The Compleat Sculptor
Pictured is my friend Annie’s new pad, a beautiful Chelsea apartment. Here is a triptych of mine hanging in her bedroom. I made several versions of these three or four years ago, and they in essence are studies for my Field of Figures, although at the time this was not clear to me. Annie is going on tour with Mama Mia again, so get out to see her as she’s very talented.
I went Tuesday to the Compleat Sculptor on Van Damme downtown to get casting material and relief material for my next Twister paintings. This place is cool albeit expensive, they have all the cool bells and whistles, lots of eye candy sculpting tools to check out, and the staff is friendly and technically proficient to respond to the strangest questions. Welcome to the mind of a sculptor. I want to create a thematic relief pattern on the sidewalls of my next paintings so I have determined to cast sidewall pieces, which will be in white plastic. This will give my series a unique look and feel, unify the series of course, and once the mold is made apparently I can make a 6 foot sidewall piece every 15 minutes. This means I can make 60 feet of sidewall in a couple hours, 10 six foot pieces. From here I can cut pieces down and miter them into frames. Since I am going relief on these next Twister paintings my surface support needs to be stronger than canvas, so I will make a board or aluminum surface to affix on the plastic cast frame. Then I will sculpt the reliefs in styrofoam, afix to the board or aluminum, prime the whole surface and proceed to paint these pictures as I do all my paintings, but I will be painting on figure reliefs. I’ve been wanting for my figures to come out of the canvas for awhile so here is my chance.
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