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Job in the Cave of the Erth: Profectus

Slow refinement upon the underpainting of Job in the Cave of the Erth.

Osage Bowls

!st of 3 natural edge Osage Orange bowls. This one is gone already, but 2 and 3 are available.

2 & 3

Carved birch bowl.

Paddock Shed

I repurposed my first moveable paddock shed on sleds, so I built a new one. This one has open walls for breeze and more shade area for the sheep. The goats don’t use them much, unless it rains. The sheep don’t mind the rain, but like to have some shade. Simple and low cost, using mostly salvaged lumber and metal.

Ripping timbers on the bandsaw. The timbers were roughed out with the chainsaw 2 years ago from some salvaged cypress logs.

Traditional clamp.

Cypress and 2×4’s

Pulled behind the tractor from paddock to paddock.

Pear-wood Bowls and Spoons

Jonah, the Roiling Cave

Drawing out Jonah on the canvas.

Day 3: Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Viridian, Flake White, Phthalo Blue

Day 2: Yellow Ochre, Viridian, Flake White

No Man Sees

Mikey, here is the photo of Moses which you requested. I did my best, for it is a tricky painting to photograph.

The Mighty Acts:

Detail of Walking Man’s axe.

Walking Man’s hands, head, axe and walking stick are most recent.

English Mount in Red Cedar

English mount in eastern red cedar with black walnut.

Installed with a red cedar shelf.

Freeze and Thaw: Failure and Success

2012, Drypoint of Moses in the Rock, 4 1/2″ x 6″. Unlike an engraving which captures the ink in incised lines, the drypoint image is made by scratching the copper with a stylus, which raises a bur, trapping the ink on the surface of the plate. This produces a “softer” or “fuzzier” line than the crisp and precise engraved line. This also makes deeper tones possible, which I wanted for this image. I am not sure that I have not failed in my attempt. Yet I am not disappointed. Failure is the plough.

Fire and Gravel. 2012, Engraving of Waking Man drawing a comet, 3″ x 4 1/2″. The difference in line quality is readily observed in this engraved image.