Casting Bronze

Bronze casting is fascinating yet painfully laborious. Many steps, and many things can go wrong. But when its all said and done, it was well worth every step....

Here we have the original (left), the cast wax (center), and the raw bronze sculpture (right).

A bronze pour in progress:

                                           - the finished bronze "King of the Dead Sea"-

Self portrait in progress

 It's been four years since I've painted a self portrait. This one is inspired by a small study I saw in what I think was Thouars, France, years ago. It was a portrait sketch of 2 monks in the late 1800's, one 3 quarter view, the other straight on. I loved the simplicity and sincerity of the painting. Here I have transferred a simple drawing, lightly massed in the shadow shapes, and began modeling in oil paint. One section organically progresses into another until the portrait is complete.