Currieworks Fine Art

SQUIRREL!!

john — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 04:52:31 +0000

So what goes through a dog’s brain?
“…I like balls, balls and babies, babies are like puppies, babies smell funny, babies smell like milk and poop, I like poop, I like to eat poop, where is some poop, I want to find some poop, I want go for a walk, I like walks, I want to go for a walk right now, walking is fun when it is warm, who will take me for a walk, I can walk all day, I hate leashes, I like grass, grass feels cool, dirt is nice, nice and cool, mud is fun, mud smells like old fish, I like that smell, I wish I had some old fish to roll in, where are the fish, I––SQUIRREL!!”

Bronze, Approx. size 9″ H x 8″ W x 3 ” D

Downward Dog (Bronze): a Cast Wax Sketch

john — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 01:32:15 +0000

This isn’t a Poodle or a Keishound or a Portugese Water Dog or a Swiss Shepherd––it’s a dog. It’s just a dog. And it’s a dog who is ready to play.

Lucky you!

Lucky dog.

After completing this sculpture and showing it for the first time, numerous people said that this was a perfect rendition of a yoga pose––Downward Dog––as captured by a dog. So I changed its name from “Let’s Play” to this. I am nothing if not responsive to my public.

This is a little bronze sculpture, pocket sized (the marble base is just 4″ x 4″), hand cast. A fellow sculptor liked my first wax sketches and recommended that I cast them, and this, in pewter, was the very first. I liked that so much, I made a mold and now hand-cast it in bronze.

Pewter is for the Hamptons.

Bronze is for (wait for it):

America.

Let’s Play (or: Child’s Pose): a Cast Wax Sketch

john — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 01:20:20 +0000

This isn’t a Papillon or Bichon Frisé or a Crème Brulée––it’s a dog. It’s just a dog. but it’s somehow a bit more elegant than my other wax sketch dogs. So I decided that this dog doesn’t merely stretch. It does yoga stretch, the child’s pose, so it’s a do acting like a kid–you know, like they do a lot. I have been told that this is a dog doing the Child’s Pose, ergo its alternate name.

Ommmmmmmmm.

OK, enough of that; let’s go play.

This is a one-of-a-kind sculpture, pocket sized (the marble base is just 6″ x 4″), hand cast in bronze.

Last I looked, it was looking for a home. A nice one, with a view of the garden, and Thai silk curtains rustling in the early morning breeze.

Ommmmmmmmmm.

Big Stretch: a Cast Wax Sketch

john — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 00:41:18 +0000

This is one of a new series of loose, Expressionistic representations of animals. I call them Cast Wax Sketches, because they started out as quick studies to show to a prospective commission patron who wanted a sculpture of her dog, The commission ran away with the mailman but I enjoyed the light-hearted, playful way of capturing the essence of dog. This isn’t a Scotty or an Irish Wolfhound or a Swedish Meatball––it’s a dog. It’s just a dog. But it’s a wonderfully sleepy dog who just got up from one of their 68 daily naps.

They’ll be right with you.

Inna minute.

This is a one-of-a-kind sculpture, pocket sized (the marble base is just 6″ x 4″), hand cast in pewter.

Downward Dog (Pewter): a Cast Wax Sketch

john — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 00:33:23 +0000

This isn’t a Poodle or a Keishound or a Portugese Water Dog or a Swiss Shepherd––it’s a dog. It’s just a dog. And it’s a dog who is ready to play.

Lucky you!

Lucky dog.

This is a one-of-a-kind sculpture, pocket sized (the marble base is just 6″ x 4″), hand cast in pewter. A fellow sculptor liked my first wax sketches and recommended that I cast them, and this was the very first. I liked it so much, I made a mold and now hand-cast it in bronze as well. But there is only one in pewter.

Just one.

Not two. Not five.

One.

Naughty Dog: a Cast Wax Sketch

john — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 00:16:49 +0000

This is one of a new series of loose, Expressionistic representations of animals. I call them Cast Wax Sketches, because they started out as quick studies to show to a prospective commission patron who wanted a sculpture of her dog, The commission floated away but I enjoyed the light-hearted, playful way of capturing the essence of dog. This isn’t a Labrador or a Shepherd or a Kielbasa Hound––it’s a dog. It’s just a dog. But it’s a delightfully sad and silly dog, a bad dog who chewed up a shoe and then got caught. Poor shoe.

Poor dog.

But a charmingly naughty dog.

This is a one-of-a-kind sculpture, pocket sized (the marble base is just 6″ x 4″), hand cast in pewter.

Airedale/Welsh Terrier: a Cast Wax Sketch

john — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 04:04:10 +0000

Another of my loose Cast Wax Sketches, albeit a bit more detailed than the rest.

I have loved the look of these breeds ever since watching William Powell and Myrna Loy in the “Thin Man” movies from the 30’s. They had a great, spirited dog named Asta, a Welsh Terrier, that darted in and out of the series while the stars were besotted with gin and danger. It’s just one of the coolest looking dogs, and those were just some of the coolest movies ever.

This also is a little pocket sculpture, standing 5″ H on its 6″ x 4″ marble base.

And if my friend, Bob, ever reads this page, I’ll give him one as a gift. He has a great Airedale named George with whom HE is totally besotted. Well, with both George and Vasyl, anyway.