Minibrush
09-08-2001, 11:08 AM
As requested in the Cafe chat last night here is a posting of a project that just received some rehab work for display in a gallery, (along with my miniature paintings) beginning next Friday, the 14th.
This is the Gold Coin Saloon, an 1870's built bar that was in the town where I grew up in the Colorado Rockies. I've depicted it in the 1960's with some local characters: Jack Brown, the unfriendly bartender known for service without a smile; Shorty (seated at the bar), the, well, town drunk; and Max (the guy with the cowboy hat) the local postmaster who loved to tip a few, always after work, (he was my dad).
http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/08-Sep-2001/saloon.jpg
I made everything in the bar roombox. It measures 42" long by 18" by 18". The paintings on the wall were some of my first miniatures, the bottles are made from transluscent polymer clay, and labeled with liquor labels from the liquor store newspaper ads, that I then colored in with pencil. All the woodworking is made from thin veneer woods, including the floor and ceiling. The hanging oil lamps are polymer clay, that I recently electrified, so now all of the lights actually work. The music machines and juke box are veneer wood cabinets, and contain contents that look authentic and are also lighted now. One of the Wurlitzer music machines was a "one man band". It had a carved wood mechanical fellow who hit a drum in time with the music that came from actual violins, a small piano and cymbals. Although my music machines do not function, they are filled with replicas of the instruments and of course, the little wood guy.
Jack, Max and Shorty are sculpted from polymer clay. They were the first "dolls" I've ever sculpted. (and the last, so far).
I probably missed some details, and it's difficult to see everything with the small image, but it's tough to show with file size limitations. Anyone near Colorado can see it at the Evergreen Gallery, in Evergreen, Sept. 14 through mid October.
I hope you enjoy.
Minibrush
This is the Gold Coin Saloon, an 1870's built bar that was in the town where I grew up in the Colorado Rockies. I've depicted it in the 1960's with some local characters: Jack Brown, the unfriendly bartender known for service without a smile; Shorty (seated at the bar), the, well, town drunk; and Max (the guy with the cowboy hat) the local postmaster who loved to tip a few, always after work, (he was my dad).
http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/08-Sep-2001/saloon.jpg
I made everything in the bar roombox. It measures 42" long by 18" by 18". The paintings on the wall were some of my first miniatures, the bottles are made from transluscent polymer clay, and labeled with liquor labels from the liquor store newspaper ads, that I then colored in with pencil. All the woodworking is made from thin veneer woods, including the floor and ceiling. The hanging oil lamps are polymer clay, that I recently electrified, so now all of the lights actually work. The music machines and juke box are veneer wood cabinets, and contain contents that look authentic and are also lighted now. One of the Wurlitzer music machines was a "one man band". It had a carved wood mechanical fellow who hit a drum in time with the music that came from actual violins, a small piano and cymbals. Although my music machines do not function, they are filled with replicas of the instruments and of course, the little wood guy.
Jack, Max and Shorty are sculpted from polymer clay. They were the first "dolls" I've ever sculpted. (and the last, so far).
I probably missed some details, and it's difficult to see everything with the small image, but it's tough to show with file size limitations. Anyone near Colorado can see it at the Evergreen Gallery, in Evergreen, Sept. 14 through mid October.
I hope you enjoy.
Minibrush