I'm going to be putting up a page of special pieces for holiday gifts. The first of these is "Luck's Dancer" Does he look ...

Blues and greens. The polka dots were an afterthought. They will be nicely packaged with a card that shows the original sculpture and the...

Closer detail, so you can see some of the paint textures. I'll be doing some experimenting.

Back view. Hope you see what I mean about painting. How could I possibly choose just one? Now for food and rest, for tomorrow I will rejoin ...

As I twisted and taped newspaper on, snippets of text began to catch my attention, strips of tragedy and superficiality one over the other,...

Finally, back to it this evening, after a long day of ratty and other business, including making a meatloaf. The outer layers are mostly dry...

G'night 

Up to now, I've used heavy paper used for roofing jobs. Tomorrow I'll switch to a much lighter masking paper to give me the fine tes...

The face becomes more detailed, This is the moment he becomes real. I suspend my disbelief here, nearly as when watching a film. It's t...

Framed up the hood with bailing wire and masking tape. Just the general shape--the wire is flexible so I can make changes.

This is where real life kicks in. Here the artist, no matter how inspired, must switch gears to accomodate last minute schedule changes and...

I'm going to stop here for a bit. It's a good place. He's starting to shape up and I have a good idea where I'm going but I ...

This is the messy part. It's a good part too. It's the part where it starts to come together in my head. This is a sleeve. I'm l...

It's a Boy!! Yes, his gender has been determined. In the tub is a mixture of flour, water and wood glue (about a pint). You don't ha...

Ok. We've moved inside to begin in earnest. The downside of doing a sculpture off the cuff like this, so to speak, is that you run the r...

So I decided to make use of the working light. This helps me choose a position. Nothing has really hit me, so I just picked one. A figure h...

One unsightly old lamp, in working condition. Now for more coffee. Ok. So I'm moving a little slowly. Nobody jumps out of bed and vacuum...

It begins. I'm sure I'll see this sight a few more times. I'm posting before ACME hour begins. No kid's education is comple...

To Deren, and others who've asked: Please forgive the delay. This is a photo of the sculpture Neil writes about in Smoke and Mirrors. ...