Check out Sculpture at Blue Line Gallery and Sacramento Fine Arts Center

Dia de Los Muertos Show: Art by Jo AnnBlum, Marie Dixon, Suzanne Goodwin, Juice Lee, Miriam Morris, and Cassandra Reeves.
The Blue LIne Gallery is located at 405 Vernon St. Suite 100, Roseville and our show is running until November 7. Easy access with free parking next door.

The Sacramento Fine Arts Center is located at 5330 Gibbons Drive in Carmichael and the Bold Expressions, International Juried Show is open until October 24.
Hope you can come down and enjoy the sculpture. If not, take a minute a check out my sculpture blog.
Thanks again for all your support.

Steve's Mask at Kaneko Gallery, Mask Show

Tony Natsuolas recommended I use my models on armature as a model and build the figure off armature from the legs up. As a result, I have a bunch of legs, torso and heads, because I never could come back before they both harden to the same consistency. I heard about a sculptor who just did body parts so I decided to try firing and staining my legs and torsos. My sculpted mask of Steve is in the Kaneko Gallery Mask Show. Tony calls my work expressive. I love exaggerating the figure. Hopefully, you can see an improvement from my early figures.

Skull at the Blue Line Gallery

24"x24" Asphalt, Encaustic and Oil on Board

Where is the Remote? -Blue Line Gallery,Roseville

I love sculpting the long pose during the S Street Marathons. When the artists finish after a long day, they sit around and have a glass of wine and critique the work. I don’t know who recommended the title for my six hour sculpture of a female model on a large chair. Her gestural pose encouraged the title, “Where is the remote?” Today at the Capital Plein Air Competition, someone came up and said, “Where is your sculpture?”

Tye on Towel and Bob on Bed of Thorns at Blue line

Fear and Resolutions

You may have seen this video before. It was produced by Sid Akar, another student from Sacramento City College in 2006, who was moved by my drawings of me on the side of cliff with images of crosses, saints, and family photos at the bottom. This was my version of a dream I had when I was sick of me falling. I am sharing because this video will be highlighted at the reception for Dia de Los Muertos. You will be able to compare my improvement in capturing the figure.

Bold Expression Exhibit Closes October 24

Tony Natsuolas, Ken Potter, and Gregory Kondos, all said the same thing, "Sugar makes me laugh." Her eyes look like she had a hard night and her tongue was like a caricature of her. It was fun trying to sculpt her on the back deck as she kept moving with her tongue always out. I titled this sculpture, "Having Fun with Sugar." I loved when Christian and Isabella went up and gave her a hug. Our Wednesday ceramic group with Tony are doing a series of dogs. They are fun. I might try a cat. I just love to move clay.

Bold Expressions, International Juried Competition

Lacy, is one of my first sculptures from the Figure Marathon. She represents 3 different female models, the last being Diane. We like to smoosh the clay into different people. Greg Kondos,juror for this competition, said, "She reminded him of an old girlfriend. Also, when he presented her award, "I liked because she looked old." I had used a bronze paint with patina on this ceramic sculpture.