#679 Art shows: "Buffalo Bill Art Show" . . . 2014

Last weekend was the 34th Annual Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale held at the

 prestigious Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming.

http://www.buffalobillartshow.net

Below, are images of my work in this year's exhibition . . .  "Silver Wings",  

depicts a Trumpeter Swan;  followed by "Dixie".

Silver Wings

Dixie

Shown below, are images of the new sculptures in clay before being cast into bronze.

Go to the BLOG INDEX and Reference Page for more information.  

See post #616

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

#463 In the field: Buffalo Bill Art Show . . . Quick Draw

I attend several museum sponsored, invitational art shows during the year,
and the annual September Rendezvous Royale show in Cody, Wyoming  

is one of my favorites.  www.rendezvousroyale.org

Held at the prestigious Buffalo Bill Historical Center, and surrounded by the majesty of the Greater Yellowstone Region, the celebrated art show, sale, and quick draw is one of the west's most popular art destinations. www.bbhc.org

Below, collectors love the excitement of a Quick Draw, and the Cody, Wyoming show presents a fast-paced and popular event for art lovers.  Painters and sculptors are given one hour to create a work of art.
The rules are strict:  Painters start with a blank canvas, and sculptors start with a blank armature.

Fifty painters and sculptors participated in this year's event.
The horn sounds and the artists give it their best shot!

Below, I start with a lump of clay and a drawing of my idea for a one hour creation . . .
a functional art sculpture of a kitchen pot hook;  a pig portrait is my subject.

Below,  the horn sounds and work is underway.

Below, collectors enjoy seeing the process.

Below, my watch reminds me . . . I have 31 minuets to complete the work.

Below, is the work completed in one hour . . .  entitled Cocina Queen Pot Hook.  
 The sculpture was popular and multiple castings sold at the auction that followed the Quick Draw.

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

#361 In the field: Cody moose quick-draw, con't . . .

One hour quick-draw studies, such as the close-up of the Cody moose sculpture shown at right in clay, are popular with collectors at art shows.  Loose and spontaneous modeling and the imprint of the sculptor's touch, cast in bronze, are a source of fascination for the viewer.  Go to post #360, Mon. Dec. 17.

Quick-draw sketches can have honesty and vitality, but spontaneity is not possible without knowing the subject. Meaningful form and understood surface passages must be created by the sculptor and not merely loose, sloppy modeling. The more known about the subject, the more the artist can edit, simplify or eliminate.

Loose is how it looks . . . not how it's done.

Cody quick-draw moose study, cast in bronze, in the patina room at the foundry.

#360 In the field: Cody moose quick-draw . . .

Over the years, I've done many quick-draw sculptures and some are better than others.  One of my favorites was recently created at the Cody show in Sept. . . See post #319, Sept.26.

Unlike plein air painting, sculpture is typically a studio endeavor . . . warm, sunny conditions can present problems with wax and oil based clay adhering to the armature support.  Furthermore, after the one-hour study is completed, the warm clay model must be transported - in a cooler - to the studio for mold and casting without damage to the structure or surface.

Thirteen of the moose quick-draw studies sold at the Cody auction and I was determined to cast the piece just as it had been modeled . . . with the same spontaneous and vigorous surface and with very little additional "tweaking" after I
returned to the studio.  The castings are enroute to the collectors who requested them by Christmas.

 Below, the Cody quick-draw moose study in the patina room at the foundry

#350 In the studio and in the field: Moose

This year has been the year of the moose:  I spent the summer completing an enormous moose monument for the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming -  see post #312, Sept. 16.  In Sept., I completed a one hour quick-draw study of a moose at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming - see post #319, Sept, 26.
Thirteen castings sold at their auction.

This fall, at the Canadian studio, I completed a moose study that was started over a year ago which will be introduced next year.  Also, while in the North country, moose venison fills the freezer as a result of a hunting trip north of Kenora - See post #337, Nov. 3.  Reference material and measurements gathered on the hunt were vital to the success of the new work.

Shown below is the Cody quick-draw moose bust before it was molded earlier this fall.  The green wax bar that
supports the antlers prevented sagging under the weight of the rubber mold material.  In the distance, the new moose study can be seen in progress.  The gray clay used on the bust was Jolly King and Chavant's Le Beau Touche was used for the full-figure study.  Different types of clay impart a different surface and texture.

#319 In the field: 31st annual Art Show and Sale, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming, con't . .

Collectors love the excitement of a Quick Draw, and the Cody, Wyoming show (see Monday's Blog,  #318)
presents a fast-paced and popular event for art lovers.  Painters and sculptors are given one hour to create
a work of art.  The rules are strict:  Painters start with a blank canvas, and sculptors start with a blank armature.
The horn sounds and the artists give it their best shot!

I spent the summer completing an enormous moose monument and the logical critter to model was a head
study of a moose.  Happily, the collectors liked my creation and 12 castings sold at the auction.

#318 In the field: 31st annual Art Show and Sale, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming

I attend several museum sponsored, invitational art shows during the year, and
the annual September Rendezvous Royale show in Cody Wyoming,  is one of
my favorites.  www.rendezvousroyale.org

Held at the prestigious Buffalo Bill Historical Center, and surrounded by the majesty of the Greater Yellowstone Region, the celebrated art show, sale, and quick draw is one of the west's most popular art destinations. www.bbhc.org


Additional information about this show can be seen in post #38, September 24, 2011.

Below, Bison I sold in Cody

  

Below, friend and fellow artist Jim Wilcox with his painting that sold in Cody.

Below, friend and fellow artist Ralph Oberg with his painting that sold in Cody.