Yew Dell

Yell Dell Gardens held it's first annual Outdoor Sculpture Show which runs until July 26th. The gardens is located in Crestwood Kentucky. In addition to Don's and My work, there are a great deal of other area sculptors - Mary Dennis Kannapell,Craig Caviar, Matt Weir, Al Nelson, David Lind, Karen Terhune, David Kocha, Jeann Dueber, David Caudill, Brad White and Amanda Matthews Fields.

Here is a sculpture that I did for the show entitled "Breaking Free". The sculpture started with

a piece of stone Don started to carve and then discarded. I hated to see it go to waste so I

worked up a clay model that would fit in the stone.

The beginning of "Breaking Free"

Starting to block the piece. The sculpture is beginning to take shape. I use timber crayon (the black marks) to try out movements in the stone before cutting with a grinder. At this point I am uncertain what I
want to do with that sweeping movement leftover from what Don had done. I'd like to break up
the vertical line and get more movement in it. I haven't worked out the hands and I'm not quite
sure where the feet are yet, though I know they are at the ends of the legs.....

Here I have worked out most of the body feet and blocked in the hands and have just begun to work some on the the sweep of stone. I'm thinking drapery.

Here you can see that I have blocked in the drapery...
And here he is at Yew Dell... I also did an Ophelia for the show, this was the first one I have done in years. And here she is getting filled with water. Happily she was purchased on the opeing night of the show.
This piece is entitled "Overcoming Oppression" and is really about the struggle of the individual to overcome self imposed obstacles.This is the Cougar. It also sold on the opening night of the show. That made me very happy indeed.....

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