Exhibition Images @ Gallery St. Germain
You still have until April 18 to check out my show at the Gallery Saint Germain… but for those who can’t make it, perhaps these images will help give you a feel for it…. Enjoy!
Gallery Saint Germain Exhibition
I have a beautiful little show up currently at the Gallery Saint Germain in downtown St. Cloud. It runs until April 18th, and the opening reception will coincide with the St. Cloud Art Crawl on March 20th from 5-9pm. The unique thing about this exhibition is that I decided to display some of my drawings […]
Sprouting Chestnuts
Normally, the first part of the year is a very quiet time around the studio. I’m generally left alone and have a lot of concentrated time to just work on the sculpture of my choosing. This year, so far, has not been normal. The reasons have all been rather good, but even good can be […]
Local Open Studio Show This Weekend
This is going to be a great weekend… I’m very excited to once again join local artists Judy Bergerson and Peder Hegland for their Open Studio Show and Sale. This year the excellent wood artist Jeff Kidder will be joining us as well. I’ve gotten a sneak peak at this year’s work while setting up […]
The Distance that Matters
Good abstract work is anything but arbitrary. The movement of a single line by just a smidge is the difference between “good” and “meh.” That is the distance that matters; that is the gap that holds the key to making something worthwhile. All the infrastructure, all the tools, all the time in the world do […]
Rustic Burned Boxes
For the past month or so I’ve been tinkering with the idea for rustic wooden boxes decorated with my custom wood burnings. The variations and character of the reclaimed wood gives them a very nice old-timey feel. They also allow me put to great new use something that would otherwise be thrown away (a minor […]
Eye of the Needle
Chopping wood, in a weird way, led to the creation of this latest sculpture… a fine little piece I’m calling Eye of the Needle. With every passing year, the Seasons have a growing effect on the structure of my life. There are times of the year that are just better for certain things than others. […]
Belatedly, Baby Trees
Last fall I stumbled onto a bunch of black and white walnuts (isn’t Craigslist great?) and quickly cleaned them up and planted them in. I simply walked along my existing rows of trees with a hoe and a bucket of seeds, scraped a small hole, dropped in a nut, and covered it back up. I’d […]
Bending a Rod ’round and ’round
I’m making some excellent progress on the sculpture I shared in the Evolution of a Sketch post earlier this week. It’s funny how surprised I often am in the execution of a piece… I have a design on hand and in mind, yet when it actually comes to making it, an unexpected world opens up. […]
Evolution of a Sketch
After the completion of Standing Knife Edge, I found myself spending time on a new sketch. I had a really rough idea that I thought had some potential, but was not yet sufficiently developed. You can see it here… It was poorly thought out and lacked “cohesion” for lack of a better word. When looking […]
New Sculpture – Standing Knife Edge
Taking a bit longer than expected, I finally completed this new piece I’m calling Standing Knife Edge. It has a really great presence to it… the way it transitions from thin edge to expanding, space-encompassing form just sings. I’m very proud of this piece. The name references a sculpture that I love by Henry Moore […]
The Ruminant/Harvest Park Project
My good friend and fellow rural artist Karl Unnasch has a kickstarter going right now for his Ruminant project, a beautiful stained-glass combine which will be permanently installed in Reedsburg, WI. Check out the link, the video below and kick in a few bucks for this great campaign.
20th Annual Sculpture Invitational
The big Two-Oh, the 20th year of putting on this wonderful event is coming up next weekend. I’ve attended many years now, and it’s something I look forward to every year. It marks the end of winter, the dawn of summer, and the time to unveil the work done within the fire-warmed cavern of the […]
The Courage to be Irrelevant
As artists we are not immune to the sickness of our broader culture. We can be infected just as easily as any other. Perhaps more easily, because of our deep seated desire to be “relevant.” Even those who fancy themselves opposed to popular culture define themselves at least in part by that opposition, and therefore […]
Open Studio Show This Weekend
I’m very excited to be a guest artist at the annual Open Studios of Judy Bergerson and Peder Hegland this weekend. So much great work to see… I kept getting distracted myself while setting up. I know it’s going to be a cold one this weekend, but if you’re in the area, stop on by […]
A Poem of Beginning
The difficulty does not lie in the rigidity or weight of the steel. I do not fear the labor of bending it to my skill. The pain does not lie in the vibration of the grinder or the impact of the hammer. Soreness is common now, and I suspect it will grow in time. The […]
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