International Contemporary Artists Vol IV

I just received my copies of International Contemporary Artists Vol IV and this is my page!  I am in the Installations/sculptures section of the book.

Oil Painting completed

Look closely to see the cream color background right around the figure. I need to get photoshop and figure out how to make the white background actually white in the photo.  I titled this "Beginning of Hope".  This is a follow up to the painting "Anxiety" which you can see in a previous blog. I have felt a lot the last couple of years, part of which was losing touch with who I am by being beaten down so much  and so there is no face on this figure.  Part of that is also to show that this could be anyone.  The unfolded arm is the beginning of reaching out, having enough hope to reach out.  The muscles are not just a stylistic approach but showing there is still strength in me.

Artist Trust workshop

This last weekend I attended a workshop put on by Artist Trust titled "I am an Artist" dealing with the business of art.  Attendees received input on their Artist statements and artist resume.   I learned quite a bit and reinforced other things I knew but have not implemented in quite awhile.  I enjoyed meeting other artists and seeing Karen Mobley from Spokane Arts Commission again.  I hope to do something like this again soon.

Patterns and textures of glass from entry way

Here are a couple of closeup images of the transom and sidelight windows. The first one shows textures of the glass on the window sill as the sun shines through the glass. We find colors and textures on different walls, areas of the floors as the sun moves.  Quite fun!

Transom window and sidelight completed and installed

Transom window

Entry Way before the install

Entry Way after the install

From the exterior

I will show a detail in a later blog.

Painting in Progress- figure completed

The figure is completed! Next comes the background color and a much better photograph.

Stained glass in progress, bonding color bevels

After cleaning the panel the color bevels are being bonded on top of the clear bevels.

An ultraviolet adhesive is used and a ultraviolet lamp cures the adhesive.

Oil painting-progress

Progressing slowly.

Stained glass window-progress, last set of bevels completed

The last set of triangle bevels that will be bonded on top of the clear triangle bevels in the transom and sidelight windows are completed.  I like the color gradation in the bevel on the aqua colored piece.

Stained glass window-progress, last set of bevels

While the putty in the sidelight and transom windows dry I am beveling the triangles that will be bonded on top of the clear triangle bevels throughout the two windows.  The aqua colored one in the center is polished and the surrounding pieces are on step 3-pre polish.

Stained glass window-progress, transom window, pieced together/soldered

Oil Painting in progress

Stained glass window-progress, transom window

This is the transom window in progress that will go above the front door and ties in with the sidelight window I showed earlier.

Oil Painting in progress

Stained glass window-progress, sidelight, puttying and whiting

Putty is used to fill in any space in the channel where the glass fits into the came. The whiting is used to help the putty to dry and to clean off any oil residue from the putty and flux from soldering.

Stained glass window-progress, sidelight, soldering the joints

Email from someone asking about warterfall design

To the person who emailed me about the waterfall design and possible doing a similar design in your windows.  I am so sorry, but I had deleted your email and could you please email me again with the window dimensions and attachment. 

Thank you,
Isaac D Smith

Stained glass window-progress, sidelight, piecing together

Oil Painting in progress

Stained glass window-progress, first set of bevels complete

These are 3 of several  bevels that are interspersed throughout this sidelight.  I enjoy the gradation of the color from dark to light in the bevel.  It really picks up more of what is going on in the glass when it is beveled.

Stained glass window-progress, cutting glass for beveling

These images show the design drawn out and glass pieces that will be beveled.

Oil Painting in progress

Figure drawings in pencil-studies

Stained glass design for ceiling lobby-proposed

 

Top two images are close ups and the bottom image shows the full scale.  

Working on a stained glass design for hotel lobby

6:30 in the morning right now and I have been working on a design for a hotel lobby ceiling since 12:30 am.  Probably still have 3 hours to go.  I need to have this finished today so I can mail it to the architect tomorrow.  I will post the design at a later date.

Figure drawings in charcoal

Stained glass design for our entry way- final design

This is a second design that I drew for our entry way and will be the one that we will put in.  I will start on this today and post the progress. 

This sidelight will align with the right side of the transom window.

Figure drawings in charcoal

Merry Christmas

Just finished putting the gifts under the tree and drinking the milk and cookies left for Santa : )  Sorry Santa.

 I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas. 

Figure drawings in ink

Painting in progress

Design for next painting

You can click on the above image to get a better viewing of it.  It is the drawing for the next painting and is from the stained glass design below that was from an ink drawing before  that. 

I will be showing the progression of the painting.

Starting a new painting-painful today

I woke up at 2 am this morning and could not get back to sleep so I got up at 2:45 to start on a new painting.  I have been looking at this design I drew on canvas ( I will post the picture next time) for a week and have been unsure as to what to do with it.  This morning I just put a color on the palette and started on a section.  It was  painful as I was uncertain what was going to come out, not quite sure what to do.  By the end of that section, which took an hour and forty five minutes, I just gave in and allowed what needed to come out flow on the canvas.

Tattoo design

A coworker wanted a tattoo design of a few symbolic things for her and this is the basic design.  First time doing a design for a tattoo.