Dragon's Haven Art Works Studio
Lawrence, Kansas
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Xtra StuffExtended Stories About Our Work
Flint Hills, Kansas
Ingrid is working on a commission to paint a triptyc of the Kansas Flint Hills. The painting will show the hills in late spring or early summer when the green grass is at its brightest. There will be some contrasting areas of erosion and rocky terrain showing through the grassy hills.
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Ceramics!
Ingrid started a ceramics class last fall and has continued adding to her repertoire of work:
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Feathers and Wedges
If you have seen a raw block of stone from a quarry, you may have noticed those curious looking parallel lines. The way stone has been cut for millenia has not changed very much. We still use tools called feathers and wedges to cut stone into smaller blocks.
Below are some pictures showing the p...
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Look for us at Sedan, Kansas
We will be exhibiting and demonstrating stone carving at the old lumberyard in Sedan, Kansas, during Memorial Day Weekend.
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Mandala Studies
These are small 5" x 5" studies of mandalas. These symbolic paintings are inspired on budhist artworks used for meditation. Mandala styles appear in many cultures from asian designs to maya and aztec works.
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Memorial Bird Bath
Jay received a commission to work on a sculptural piece to honor the memory of their mother. It is a piece inspired by the artwork of an artist the family has known and whose figures evoke a dreamy quality.
The work Jay will be doing is a bird bath being held up by a mysterious figure in a flowin...
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Pregnant Stretching
Colorado Yule Marble becomes the vehicle to illustrate the stylized pregnant woman stretching. It has been a continuing exploration into the female form. This third piece in the series takes the concept to a new height.
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MSG Show at Hays Arts Center
We had a great time at the Hays Arts Center. We would like to thank all of you who visited us there.
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Tree
Jay received a commission for a live oak tree. Starting with a cube of African Green Marble, he rounds off the edges to begin shaping the tree top. The stone is very hard and dense which has led to very slow progress.
As the tree top is shaped, Jay works the trunk to nearly its final diameter a...
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Pregnant Torso
Jay started this sculpture on a piece of Yule marble with malachite inclusions.
The marble is pure white and has bright green streaks going through it.
As the shape of the figure develops he has added voluptuousness to the curves.
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Ladies
The two paintings in progress here started with 3' x 3' canvases in which a rough sketch was laid out. The picture on the left is titled Waiting, and the one on the right is titled Amazon.
The main outlines of the figures and the background take shape here:
The finished painting for Waitin...
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Maltese Falcon
Jay's newest work is a Maltese Falcon, inspired by the statue in the Bogart movie. He started with a block of pure black mable. Now he is begining to detail out the features of the falcon.
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Figures
Starting to work on faces made out of clay. First attempt at a three dimensional face!
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Dionne
Jay is now working on a piece of Italian Ice alabaster. This translucent stone will be turned into the face of a lady. First he is shaping the overall structure of the skull and face and will continue by adding facial details.
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Water
Ingrid started this limestone piece as a test at a demonstration/fair in Winfield. It has evolved into a form that resembles a splash of water or a wave forming in the ocean. It is made out of Silverdale limestone and stands about 18 inches tall.
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Tellers
This is a new series of paintings inspired by the restaurant "Tellers" where we spend a lot of Saturday evenings. I am working in a looser style, where the brushstrokes are more pronounced and the figures are less detailed.
One of the paintings is called "Inner Space" and depicts a coupl...
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Guardians of Paradise
The newest work in progress for Ingrid hails back to the colonial houses typical of Nicaraguan towns. The house here represents paradise being guarded by totemic idols. The idols come from the island of Ometepe. They are known as Alter-Egos, and generally depict a human figure carrying (or in some c...
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Mujer
Working with a model, a pencil sketch was created directly on the canvas
The finished painting is in sepia tones.
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Griffin in Green Marble
The sculpture formerly known as a bowhead whale is slowly evolving into a griffin-like grotesque. These mythological beasts had birds heads, lions bodies, wings, and tails.
The body of the griffin is slowly being carved out of the stone. The bird's beak is based on a pre-historic raptor.
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Old Victorian Houses
Even old houses can sit in for a portrait. The basis for these paintings were old abandoned farm houses in eastern Kansas. Slowly, layer upon layer, the house and gardens are coming to life!
Progress being made starts to show in the pictures below:
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Is it a Gargoyle?
The general misunderstanding is whether a grotesque is really a gargoyle, or whether all gargoyles are grotesques. In essence, the idea of a gargoyle was to provide old cathedrals and other buildings with a way of moving rain water away from building walls and foundations. They were the downspou...
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