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Drop-in Collage Workshops

Drop-in Collage Workshops

Posted by on Mar 10, 2014 in Workshops | 2 comments

For this year’s workshops at the studio we’re going to switch things up a little by offering drop in collage classes every Thursday from 10 to 4, starting on March 20 (and drop-in “Drawing Workshops” on Mondays, 10 to 4, beginning on May 12).

The collage and the drawing workshops will follow a new format: we are going to suggest a different theme for each workshop, pulled out of a hat, literally, at the beginning of each new session. Everyone will work on something related to that particular “theme of the day”. The subjects are very broad and can be treated in any way that suits you – and may challenge you to find something interesting in a seemingly bland or baffling subject matter.

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Spring – Birds – Birdhouses

Spring – Birds – Birdhouses

Posted by on Mar 8, 2014 in Workshops | 0 comments

Back in the 90s I had the notion to start making birdhouses. I thought it would be fun to use up some old wood I had laying around and do something good for the environment by promoting bird habitat.
I liked the sculptural aspect as well and soon found my self imitating some of the old houses and barns of my childhood. Every old building I saw was fodder for a birdhouse and the more I made, the more elaborate they became. Wooden roofs became metal roofs and plain siding gave way to scalloped metal shingles.

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summer 13

summer 13

Posted by on Sep 8, 2013 in Larry's Musings | 1 comment

it has been a productive and lovely summer this year and i will miss it like an old shoe.
the studio needed a new roof and has one.
the same for my parents’ house. i know way more than i want to about roofing now. please don’t ask me.

the chill of autumn is creeping in and the leaves are changing.
i am cutting wood and preparing.
my father’s wood cutting zeal is rubbing off on me and i am finding a little contentment gathering my winter heat.

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Working small with an encaustic pen

Working small with an encaustic pen

Posted by on Aug 16, 2013 in Workshops | 0 comments

Painting with an encaustic pen is a quiet meditation on process and discovery. It favors patience and deliberateness.
What appeals to me is the slow build up of wax, stroke by stroke, layer upon layer, adding colors bit by bit and carefully mixing them directly on the panel.

This method lends itself especially well to working on a small surface. For example, the encaustic painters of Greece, who developed this process, seldom made pictures larger than the average head.

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Rough Lumber

Rough Lumber

Posted by on Aug 8, 2013 in Larry's Musings | 0 comments

Until my 6th year of school my family and I lived in a small tar paper house that was built in a day by my Dad’s friends as a wedding present. It had a living room, a kitchen and two bedrooms for a family of 6. The house was rough on the inside with no insulation and heated by a woodstove. In our minds it was a palace and a home. I miss that house still. There has never been a house as grand or a kitchen so warm.

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Artist Statement

Artist Statement

Posted by on Jul 23, 2013 in Larry's Musings | 0 comments

The Big Elk river runs like a silver thread through my veins and Tiger Mountain chimes my heart.

My art speaks to these two worlds, my first home and my second. In all my work I turn personal history into fables where animals walk upright and speak in the voices of my friends and family. They relate their lives in small dramas – sometimes they make sense and sometimes they do not.

Ravens and rabbits, elephants and mice carry on complex relationships often reversing roles, sometimes friends, sometimes lovers, often enemies. Always in flux.

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2-2-2 Studio Talk and Work

2-2-2 Studio Talk and Work

Posted by on Jul 3, 2013 in Workshops | 1 comment

2 hours of review and discussion of 2 people’s work and 2 hours of follow-up, working in my studio.
A maximum of 2 people (one hour per person) for this unique opportunity to meet and discuss one of your projects in a supportive atmosphere – and also be of help when discussing the other person’s work.

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