Here is the fourth sculpted illustration for the on-going “My Woodland, My Nightmare” series. It is titled “When Giants Meet”
This is the sculpted piece for the “When Giants Meet” illustration.
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My Woodland, My Nightmare – From the Ground up
Here is the third illustration in the on-going ” My Woodland, My Nightmare” series, it is titled “From the Ground up”. Shown is what lurks beneath the suburbs built over the site of once tall forests, here nature finds away through the concrete slab.
Above is the sculpture made for “From the Ground up”. It was made from a combination of apoxie, polymer clay, synthetic fur and leather, foam and rocks .
A photograph of the sculpture was composited in Photoshop to create the final illustration.
My woodland, My nightmare – Out on a Limb
“Out on a Limb” is the second illustration for the “My Woodland, My Nightmare” series. This piece continues the themes started with Burden to Bear, which I posted last month. Further works in the series are to be posted soon!
Shown above is the sculpture made for “Out on a Limb”. The owls were made from a combination of apoxie, polymer clay, synthetic fur, and the base is solid oak.
A photograph of the sculpture was then composited in Photoshop to create the final illustration. The desolate forest background is a picture from my trip to the Rockies in the summer. The picture is of Kootenay National Park in British Columbia. In the summer of 2003 lightening caused a forest fire to the already dry forest. It burned for 40 days, over an expanse of 170 square km (12% of Kootenay National Park). The area is known to have problems with the Redwood Bark Beetle, a parasite which attacks weak trees. The trees die and are then easily prone to catching fire. The area was just beginning to recover when I was there.
“Burden to Bear” Print
This is a print that I made for an upcoming show that will be announced shortly.
It is a 16×20 giclée print on Hahnemuhle photo rag.
My Woodland, My Nightmare – Burden to Bear
A few weeks ago I posted pic’s of a bear character that I was working on. Here is the final illustration for it. It’s the first in a series titled “My Woodland, My Nightmare”.
More to come!
Sally the Soul Collector
Here’s the second illustration that I made for the show and a little story about it.
Children of the Bavarian countryside speak in whispers of the giant salamander known for devouring those who stray too far from home. The salamander wears a koala costume to disguise its true nature from its prey. The child lured from safety by the koala’s offered balloons soon joins the floating forsaken as the balloons are the captured souls of eaten children. Few know that the beast’s name is Sally.
I want to thank everyone that came out to see the show. It was a lot of fun! I hope you all enjoyed yourselves and saw some work that inspires you.
Jes
Walkin’ Birds
So this is one of the illustrations that I made for “Happily Never After” at Keep Six Contemporary.
Here’s a story that I wrote to go with it:
Once, long ago, three birds were caught by an evil old man who clipped their wings to keep them from flying away. Trapped in the house, they were desperate to escape. One day, when the old man was out, they slipped away through the crack in the door. Scared for their lives they walked as fast and far as they could. Unexpectedly, they found themselves in the middle of a desert. It seemed the more they walked the more the desert surrounded them. Hungry and thirsty they roamed the empty wastes when, on the brink of madness, they discovered three small blue flowers growing from the sand. The birds could hardly believe their eyes and wondered how anything could live in such a desolate land. Thinking that this was a good omen they decided to bed down for the night, never to wake again.
Ludwig the Lemur God
Ludwig, born a mutant with two heads, was cast out into the dark forest. From a young child he learned to fend for himself. For many years he roamed the forest alone, an outcast. One day he came across a small village that worshiped the sacred two-headed deformity. At first he was a little apprehensive, for he had never received such warmth and kindness. But starved for attention he quickly grew to love it.
Soon word reached the people of his home town, and disgusted they set out to destroy him and his worshipers. Upon reaching the village, the mob was confronted by a tremendous roar, which terrified the town’s people and sent them fleeing into the surrounding forest. They were never to be seen again by anyone.
It is said that the combined roars of Ludwig the Lemur God’s two heads were heard continents away. They destroyed homes and crops, and from then on no one doubted the power of Ludwig the Lemur God. People built shrines to honor him and brought offerings to his village even long after he had died.
