Bright Lights exhibition I'm a finalist in Florida

 

I just delivered a couple of works to the Resch /Arts Council Gallery in New Albany, Indiana (my hometown). It is located on the second floor at 138 E. Spring St.  The opening will be 1-4  Saturday, February 9th. The show runs from February 1 - March 29th.

The exhibition is entitled "Bright Lights" and is comprised of various artists who worked with Barney Bright or had work cast at the foundry.  This piece, a mother gorilla and child is actually a maquette for a larger sculpture.  I is created from Castilene, a modeling material that Barney developed.  Castilene can be burned out of an investment or ceramic mold just like wax so a rubber mold is not necessary.  

The show runs concurrently with exhibitions about Barney's sculpture "The Search" located at the New Albany Free Public Library and an exhibition of his smaller works at The Arts Council of Southern Indiana at 820 East Market, New Albany.  Here is a link to information about the shows -

http://artscouncilsi.org/events-2/bright 

A variety of materials (wood and stone) will be on display....

...as well as bronzes - these are by Dave Lind....

....as well as plaster castings by Raymond Graf.

 I am a finalist for a $100,000.00 commission in Florida and have been working on a maquette for the past few weeks.  I had just finished the model and submitted the proposal to the committee and so I decided to treat myself and take a walk on the property below the house.  The property is bordered by a creek and periodically floods - the house is well out of the flood zone - thankfully. It has been pretty cold lately and the flood water froze, then the water levels fell.  The ice pictured here is actually held up by grass and weeds.

 This is a view across the ice, weeds and grass below, distant trees above.

 beneath the ice, looking at the sky....

The falling water left bits of ice in tree limbs.

An interesting pattern in the ice.