The Beard Token

When I first heard of the existence of a Beard Token I knew I needed one.  What it symbolized needed no explaining. What it means is irrelevant to you if you don't already know. If you are one of the "Chosen", you know its meaning without being told. If you have to ask, you may never know. Men will understand.  The kind of Man who stands out in a snowstorm rubbing snow on his bare chest, laughing up at the sky just for the pure joy and amazement of being alive will understand. Bearded men who live life with the gusto of the vikings, they get it. The time of the Beard Token has arrived my friends.

The Bear Claw Necklace

So, under the tutelage of a local Native American artist, I'm restoring some very old grizzly bear claws. I'm planning to make a traditional bear claw necklace.  This is the highest of Medicine and a great honor.

Disney's Haunted Mansion: The Hitchhiking Ghosts

I'm almost finished sculpting the third and final Hitchhiking Ghost.  Once I'm finished painting the last guy I want to coat all three of them with a translucent greenish glow in the dark glaze.  Then some kind of diorama display for them. 

Paint is done

I finished painting the second ghost (for now). I may re-visit the painting when I'm finished with all three. My A.D.D. is telling me to move on from this project but my kids are making me finish (start) the last ghost.

Disney Hitchhiking Ghosts continued

The second sculpture survived the bake! Once I paint this it's on to the third and final ghost.

Disney Sculpture

The second in my Disney Hitchhiking Ghost trilogy.  He's bigger than the first one so I had to put him in the oven at an angle. He's in the oven as I write this and I'm a little worried. I'm not sure what's going to happen, baking at a 45 degree angle with a rod in his back for support. I'm baking him at 225 degrees for 3 hours or so, then cooling off slowly in the oven overnight.  We shall see. 

Disney's Hitchhiking Ghost sculpture

 

The first of the trio of Hitchhiking Ghosts from Disney's Haunted Mansion. I used 8 plus pounds of Super Sculpey polymer clay. It's just over 15 inches tall.  I had no idea what I was doing when I started so this was a great learning experience for me. This one barely fit in the oven and the next one is going to be about 2 inches higher. Somehow I'll have to bake it in 2 pieces. 

My Tortoise Lives In a Teepee

Our African Sulacta has taken over the teepee. He has the run of the backyard and every night he goes in teepee to sleep. When the sun comes up he pokes his head out.

Jesus Christ Drawing

I've been working on this of and on for a couple of months. I think I'm close to finishing. It's done in pencil on 19x 24 bristol vellum.

Baby Turtle!!

I sprinted in front of an on coming car to save this painted turtle hatchling from certain death. 

Flea Market Bounty

Odin was surely smiling upon me this morning at the Flea Market. Kong was a buck and a daft vendor gave me the footless Wolfman that he's holding for free.

CARPE DIEM

TODAY WILL BE SEIZED BY THE THROAT!  PRAISE BE TO ODIN!  WE YET LIVE!

Prudence

Momma Fox and Her Kits

Whenever I take my dogs for a walk, at the state park down the road from my house, I get to spend some time watching a mother fox with her kits. I took these pictures this morning at about 5:30. The mother is the clump of red fur over on the left. The two kits are to the right of center. Really cool stuff. I get to watch the young ones pounce around playing and hunting close to the den, under mothers watchful eye. Mostly she watches me. I don't linger too long. I try not to bug them too much. My dogs have no clue. They all watch me as I walk away.

Here's another one of the two kits

Game Of Thrones: Ned Stark

I've been trying to teach myself how to "Paint" my pencil drawings with Photoshop Elements. Been working on this off and on for quite a while.