West Quoddy Head Light

This colorful lighthouse is located in Maine on the eastern most point of the United States.  West Quoddy Head Light was originally built in 1807 and rebuilt in 1858.  This shot was taken with my Minolta, a 50 mm lens on Kodachrome 64.

Wood n Leather Penguins

I didn't have Photoshop to complete my penguins, so I used an old version of Corel Painter to finish the job.  I used faux wood and faux leather techniques to make Wood n Leather Penguins out of Premo polymer clay.
Wood n Leather Penguins is the 4th of my Animal Pendants series.  As with all my animal pendants, this could also be used to hang decoratively in a shadow box or on a small wall.  It is 54 mm (2 1/8") tall.

Faux Wood Vessels

My penguins are finished, but the weather has been so bad that I can't get a nice photo of 'em.  I also lost Photoshop.  Anyone out there have about $700 they don't need?  In the mean time, here are a couple vessels I tried to make out of polymer clay.  Not too shabby for a first-timer.  They might look kinda cool in a doll house or miniature room setting.  The tall floor vase is about 53 mm (2 1/8") and the water pot is 32 mm (1 5/16").  They are hollow and will hold water.  Hope you're not too thirsty!

WIP Penguins

I'm working on penguins to add to my Animal Pendant series.  Here are the sculpts, which will be used for the basic shapes of the penguins.  These were made into molds which forms the polymer clay faux wood penguin bodies.  Faux leather polymer clay will be used for the flippers and dark areas of the penguins.  You probably can't tell by looking at these gray shapes, but the finished product should be pretty cool.

Happy Meals

Tater says, "Look at this Happy Meal toy.  It looks cheap and it doesn't do anything.  They don't care about us kids."

Shemp Howard

Shemp is my favorite Stooge, so here is my paper sculpture caricature of him.  He had a face with a ton of character.  I tried something different with the paper, by soaking it in watered down paint and then crumpling and recrumpling and letting it dry out.  I airbushed a little more paint after cutting out the face pieces to smooth the crinkles out just a smidge.  Shemp's hair would look something like this right after Moe smacked him in the face.

Shemp Howard, March, 2004

Hurricane Irene

Hurricane Irene has finally left our area, leaving behind high winds and extensive flooding.  Tater had some thoughts during the ordeal.  While watching news coverage, Tater says, "Why is that news lady smiling?  Doesn't she know a hurricane is coming?!  I would be like, 'A HURRICANE IS COMING! GET OUT NOW PEOPLE!'  I wouldn't be smiling."


Tater: "Dad?  What would happen if it rained like this every day?"
Me: "Well, I guess there would be a lot of water.  Maybe we would need to move."
Tater:  "That would be a huge puddle."