'The 'F' Series: Future'

It's been a long time since I last posted on this blog, so here's some images of my last polymer sculpture for you to view. Its part of a group of work I've called The 'F' Series this is stage three named Future. This piece is the follow up to the prototype in an earlier post. Everything has been made from Polymer clay. The organic life forms either side of the glowing green porthole are preventing anyone from entering this abandon space craft. Approx 26"x14"x4" in size. Sorry about the reflections on the glass case, as soon as I get a better image of the finished piece I will upload it.

Prototype for a new sculpture.

These two items are prototypes for a Sci-Fi sculpture I'm creating. Using polymer clay I wanted to get a feel contrasting textures. The high gloss of the surrounding spiked piece in conjunction with the granite texture of the elliptical stone offset each other. Doing this prototype have made me think about the importance of texture and how they can be used effectively.

My First Ever Oil Painting (please don't laugh). 'Solo' 2012.

I've never considered myself a painter - I've always preferred pencil drawing and sculpting(especially with clay). So to find myself painting for the first time in over twenty years seemed daunting. I realized (very quickly) that the reason I've always hated painting was because in the past I was using acrylics and not oil paint. I like to blend and oil is a wonderful medium, lending itself to my style perfectly. I'm self taught and I don't attend a class, I believe that attending a class will force me to work in a certain way and may change my style. This painting was created late last year, its approx 6x8 inches. The painting is called 'Solo' because its my first attempted. its not a still life or copied from a picture of a snooker ball. I just picked the first thing that came into my head that was bold and simple to paint.