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Heads heads everywhere.

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So, what's on my work table.  Well, layers of projects in various stages of completion or not.  My last post was talking about the Thinking Cap series.  That is still moving forward all be it slowly.  I am taking my time with that one.  It is slowly evolving into a very personal exploration into the power of words and how they shape our lives in subtle ways.  Kind of like labels or powerful spells that hit our psyches.  So, I am taking my time in exploring that idea.  At first I thought I would do pieces playing with the idea of four letter words. But,, quickly found myself looking at my choices of the words I had intended on using.  Starting thinking about why I chose particular words.  That morphed into words that I realized had some impact on my life whether it was positive or negative.  Anyway that is where that series is at this point in my art drama.  But, above is a shot of some heads I am working on for a variety of ideas and uses.  This whole summer and maybe beyond is ab

Thinking Caps Series Stage Two

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Hi my wonderful peeps out there in blog land.  I thought I'd do a quick post to let you see I am still working.  I have really started to think about my work in a different way.  So, I am embarking on a rather large series of pieces that all relate to one another.  I guess that is why it is a series.  Duh!  Anyway, In my previous post I showed you the beginnings of a new series.  At that point it was supposed to be just six pieces in a three part grouping.  But, for some reason the muses have decided otherwise.  In response to my plea to the universe to improve my process and get back into the fun of artistic exploration, this new series was presented to me in a flash of inspiration.  Don't you just sit back at times and think to yourself.  Where in the heck did that come from?  Well, that's kind of what happened here. Which leads me to the above picture.  Here are the first six figures in stage two of their construction.  I have added the skin for the body by applying a