Cody Goodin - The artistic and spiritual journey of Cody Goodin

I wanted to post a few things that are new. I have been busy getting ready for my studio open house on May 2nd and 3rd. This is a small sculpture about 5x7 inches called "Rusty Torso". Made it from model magic applied to art board and then textured and painted.

Here is a pic of my finally completed winter sculpture to honor the rune called Isa or Ice. It symbolizes stasis, hybernation, potential and dreams. I made this out of wire, fabric, wood and lots of acrylic mediums and paint. It is 18x28 inches approximately.

This is a copy of the challenge project created for our monthly challenge at the art store where I work. The idea for these challenges is to get us making art and stretch our creative abilites. We pick a theme or subject for each one. This months challenge was to create a comic or graphic image inspired by our favorite artist in this genre. I chose Dave McKean as my inspiration artist. I love his dark images and techniques of combining traditional media and digital techniques to create his work. I first discovered him through the movie Mirror Mask. So, here's my inspriation titled "Zero and the Phoenix".

Well, I think spring has finally sprung here in Codyland. This is a shot of my Pussy willow tree which is in full bloom. I missed taking shots of the little furry kittys that appear before it blooms. I find this tree so fascinating. Hope you enjoy it.

This is my first entry into Jen Worden's weekly challenge. This one is #11 for the challenge series. In this one we were to get a picture from outside a window in our home. It could depict actual scene or desired view. So, I saw this wonderful sunset through a tree in my neighbors yard. I love bare trees. I am hoping to get more shots of other window scenes. Although I live in the city it will be an interesting challenge.

For my birthday this year I decided to get a point and shoot type camera. I did this to make it easier to capture pictures and to give myself incentive to take more photos. So, here are a few examples of what I have done int he week I have owned my new Olympus SP-560UZ. It is the only pont and shoot which offers RAW file format. Optimum format for great color reproduction. and flexibility in post processing. First picture is of my old kitty Shadow and the second one is of the foggy morning we had here today..

This is a pic of the two dolls I have made in Dayle Doroshow's class, Messengers and Storytellers. We are learning some fun techniques using polyclay and making canes. I had some trouble with the standing figure on the left. It doesn't stand actually. So, I need to try and fix it.