#604 Museum shows: The Autry Masters

The Masters of the American West at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles opens this Friday, Jan. 30.  

The prestigious show is one of America's most important exhibitions of representational art.  

Eighty of the nation's most prominent painters and sculptors participate in the annual juried invitational, 

which runs through March 8.

http://TheAutryMasters

Shown below, are the four sculptures and one painting that I am exhibiting in the show.

More information about the gala opening and event in next Sunday's blog.

Taurus Rex
19"H 16"W 8"D
6,300

 The Taker
19"H 18"W 11"D

Requiem for the Fallen

16"H 33"W 8"D

All Ears
11"H 22"W 8"D

Below,  since art school and my days in commercial art, I  have enjoyed oil painting.
 They are not to be found in galleries . . . but every year I create one painting
for the Autry Masters miniature wall.

Running Rooster

6" x 8"

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

#540 In the studio: Creating "Requiem for the Fallen"

There are several dates in history that are not only remembered but one can tell you where they
were and what they were doing when the event took place.  People of my parents generation
remember the day Pearl Harbor was bombed, D-day, and the day FDR died.  My generation
remembers the Kennedy assassination, Armstrong landing on the moon, and the day Elvis died.  

More recently, who can forget where they were when the Oklahoma City bombing happened?
By far, the most painful event that most people remember is the day our homeland was attacked. 

That day shook our great nation to it's very core:  September 11, 2001 . . . more commonly known as 911. 

Throughout history artists, writers, performers, and communicators have attempted to convey 

impressions of momentous events . . . it is a basic need.  Realistically it's a need for everyone.  

On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was alone in a small auxiliary studio and apartment that I owned
in Lander, Wyoming.  It seems like tragedy and uncertainty is felt more deeply when one is alone.
I had not yet moved my headquarters from Colorado to Lander . . . I was away from home, family,
dogs, and friends . . . pacing in my studio while listening to the horrific events unfold on the news.
Unable to tear myself away from the news, I remained in the studio all day, feverishly
working on a creation that I eventually named Requiem for the Fallen.   

Several years later, after I moved into my new studio/headquarters that had been built in Lander,
the clay model was placed high on a shelf  where it gathered dust until January of this year.
I took it down and as I cleaned it, I was careful not to lose the spontaneity and freshness
of the soft clay passages executed with passion and purpose so many years before.
As I prepared it for molding and casting, I was flooded with memories of that
fateful September day, 2001 when our beloved country was changed forever.

Below, are images of the clay model after cleaning.
Years ago it did not occur to me to take photos during the creative process.

Below, the work during the patina process at the foundry as a traditional patina
is being applied using liver of sulfur, cupric nitrate and ferric nitrate.


Below are images of the completed work.  I am currently enlarging this piece to 25"H 50"W for a
collector.  It is my hope that I will have the opportunity to enlarge it into a monument in the future.

Requiem for the Fallen
16"H 33"W 8"D

Requiem for the Fallen
16"H 33"W 8"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."


http://www.nationalcowboymuseum.org

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