ostrich egg

Just painted this week for a McKee Garden fundraiser.

preparation

This frog is painted on paper with acrylic.  Drawing image ideas ahead on paper makes glazing easier later.

Mexico

Just back from 12 nights in San Miguel de Allende. We visited a private Folk Art Museum.

New Pottery Bowls from Janvier Miller

Jan describes her new collection of nesting bowls in this short video.

two new bowls

7" across the top - stoneware

10 1/2" across the top - stoneware

Under the curved bottom edge is a blue stripe which completes the idea of a rainy day.

Macaw

Happy New Year

new ceramics

The horseshoe crab is on a large platter. The cardinal is part of a plate set.

new plates

The Sandhill Crane is painted on a large platter. The pigeon plate is lunch size and one of a set. 

before and after

This top image shows one of my plates after bisque firing and in the process of painting the design. The lower photo shows the plate after the final high firing. I fire my ceramics to a stoneware finish of cone 8. The temperature in the kiln gets up to something around 2000 degrees for cone 8.

pottery

150 lbs of clay = thrown, bisqued, white glaze undercoat ...ready now for decorating. Many tedious firings are needed because our kiln is so small. The good side of this is that I don't feel rushed when painting the designs.

Cara Black

Murder in Paris is Cara Black's speciality. Fun and informative reading. Now I'm engrossed in Dennis Lehane "the Given Day" set in Boston after WW1. With all the construction of a new mansion close outside my studio window, I find I'd rather be somewhere else. Luckily, our pottery is set-up on the other side of the house. I've been making plates and bowls. I've gone through almost 150 lbs. of clay now. The next step will be to make the glazes.
Christmas packages need to be sent off...

November studio

Rosate Spoonbill painting in progress...Waterlily painting being revised with larger flowers.

holiday bazaar

Sat. and Sun., Nov. 21 and 22, 2009 10-4
MacMillan's 2660 Cardinal Dr., Vero Beach
I'm part of this event with my new Cafepress items as well as some my pottery and small paintings. It should be fun.  I've also assembled a calendar for the year 2010 of just my paintings of birds.

bowls are ready-