Classic Busts (Custom) For Traditional Decorating Styles
I make realistic busts in styles to fit more traditional/antique decorating styles, like renaissance, neoclassical, victorian, art nouveau. They are generally smaller than life-size (all pictured here are about half life-size. They are made from LaDoll clay with various items as substructure, and are painted in acrylic and gel medium, and can be made to resemble most materials: marble, bronze, plaster, worn gold leaf on marble, as in the first photo. I can also do realistic paintings like the one pictured, and can do custom sizes and frames and matting styles, as I did in that one. I don't do portraiture; it's too subjective, and frankly I'm just not good at it. I don't see the right way to recognize people. But I can do a general style of painting or sculpture that will resemble reference photos, in selected colours or finishes. i'm also working on moulding originals so i can sell casts in plaster or concrete, the latter of which can be used outdoors, and would be considerably less expensive.
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I graduated from Columbus College of Art and Design with a Fine Arts major, emphasis on painting. I've shown and sold work in galleries, shops and festivals in the area, as well as in Chicago and Cleveland. I founded and run Cross-Media Collective, a 501(c)3 non-profit to help artists and art groups get the assistance they need, be it grants, sponsorship, or just general aid with permitting for events. We are currently fundraising for a permanent location for our events, and a gallery/workshop space, as well as a museum of miniatures, my pet project. You can read more about that at cross-mediacollective.org and columbusminiatures.org (currently under construction).
My work is very varied, running the gamut from painting to sculpture, realistic to abstract, massive to tiny. I get bored easily, and inspired easily, and no one would guess that everything I make comes from one person. Most of my work tends towards the figurative, or the anticipation of figures; I make miniature food, furniture and rooms…okay, and figures. My paintings are generally acrylic and almost always figurative. My sculptures are clay, and, again, figurative. I'm a people person, aesthetically, anyway.
I've spent the past three years renovating and decorating a very large, very old, very neglected house. My work with minis was beneficial in planning and executing the look of the house, and though I have no training in interior design, I love decor and architecture, as is evident in my miniatures, and would like to find decorators to work with, perhaps to commission a certain piece for a certain room, or work with individuals who just want an artistic eye or someone to shop with when redoing a room. Sometimes a fresh view or a second opinion is crucial.
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