Art at the front door

It’s a bit before 4 AM as I begin to write. You’re now in on one of my ‘tricks’ for fitting it all in to a very full life as an artist entrepreneur with young children. The night shift can be an important time for some tasks. It’s quiet with no interruptions – something that’s hard to come by when your business is on the same property that you live on.

But what a treat tonight – the full moon reflecting off the Yellowstone River outside is absolutely gorgeous. Wish I could add a photo of what I see out my window, but a photo could never do it justice. Some things are meant to experience in person.

 

Tonight, it's the smallest full moon of the year - "the mini moon"....12.2% smaller than the largest of the year that will occur on August 10.

And with it's name derived from Native American tradition - "Full Wolf Moon" - it's the perfect night to preview John's latest piece....

A wolf sconce - a commissioned piece by a client to be installed beside their front entry. There’s something I will always appreciate about functional art – so nice to incorporate art into our lives. To see beauty at your front door everyday. I really like that concept.

 

 

 

 


John’s working in clay here, but the final piece will be bronze. He's still working out some of the final details, but here the piece is getting close to completion.

At this stage, you do have to have ‘the vision’. Some areas at the top will be cut out later and he’ll make translucent panels – probably out of mica –  giving the piece a lighter feeling than you see here in clay. There will be some other slight adjustments and details added yet too. (Luckily, we’ve done this before…a few times!... that experience helps with ‘the vision’.)

Our Yellowstone Zoo    

- photos from our windows -

The beaver have become regular visitors to our property this year.  So I’ve had lots of opportunities for photos….

 

 

 

 

And our first sighting of the year of bison out our windows - that's always exciting!

 

 

Now, off to my next task on my list - web update - while it’s still quiet around here…..