Day of Installation

Here is Gary, one of the Zoo's maintenance fellers, transporting our stone columns (with Brent holding them together) to the installation site.

We next had to cut open the hard-coated foam sculpture to fit the armature around the existing column structure. We reattached the end pieces with Great Stuff, hard-coated, spackled, hard-coated again, then primed in preparation for painting the seams to match the following day!

Faux Stone Archway: Carving in Progress!

Boy, has it been along time since I've posted! The loss of my camera and a delay in acquiring a new one is largely responsible, but I'm back on track!

I have been working on a faux stone archway for the "Dinosaur Adventure" exhbit at teh Zoo. They decided to make it a permanent exhibit- atleast for a few years more- and wanted a proper entrance. I have been collaborating with local sculptor Brent Barnidge on the project. Here are some progress photos:

Lesson in Love

Finally turned in my entry to Satchmo Fest's Art Show, which has its opening on July 29th. It celebrates the real person, who lived in New York City towards the end of his life and would bring his horn out to his front stoop to play with the kids in the neighborhood.

Little Fishes

June was a quiet month for me, but I needed it after the harried schedule I kept January through May. The Aquarium called me into repair objects d'fun in the kids' play area, such as the Sea Anemone "Jungle Gym" and the Frog Prince photo op. I forgot to take completion photos, however...

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REFUELING

For Le Petit's production of "All Shook Up", the curtains opened to a Main Street view of this little town, complete with a gas station and Sylvia's Bar, where abasolutely everyone in the town seems to wind up at some point in the day, even the teatotalling mayor. The rear of the pink Cadillac pulls away from the Gas station exiting Stage Left behind the curtain in the first scene.

"Carnival of Souls"-Inspired Set

The Defunct Fairgrounds Scene

Here are some images from my scenic work on the Le Petit Theatre production of the musical, "All Shook Up". I did the work back in January but am just now adding them to my blog. It has been a busy five months and I'm glad to finally catch up with some personal projects.

Princesses Run Amock!

You know, it's not as easy to draw those Disney princesses with their little turned-up noses as you would think. McMillian's First Steps Early Learning Center asked me to do four of them dancing with their princes larger than life for their annual pageant fund-raiser. Not my favorite project ever, but I did my best. But- it kept me working in my home studio over Bella's Easter break, and so... there's a bright side to everything! They were painted cut-outs on 1/4" lauan, framed with hinged easel backs attached. The biggest challenge was in sketching out the poses so they were not identical and yet you could still see the faces of both characters.