And…another year passes.

Posted on February 3, 2023 by jane

And…another year passes. I am turning 75 and don’t realize it! Sometimes I really think I am much younger. This can be great for the mind, but it can cause problems when I overdo things, like wood carving, digging in my gardens, carrying too much bronze sculpture around = doctor, physical therapy, message, heat pads, ice, acupuncture!!!!

It’s a pain in the arse and other places too! But, I still work at my art. Something like 20 new paintings came out of me and I became fascinated with using ferns as forms for trees in my paintings on gold leaf. This unique technique of mine has been an evolution for 23 years. I have used composition gold leaf and oxidizing it with coats of polymer varnish, which turns some of the gold shades of green. The acrylic has been a product of Golden Paints. However, due to the friggin’ covid 19, the company has not been able to get its raw ingredients to make this UV protective coating. They still are not able to produce the product….so….I will now be forced to begin another process for my painting style.

Adjusting, reinventing, exploring once again into my life as an artist. This year too saw a 20% increase in the cost of producing limited edition bronzes sculptures. This is also causing a need to reconsider what I will cast in bronze. The economy of this world is in the toilet and it appears that it may go down the drain soon, as it is getting worse. There is a great need to be grateful, to bring beauty into the world through art, so I am still under my mandate to create.

I created a new bronze using a pair of birds as subjects and this was inspired by a flock of Eurasian Doves visiting our island neighborhood. With my constant urging of the planet towards peace, I took the words from an old protest sang by Pete Seeger and sculpted the piece, RING THE BELL OF FREEDOM, from the song, “If I Had A Hammer”. I will be submitting this sculpture into several juried exhibitions this year coming. There are already two exhibitions scheduled for the coming year and I shall be working on new works for them soon, as ideas are now forming for that to happen.

So, we shall see what appears from my studio in the weeks and months ahead and I know it will be a surprise to not only my collectors, but also to myself.

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