Homage to Klimt's Tree of Life

Ho, Ho, Ho

Asian Hornet Challenge

I got a call from a friend in the business and he asks me if I can sculpt a life-like 2" long asian hornet.... by the next day. These suckers are huge in life (2-3" long!) Having never done a model before, I hesitated when I heard the deadline but then thought it would be a fun challenge, so I said yes, ran out to pick up supplies! 

I spent a total of 10 hours working on it. I sculpted the body from polymer clay, the wings are wire with cling wrap heated onto the shape then painted with markers. Once the body was baked, I painted with acrylic and enamel paints, created legs and antenae from a few unusual found items (I have to have some mystery!) and after much ado, voila!

DS XL Art Academy Paintings

Each of the paintings below are about 3.5" wide on the screen of the new DS XL, created by me in a program called ART ACADEMY. I am learning it as part of a teaching gig. I am going to instruct a group of marketing folks on how to use the software. The frog image shows a photographic reference (top) and the painting (bottom).

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Some things bear repeating...

This is my current facebook status.

We can only, each of us, know our own truth - that is what we live with and carry with us - the world around us muddies the water, and no one knows each of our stories from OUR perspective - so hopefully, we try to give each other a break, not believe the worst, move forward in love and see each other in the highest possible light. I will see everyone in love and light today. Everyone. ♥

The Changing Room

A few samples of a book I designed and illustrated :)