In the Studio
Here, In the Studio, you can find a more concise run-down of what’s going on in the studio as compared to my Blog posts. I shall try to keep it as up-to-date as possible.
Last Updated: April 30, 2011
In Progress Paintwork • In Progress Customizations • In Progress Commissions • In Progress Sculptures • Ideas and Future Plans
In Progress Paintwork
The following models are what I currently have in the studio that I am working on for Sales Pieces. I am willing to accept reasonable offers on these pieces while they are in progress. (Prospective buyers will have a say in markings/certain customizations/etc. if the model is still in a condition for me to adapt to the purchaser’s wishes. Please e-mail me for details and further explanation). Please e-mail me for status updates and more photos, or visit my Blog!
Once the piece is completed, it will go up for sale at a set price, or possibly up for auction, and will be listed to my Yahoo Group, MH$P, MyAuctionBarn, and other such sales venues.
My Blog may be updated more often than this page. If you are interested in a piece and do not see recent updates on it in either location, please e-mail me and I will happily oblige you with current photos and news on the model.
- Breyer Show Jumper
- A “testor” piece for Rasha. The markings/coloration will not be identical. This model is meant to be a testing piece for the dappled, fleabitten look. Possibly for sale upon completion. Prepping now
- Rasha by Debbi LerMond
Rasha has been modified and prepped by Debbi LerMond, herself! When I received the model from a 3rd party, the base of the tail had cracked and separated during shipment. I sent her to Debbi for repairs, where she updated and strengthened the tail, and did another once-over in prepping to make this gorgeous mare baby-bottom smooth.- To be a complex fleabitten, dapple rose gray. Applying basecoat now.
- AA Mini Striking Out Arabian Stallion
- This handsome boy will be done as a dark dappled gray. Applying basecoat now.
Hazel by Morgen Kilbourn- Possible sales piece – may become part of my personal string. Contemplating a buckskin or palomino tovero… Prepping
- John Henry by Bonnie Shields
- I haven’t started anything on this big boy yet, but I’m itching to paint him as a silver grullo with some crazy pintaloosa markings! He should be really cool once I get to him!
Desperado by Stacey Tumlinson- A second casting of near-first-casting quality. There are some mane and tail tips are missing on this gorgeous boy, but otherwise he isn’t too scary for prepping.
- Undecided on color as of yet, but he should move smoothly once I get started on him.
In Progress Customizations
The following models are also studio upcoming Sales Pieces. Same rules apply here for “early bird purchasing.” J If you see a model that you like the plans for, but want to tweak it a little, let me know and we can work something out.
Keep an eye on my Blog for more pictures and updates. If neither has been updated on the piece you are interested in, please e-mail me for a status report and current pictures.
Thanks for your interest!
- Breyer American Saddlebred Stallion
- Customizing his mane and tail to a more wind-blown look. Planning a silver bay coat. Possibly with minimal Tobiano markings. Customization in progress
- Unknown Make/Model Quarter Horse
- Drastic Custom to a horse just taking off for a jump.
See blog for details! Customization in progress
Breyer Clydesdale- Drastic custom to fantasy horse. Keep an eye on the blog for him, too – he’s right behind the jumper. Customization in progress
In Progress Commissions
These models have been commissioned from me by other customers. As such they are NOT for sale. This is meant to be a type of status update for my commissioners, as well as an idea for prospective commissioners of what sort of work I do. Commissioners should be receiving updates via e-mail on the progress of their model.
- KM’s Paint-by-Number Miniature Horse
- Filling grooves and painting to Portrait of Cisco. Still in the groove-filling and prepping phase.
- LP’s Eberl Arabian
- 65% complete
In Progress Sculptures
I have decided to try my hand at sculpting! I don’t want to reveal too much, especially since my spare time is currently employed in finishing commissions and getting a few sales pieces completed, but I will share that it will be a he, and he is shaping up to be a challenging little snot! ;P
Once I am satisfied with his blocking in, I may share a picture or two – though these rumored photos will more than likely to show up on my blog first.
All sculptures will be offered to members of my Yahoo group first, though progress pictures will likely appear on my Blog simultaneously. Then the sculpture will be advertised for casting purposes to MH$P.
Depending on interest in individual pieces, casts may or may not be made, and casting may or may not be done by myself or by a professional company.
Ideas and Future Plans
For now, I am focusing solely on my commissions, my upcoming sales pieces and customs, and on my sculpture; in that order.
In future, I hope to offer a companion sculpture to the original one, and possibly start my own line of sculptures, though I will have to see where life takes me to discover whether or not this is even plausible. I plan to continue offering commissions, and, hopefully, be able to take on a larger workload during and (definitely) after my Clinical rotation. I would like to start offering 2-Dimensional work, as well. There may occasionally be artwork for sale on my Sales page, and interested parties are welcome to view past works in my Miscellaneous Gallery.
At the moment I find myself breaking the surface after what feels like years of falling behind. I have no intention of surrendering my “artsy-time” any longer, and have discovered new ways to make time for studio fun! :D *raises imaginary glass* So here’s to keeping afloat! Cheers! And thank you, thank you from the bottom of my toes, for your interest in my work! :D