Where did it all begin? I guess it all started last October when my newly discovered sister-in-law (newly discovered as a real sister-friend) took me on a golden day's trek around her part of almost-rural Massachusetts -- Concord Bridge, Walden Pond, and a favourite place of hers, the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. Of course, this over-sized head drew me like a magnet.
And then there was my 100 Hands project.
-- and my own unfinished "Bird in the Hand" cedar sculpture, about 25 years old and weathering gracefully in the back yard. (Unfinished because I'd decided early in the game that clay would be an easier medium).
And how about those art student friends of Pontormo's -- and then a giant-sized hand sculpture that I read about in an art newsletter -- maybe one of these.
Picking up the vibes, I decided to let some art students loose in a sculpture garden.
I'd previously enjoyed the process of "carving" a painting out of a dark background so I thought I'd try it again.
I should have remembered that strange things can happen in a park after dark. So far, there's a wise bird's head shaping up in Massachusetts marble:
....a pair of eerie hands...
...a funky student haircut...
...and other miscellanies that aren't yet ready to see the light of day.
I plan to keep nurturing this painting:
-- and maybe next post, I'll be able to announce thumbs up.
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