Degas and Van Gogh, Picasso and Rousseau, to name a few, are represented throught their artwork reposing on a couch. I create new works of art while reviewing old ones. It is a personal challenge to translate a well-known work of art into a sculpture while remaining true to the original character and style of the artist I am honoring. Making artist couches is fun. The low fire couches are fired in an electric kiln to cone 02.
Color is air-brushed or painted on using underglazes and a clear overglaze.
Stoneware couches are fired in a gas reduction kiln to cone 10. I use multi-firings in order to get the color palette I want. I am working with a convergence of idioms. Paintings become sculpture, sculpture may go 2-D, and works from out past become contemporary. I feel comfortable with what I am doing.