Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Carving the Man

My neighbor gave me this huge chunk of mahogany. I cut out the general shape of the figure and now I am trying to refine it. It's interesting to just be removing and not being able to add anything back on...sculpture is like that--just take away all the parts that don't belong and then you will be left with what you imagined. Easier said then done. I think I will paint on this figure once he is finished. Maybe a dark color, a rich patina. He is going to float above the house like a weathervane on a roof. I will make it so he can move in the breeze.

man

cutout man

3 comments:

William Hall said...

Nice to see you venturing into sculpture. Of course the entire house is a painted sculpture. Have you ever worked in this combination before?

Nicholas Wilton said...

No. But I do like it....I would love to do some mobiles. Thats what I keep thinking about....the forms in my paintings kind of float so it would be great to actually have that happen in a space. I could see doing really large ones...

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