A tall being in Japanese air-dry clay, with tengucho mulberry paper.
The Tinderbox, tinted in acrylics
Hans Christian Andersen's "The Tinderbox" ~ work in progress
"The Fate of the Children of Lir"
Swan Child getting her color, in Premier air-dry clay. Painted with acrylics including Acryla Gouache from Holbein -- a favorite of mine for the air-dry pieces...
Little Red Ridinghood & her Wolf
A Red Riding Hood, underway...
Baba Yaga trio
Playing with photographing the group -- we need another session, but:
A Bright New Year to You
With hope for a more peaceable kingdom all around, kindness and empathy, compassion and the seeing heart.
Another East of the Sun, West of the Moon
A piece inspired by the work of Kay Nielsen, whose illustrations I discovered as a small child. In Premier air dry clay, about 14.5 inches tall:
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
The Snow Maiden
Another wonderful Russian being. I wanted to present her in the act of melting:
Baba Yaga's Hut
Minus the bone fence it now sports...
Baba Yaga Dressed
Midwinter
If each day falls
inside each night,
there exits a well
where clarity is imprisoned
We need to sit on the edge
of the well of darkness
and fish for fallen light
with patience.
~ Pablo Neruda