jack baumgartner

Wet!

A thing it is not often during the month of August in Kansas, especially the past few years.

I am not the only one enjoying the saturated ground.

Out on a Limb

I am stepping out on a limb. This time it is about the song. I have no realistic aims at professional musicianship. I tend towards the traditions where music was a social or intimate art form practiced by amateurs who spent more time in the dirt than the conservatory. That maybe a justification for a poorer quality than what is available, so be it, but it seems important to share a little more than just fragments. The song is called Good Father.

The drawings are for Rima, Thank you for the honor.

Out on a Limb

Not One Bone Was Broken

Faun

Prairie Chicken

Spoons in Pear and Walnut

A few images of some recently completed spoons. Two are pear with relief carving and one is a smooth finished figured walnut. All three are for sale here.

The Land Speaks

Sangreal

From the Song of the Ancient, here is a small turned and carved vessel in black walnut and osage orange. The idea isn’t fully formed or unified, but it is advancing. As the yellow osage wood ages it will turn a deep red-orange, nearly as dark as the walnut.

Luminous Earth

Those of you who are regular visitors know I have been slowly overhauling the pages here at The School of the Transfer of Energy. If you are new, know you know too. There are still some pages to rebuild, but for the latest, please take a few moments to visit the new Painting page. This has been perhaps the most personally interesting page to remake. Seeing so many of my paintings re ordered and in a fresh context has been revealing. Below are a few samples. I hope you enjoy them, and thank you for visiting. -Jack