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on the easel

This is the piece I began painting during “Art in the Pen”

SCULPTURES

I’ve recently been interested in producing some 3D work and I had a first attempt at portraying a maquette for a possible Highland Cow sculpture. I used a modelling material which is similar to plasticine so that I could create a working model or rough sketch of what I wanted to create.  I wanted a contemporary feel to it as I’m not interested in producing something like a Border Fine Arts figure.

Given that I had intended to sculpt the final model from soapstone I think that I have probably been too ambitious especially portraying an animal with horns. I may consider something like cold cast bronze resin to produce this type of model from a new clay model or make it much more contemporary and easier to make from something like soapstone.

Branded Goods

Some time ago I decided that I would like to have a very small branding iron depicting the monogram motif with which I sign my paintings. If it's a small canvas I don't always use my full signature and use the monogram on it's own as I feel that it is less obtrusive. A search of the internet found that it was possible to have such an item made although they are more readily available in the US and they are certainly not without their cost especially if it's an electric one.

So I had to look at a cheaper alternative and started to look at pyrography equipment instead. A wood burning pen would do the job and it was much cheaper! I did buy such a wood burning pen some months ago and haven't had the opportunity to use it before so I recently "branded" my latest  canvases.

This is the matching "brand" on the wooden stretcher bar of the box canvas and will be how all of my work will now be marked regardless of whether it's a painting of cattle or sheep etc as that is how the work is signed on the front.

See Q&A for the monogram explained.