

Below, are images of sculptures entitled, "Swamp Buck" and "White-tail".

"Swamp Buck"
15"H 13"W 6"D
Edition 65
2,400



"Whitetail
12"H 12"W 4"D
Edition 65
2,400


"Whitetail
12"H 12"W 4"D
Edition 65
2,400

Blog, text, photos, drawings, and sculpture . . . © Sandy Scott and Trish

#688 Elk review

Elk (wapiti) are common where I live in Wyoming.

Shown below, are images of this magnificent member of the deer family.    

Wind River Descent

Below, is a photo taken of elk about two miles from our cabin on the Wyoming/Colorado border.
This image was taken two weeks ago . . . a major snowstorm was imminent and the herd was leaving the high country.

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#687 Wild Turkey Review

This week's blog celebrates the Wild Turkey.

Below, are images of drawings, etchings, sculpture, and photos depicting America's Wild Turkey.

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 Tom

 Jake

Turkey Bookends

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#686 New sculpture: "Silver Wings - Trumpeter Swan"

   "Silver Wings - Trumpeter Swan" is a new sculpture introduced in Cody this fall.  Please go to the search box and type in trumpeter swan for more information about the creation of this work . . . drawings and photos are shown. 

 Below are images of the work in progress in clay and the finished sculpture cast in bronze.

Shown below . . .  the flexible rubber mold in progress.

Shown below . . . silver nitrate being applied during the patina process at the foundry.

Shown below . . . two images of the completed and based bronze casting.

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