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| Mattise |
As I begin this journey of using language to process and share the creative concepts and creations, I want to share that ceramics has come to me much later in life ... after a plethora of jobs, but most recently (17 years) of college teaching -- children's literature/literacy etc. I took classes during those years, but didn't fully commit myself as a ceramic artist until 2001 when I retired. And now, not really "retired," as I consider myself a full time artist.
I've been encouraged/demanded by friends that
blogging can reach the largest audience (albeit the favoritism of Facebook). So here I am, beginning. The above piece one of my first bas relief pieces. I worked for several years, through inspirations of paintings, photographs, drawings. I am going to have a website devoted to my artwork in the next month and there I will be able to post pictures grouped by show.
I will be bumbling along, but determined to do as many entries in a week as I can.
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| Lady at Rest |
April 25, 2012
Finally beginning to make entries...as I learn this system. I am a ceramic artist, primarily, although I have worked in mixed media. The piece at the left was made @2008 .. with a series of trial and error glazes. The first try just too yellow so we redipped in an iron rust and came out with this amazing view. For some time I've been working with the female nude figure as inspired by photographs, paintings, sculptures...even catalog clippings.
Yet I am now moving into a new series of nudes -- to be entitled "Artist as Muse." In this group of pieces, I wil be working from nude photographs designed by me...and actually, of me. These will be accompanied by soft black and white photographs of the same pose ... neither format will have face, in order to focus on line, shape, form. I anticipate at least of work on these. At 65, I will be concerned certainly with not editing out the "imperfections" of aging: cellulite, sagging parts, a bit more poundage etc.
As I do my posts, I will when possible, include photographs of my work, and talk about them, both personally and professionally.
