Elephant progress update

I'm nearly at the sanding stage. I had to fill a small area today and as I'm out of town during the day for the next two days I will have to wait until the weekend to tidy up the filled area and begin sanding from there.

Old Art

I think for the next week or so I will place some of my older artwork up. Mostly paintings,pastels and stone sculpture. I hope there's something there to inspire you. Maybe I will place some of my signwriting adventures on here. I don't enjoy this sort of work but do do it every now and then.

Maori Carving

Although progress is slow you can begin to see the carving come to life. Still a long way to go I want to be patient and focus on  craftsmanship. I'm still a bit unsure where I want to take this but I'm sure it will come to me.

Abstract Flower

Sorry for the delay in posting the progress of the abstract flower. I've been preoccupied stripping wallpaper for the last 3 days. You may or may not have recognised that I have decided that this is going to be an abstract flower. As I am focused on producing souvenir artwork for international visitors to NZ the design will also reflect that in it's title once completed. (The timber is also native to NZ, Totara).

Due to not have done the scalloped effect I am trying to create here, you can see that I still have quite a bit of work to do just on these two. The top scallop needs to have more curvature, which, once I started the 2nd one began to become clearer as to how to accomplish this, I can now work with more confidence in reproducing each segment.

Manaia day 3

The slowest process has begun. I've started carving the pattern design. It's still early days but as you can see from my previous posts it's starting to progress nicely.

 A day off tomorrow and hopefully I'll be back into it on Tuesday.

Bulls horn sketch

If anyone has an idea of what type of animal this bone belongs to please place a comment. Obviously the tip has been carved by the previous owner. It had been polished before I received it. Whether the polish gave the green look to it I'm unsure.

The sketch depicts 3 Manaia (Guardian spirits) ascending to heaven. I haven't quite worked out the story completely yet and would rather leave the meaning as is so you can come to your own conclusions. It will stand upright once carved.

Title: Ascension

Manaia carving (part 2)

Showing a bit more detail from the previous session I can see where I'm heading with this carving now. Vision is not guaranteed but I can only keep working away until it is complete.

The image below shows the earlier stage from the one above. This is carved from deer antler.

Manaia bone carving

This is the Early stages of a bone carving from a deer antler that is over 13 years old. I'm not sure how it will polish up when completed. I'm carving this without the assistance of electric tools. It's all carved with hand tools. I'm looking forward to the outcome.

Somerset mural completed

Sorry for the delay. The Somerset school mural is now complete. A mixture of Maori and Pacifica designs, (top and bottom) of the mural represent the majority of the pupils at the school.

Acrylic Painting

Medium: Acrylic 

Title: Kahurangi (blue)

Size: 36"x 12"x 1"(91.5cm x30.5cm x2.5cm)

Price: $50.00 NZD

 The Maori word for blue is Kahurangi.

This is one of a series I intend to do using smaller canvas', better quality canvas' and better quality paints as well to make them more affordable for those less on a lower budget.

A slow weekend

A rather slow weekend this time around. I began a pastel on Sunday and have a few touch-ups which I will do tomorrow. I spent a few hours on the Somerset school mural today. Rain played it's part in the early departure. I spent most of the time making colour changes to clothing and tidying up my line-work.
I  do have a painting to photograph and place on here. With luck I will do that tomorrow.