#642 Prix de West, 2015 . . . con't

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http://pdw.nationalcowboymuseum.org

Invited artists may exhibit four works in the Prix de West Exhibition at the National Cowboy Museum and Western 

Heritage Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  The gala opening is this weekend . . .  it closes August 2, 2015.

The previous post shows "Jake", which is one of four new sculptures for the exhibition.
The additional three sculptures in the exhibition is the focus of this blog post. . . all are copyright, 2015.


Shown below, "King of the Kitchen" is a wall-mounted sculpture.

King of the Kitchen
11"H 25"W 3"D


Shown below is "The Taker".

The Taker
18"H 18"W 3"D


Shown below is "Dixie".

Dixie
12"H 12"W 6"D

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#641 Prix de West, 2015

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:

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#254,  June 19, 2012

#313,  September 17, 2012

#538,  June 11, 2014

#539  June 14, 2014

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

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#539 In the museums: Prix de West weekend, con't . . .

The Prix de West weekend is over . . . my work was well received and sales were brisk.   It's a great feeling for an artist to see names pulled out of the box and sales posted!  Below, are images of three of the four works I exhibited.
"Requiem for the Fallen" can be seen on the previous post . . .  # 538.

 Falcon Flight

20"H 19"W 8"D

King of the Coop  

18"H 18"W 7"D

Ed. 65

Retail 4,200

 King of the Coop

18"H 18"W 7"D

Tethered and Tangled

7"H 10"W 7"D

This was my 26th year participating in the prestigious invitational at the National Cowboy Museum and Western Heritage Center in Oklahoma City.  Museum shows such as the Prix de West and the winter invitational - the Autry in Los Angeles - continue to play a major role in the resurgent interest and excellence in figurative and representational art.

Below, are images and memories of the 2014 Prix de West.

King of the Coop  

18"H 18"W 7"D

Ed. 65

Retail 4,200

Below, the light was beautiful on James Earle Fraser's "End of the Trail" at the museum.

Below, I'm with Greg Simon, chairman of the Prix de West Art Committee.

Below, the new incoming President of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum: Dr. Steven Karr.

Below, the sculpture, "Pigmalion" sold in the fun-filled Saturday night gala, sale, and auction.   The annual auction carries the festiveness of Prix de West into the Awards Banquet and provides important fundraising support for the museum.  

Pigmalion
18"H 18"W 11"D

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#538 In the museums: Prix de West . . . "Requiem for the Fallen"

Tomorrow night, the Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition opens at the National Cowboy Museum and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.  This is my 26th year at the prestigious event and as in previous years, it is very important to me to introduce new work.  All of my works this year are newly released in 2014 and two of them
have never been exhibited: "Falcon Flight" and "Requiem for the Fallen".

Below, are two images of "Requiem for the Fallen", followed by the catalogue remarque.

 Requiem for the Fallen
16"H 33"W 8"D

Remarque:  "On a beautiful September morning in 2001,  I watched in horror as our great nation 

was attacked by terrorists.  Seeking solitude and reflection, I entered my studio . . . overwhelmed 

by the need to respond to the unspeakable events as they unfolded throughout the day.

The clay sketch, Requiem for the Fallen was the result and at the end of that unbearable day,
I placed the rough block-in on a shelf where it collected dust for over 12 years.
Several months ago, I revisited the abandoned clay model and cast it in bronze."


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#470 In the studio: Introduction to etching

Sandy and Trish are on a field trip to Tanzania, Africa.
 In their absence, an introduction to original printmaking and ETCHING has been pre-posted.

During the 1970s, Sandy Scott's etchings of rural, wildlife, and sporting subjects became widely known to collectors, museums, and galleries across the United States and Canada.

Her small, hand-pulled editions printed on exquisite French rag paper with sepia ink
and her innovative technique of applying transparent watercolor, became her trademark.

 The National Cowboy Hall of Fame, now known as The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
in Oklahoma City, held a one-woman exhibition of her etchings in 1978.
In 1983, she won the Printmaking Medal of Honor at the American Artists Professional League in New York . . .
the award winning etching "Sleeping Cat", is shown below.

In1980, she turned her attention to sculpture and produced her last portfolio of etchings in 1983.

Her early etchings, however, can still be collected from the artist and found in galleries, museums,
and on the secondary market.


In 1982, Watson Guptill published Masters of Western Art, written by Mary Carroll Nelson describing
Sandy's etching working method.  The next 7 blogposts will revisit her technique.

Next Sunday's  blog begins the introduction to etching series.


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

#447 . . . Addendum

Last week the Hall (National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum) in Oklahoma City had a 

memorial celebration for their curator and my friend, Anne Morand.  

Gerri Schaad emailed me: "It is lonely here at the museum without her".

Below is a picture taken this year at the Prix de West, shown are:

Trish, Gretchen Jeane - Director of Eduction, Gerrianne Schaad - Director of the Dickinson Research Center, 

Alexa Maples - Intern, Sandy, and Anne Morand

The art world is a better place because of her, and yes, it's lonesome without her.  

#327 In the studio: Works in progress . . .

This two hour block-in of a Western Screech Owl was my demonstration at the 

National Cowboy Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma during Prix de West.  

Notice the assemblage of exaggerated shapes such as ovals, triangles, etc. . . 

an effective way for the artist and viewer to understand form as the sculpture develops.

#313 At the museum: National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum

Persimmon Hill magazine is the National Cowboy Western and Heritage Museum's award-winning journal on the West.

The magazine premiered in 1970, an occasion that also marked the fifth anniversary of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. Persimmon Hill has been published continuously as the museum's flagship publication.  

Below, is a recent article in the magazine about my sculpture demonstration at the museum in June.  I have taught bird anatomy, sculpture and design workshops for over 25 years and have demonstrated my method many times.  Typically, the clay model is dismantled and the clay is used another day.  

Occasionally, I consider a demo "worthy" of completion and casting . . .  
such is the case with the Prix de West block-in of the Western Screech Owl. I will continue to live with the unfinished work until next year's deadline looms . . . at that time, I will strive to retain freshness and spontaneity  as I finish the piece for the prestigious 2013 Prix de West Exhibition.  

See post #254, June 9, 2012, and #264, June 22, 2012 for more information regarding the Western Screech Owl demo.

http://www.nationalcowboymuseum.org/events/pdw 

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In progress - 1 hour clay demo block-in of Western Screech Owl

#269 Remarque: "Swine Song"

The associations people have made with the word "pig" are not glamorous and there are many negative connotations attached to the word.  Throughout the centuries, the pig has been defamed, insulted and condemned as morally and physically unworthy and stupid. However, pigs rank fourth in animal intelligence behind chimps, dolphins and elephants.

At right, Trish stands next to Swine Song at a recent Prix de West exhibition. Collectors love the pig image, and over the years it has been one of my best selling subjects.  

We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals ...

They are brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, 

caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, 

fellow prisoners of the splendor and travail of the earth.

                                                                                               - Henry Beston

Swine Song

40"H 40"W 26"D
Edition 75
33,000

#254 In the field: Prix de West Invitational

This weekend, the Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition opened at the National Cowboy Museum and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.  This is my 24th year at the gala event and I was invited to present a bird sculpture demonstration and talk.

My subject was the Western Screech Owl and I showed the audience studio procedures, preparation, and modelling techniques.  I gave a brief chalk-talk about bird anatomy, armature building, and how to block-in a bird in flight.
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Shown below are preparatory drawings for my screech owl demo.

#253 In the foundry: New works

It is very important to me to introduce new work at the major invitational museum shows as well as gallery openings. This year, my new buffalo fragments have been very popular and collectors have responded to the way in which the sculpture can be placed.  Mantlepieces, such as the pair shown below, came be displayed close to the wall and large fragment panels such as the enormous bison panel can be displayed in areas of limited space.  Weight and cost is significantly reduced and the contemporary, yet ancient "feel" of the bronzes appeal to many collectors.

Buffalo Fragments III & IV Mantlepiece

This new work will be introduced at the Prix de West Invitational this weekend at the 

National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City
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Bison Fragment II

The bison panel is heated and golden ferric nitrate is stippled over the blue cupric nitrate undercoating.
This new work was introduced and sold at the Gilcrease Rendezvous Reunion in Tulsa, OK in April.
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#251 Living with art: Swamp Buck

The Prix de West in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma opens this weekend and 3 of the 4 pieces I have entered will be new works.  Although Prix de West  attracts collectors from all over the country, Oklahoma is whitetail country and I hope Swamp Buck appeals to the folks in the beautiful state where I grew up.

This is my 24th year participating in the prestigious invitational and I look forward to seeing collectors, gallery and museum people, students, art lovers, friends, and fellow artists.  It is museum shows like the Prix de West and the winter show at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles that have been responsible for the continuing interest and excellence in representational and figurative art.

Swamp Buck with a conte drawing of deer by Bob Kuhn

#203 In the foundry: "Swamp Buck" patina

I moved my studio headquarters from Colorado to Lander, Wyoming years ago to be near the foundry that casts my work.  I live less than 5 miles from the foundry and when in residence in Lander, I can be found there almost daily.

Yesterday was spent at the foundry applying patinas on work for up coming shows. Shown is a new sculpture, Swamp Buck, that will be introduced in June at the
Prix de West, held at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, OK.  The clay model can be seen in an August, 2011 post.

The patina procedure is as follows: The sculpture is sand blasted, then (below)
liver of sulfur is applied while the bronze is cold and scrubbed back, revealing the high points and leaving dark in the negatives.  At right, the patineaur heats the
bronze and ferric nitrate is stippled on.  Finally, the bronze is cooled, sealed, waxed and based.