I've spent most of 2014 painting with the goal of a solo show. In the Spring, I also started working on a sculpture of a 1918 Harley Davidson Board Track Racer. I had the opportunity to do two solo shows; I had one commitment, and was short listed for another spot. Both fell through, but that turned out for the best, as a couple of painting commissions took their place, almost immediately. A good friend asked me to paint his last vacation spot at sunset. Here's a progress photo:
Other opportunities are spinning around, and I'll post updates. Another good friend asked me to do a piece about he and his wife's daughter. She is adorable, and I can only pray I can capture this much cute. I've got really poorly rendered maquettes at this point, so I'll spare you.
I've been traveling a lot, doing assessments of Veteran's Administration Facilities. I'm struggling not to inflame a highly charged issue, but let me misappropriate some Chuck D. and say "don't believe the hype!" The point, for these purposes, is that these trips may have an impact on future projects, to slow play it as much as possible...I will say that I painted scenes across central Montana while a friend of mine drove. Surreal, though this work needs work. I'll post updates in the future, though I also did this doodle of a calf waiting for his bottle feeding. It's a Rohrshach test,I know:
Finally, I've been sculpting random stuff. This is a new thing for me, and totally influenced by a number of my piers, including Ric Tewart, Walt Herrmann, and Chad Cochran. I've posted this on my page at www.facebook.com/kengoodsonart, but this is a solar powered lamp using repurposed wood and wire ( the galvanized container is just for scale):
So, in summary, I've pretty much flown off the rails... Seems to me like it's just starting to get real...
