Gar Waterman

Progress on the large Persian Onyx Tun Shell sculpture -  the luscious color and transparency of this stone begins to be revealed as the polishing process starts.

 

 

 

 

Unless you are a diver, there is no reason for you to know what a nudibranch is. Should the name arouse your curiosity, this terrific link will give you a quick lesson on just how amazing they are: <http://www.richard-seaman.com/Underwater/Philippines/Nudibranchs/index.html> The short version is that they are small marine creatures, sometimes called sea slugs - a name that belies their outrageous colors, shapes, and configurations. I have loved them ever since I started diving as a kid, and have always been amazed by their variety and form. I think I might be the first sculptor to immortalize the nudibranch in stone - in the case pictured, I am using a yellow Persian travertine, which lends itself wonderfully to express the unbelievable colors one finds in nudibranchs. The roughed out form, with the typical two horns at one end and the gill cluster at the other, begins to take shape on my carving table. This will be one of a series of nudibranchs I am carving out of various exotic stones.

We will be hosting two artist's workshops at our wonderful place in Maine this summer. July 19 - 26 we have sculptor Paul Lucchesi teaching bas relief figure sculpture, and July 26 - August 2 we have Frank Bruckmann teaching coast landscape painting. If you are looking for great food, terrific artists, and a beautiful place to practice your chops, this is it . Info can be found at www.punchbowlmaine.com .

Scheduled for a mid June install, this % For Art Commission will enliven the main entrance to the new Kaynor Technical High School entryway. See Public Art page for a detailed desciption of the project.

An October trip to Pietrasanta yielded an exquisite block of Persian onyx, into which a large Tun shell is being carved for a Boston client. The initial block weighed about a ton - no pun on the tun intended.