Art inspired by biology, created by a biologist
Both Tamaryn and I participated in this year’s Art All Night, as we do every year. She entered her three feather drawings/paintings with a mahogany frame by me, and I entered my wooden intarsia Star Wars piece, “Jabba’s Palace“.
My wife painted me this watercolor and ink scene of Tatooine entitled “Sunset in a Galaxy Far Far Away” so I made this frame for it from unknown wood I found in our garage.
This is a sculpture/painting of migrating cownose rays. I made it over the course of a year, making the actual work a year ago and the frame/base recently. I first laid down a layer of paint on a piece of 4″ x 4″ wood, followed by sequential layers of rays painted on Envirotex Lite resin with acrylic paint (six layers). The final ray was sculpted with apoxie sculpt and the water ripples were made with ModPodge. Finally, I made a base/frame from a chunk of walnut wood, which I sculpted with a dremel.
Here is a quick video showinf what the resin part actually looks like in 3D (with light refractions)
Once again, my wife and I participated in Art All Night Lawrenceville.
It’s a free art exhibit in a huge warehouse and free for all Pittsburghers. Also, anyone in the city can submit one artwork to be shown.
My mixed media sculpture/painting “Tridimensional Portrait of a Lizard in the Midst of an Existential Crisis” was on display, along with a painting my wife made. It was a blast as always!
So this was an incredibly fun project to work on, which I apparently did over the course of about 6 months. I also featured this piece in the 20th annual Art All Night – Lawrenceville.
Original SOLD
It all started with just a small canvas and a little bit of apoxie sculpt.
