Rippled Speed - Wood Sculpture

This milled piece of Redwood, curly Redwood to be exact, has traveled with me for over 25 years, quite a journey for a block of wood. Gifted to me by another carver, back then it was beautiful but not considered carveable. Into the pile it landed.

For years, it moved in and out of my life, on to my table twisted and turned, only to return to the location from where it came. The contrast of its raw beauty and milled edge seemed to perplex my creative abilities.

As with most pieces my creative ability is based on my traveled journey, not an epiphany, from delving into my psyche or subconscious. My journey has matured so I was ready to address this Redwood that I knew quite intimately.

The bent and rippled grain of the curly Redwood now had a story; the warmer ocean currents of the Pacific off Northern California. The current that the albacore travel crossed the path of my journey. Designed so well for fluid speed, man just had to imitate its engineering and so I too chose to expose the wonder of the albacore. With that block of curly redwood, I found the bent and fractured light on the Pacific's blue green water and the rippled wake of speed that the albacore leaves even if it's only for a split second.

Rippled Speed

Sculpting on the Road - Back in Idaho

Left the All Arts Festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado and picked up Emma at the local Red Rover Resort for her spa weekend.  The 2nd Annual All Arts Weekend in Steamboat featured Opera, a great selection of local, regional and national artists, culinary events, dance events.. Hope to make it back this way next year.

While heading to the foundry in Utah www.adonisbronze.com we came across the following:

Almost ran into a deer crossing the street in Hayden CO!

I now know why Ken can't keep his eyes on the road while driving!

The storm is coming!

Utah welcomes us with Dinosaurs!

More Dinosaurs and Sculptures in Vernal Utah!

Back in Idaho!

Cowboys in Wyoming

Was looking for a model in Dubois, Wyoming...had to compromise and use a cowboy! What do you think?

Check out www.silversagegallery.com

These two are having way toooo much FUN!

Tom Lucas and Ken Newman

at Silver Sage Gallery in Dubois WY

The beauty of Wyoming - SIlver Sage Gallery

This is the view on the way into Wyoming from Colorado, if you ever need a good nights sleep, stop at the Sweetwater Rest Area on the 26, right before the road up to Riverton. A quiet spot with cows grazing along the fence.

Arrived at the Silver Sage Gallery on Monday to the welcoming arms of Tom and Tammy Lucas and their gallery partners Gary and Vicki Keimig. 

The gallery is in the quaint Western town of Dubois Wyoming, about 80 miles west of Jackson WY. We found this small welcoming town 10 years ago when Ken first participated in the Wind River Guild National Art Show.  

We are heading gout tomorrow for the Sun Valley Art Festival in Ketchum Idaho. The show runs August 13-15th at Atkinson Park.

Ken will be sculpting next week at Silver Sage Gallery in Dubois Wyoming August 16-18.

 Monday 5-9pm Tuesday 11-7pm and Wednesday 11-7pm,

 before heading to Steamboat Springs, Colorado for the All Arts Festival August 20-22

Sculpting in Wyoming

National Sculpture Society Member Ken Newman, joins Gary Keimig and Tom Lucas at Silver Sage Gallery in Dubois WY the next two weeks.. Friendship that began years ago brings Ken back to Dubois for a meet and greet of old friends and to sculpt at the gallery. Ken is heading in from a weekend at Columbine Gallery in Loveland CO and will be in Dubois the next two Mondays, August 16 and 23 from 5-9pm and the next two Tuesdays and Wednesday from 11-6pm. Join us in welcoming Ken Newman to the gallery. He will be working on a wood sculpture and a clay figurative work for bronze.


Ken's sculptures continue to receive national recognition and awards for both his wildlife and figurative sculptures. His newest bronze sculptures of curlews were juried into the prestigious 35th Birds in Art at the Woodson Art Museum in Wausau WI and the 50th Society of Animal Artist's Art and the Animal Exhibition at the San Diego Natural History Museum in California.

Stop by the Silver Sage Gallery and say howdy!

Sculpting on the Road - Idaho to Wyoming to Colorado and back to Wyoming

Headed out on Weds for Dubois WY, heat in Idaho ranged 95-100. Stopped in Alpine for an early dinner and found that the truck was leading water-not from condensation but from the area of the water pump.  Of course, we were 36 miles from Jackson and it was 5:45pm. Called the Jackson dealer and got set up for an appointment the next morning.  Most of the hotels in town were booked, so we headed out to Gros Ventre Campground, just outside of Jackson. Buffalo were moving through the road and we couldn't have picked a nicer evening to sleep under the stars. The campground was nearly full. http://www.wyomingtourism.org/overview/Gros-Ventre-Campground/3177
Check out the park, it was beautiful!

Headed off to the Chevy dealership in the morning. The maintenance supervisor woke up on the wrong side of the bed and said they couldn't even look at the truck until the afternoon. Ken went back in at 10am and told him he either needed them to diagnose the problem (a water pump takes 6-1/2 hours to repair), so that he could cancel our plans to sculpt in Loveland. Within 15 minutes, the truck was on the racks and the mechanic diagnosed a small pin hole in a 3 inch hose. The maintenance supervisor was in a much better mood by then.  No hoses in Jackson until Tuesday, so off we went to Dubois over Tohoganee Pass. Arrived at Silver Sage gallery and greeted by Gary Keimig and Tom and Tammy Lucas. Spent some time before heading back on the road in order to make it to Loveland by Friday for the Columbine Gallery Reception and a weekend of sculpting in the garden. More later.

Ready to Ship to Society of Animal Artists 50th Art and the Animal Exhibition

The past two days have been focused on getting sculptures shipped and crated for upcoming museum exhibitions, which open in September.  Composed, is heading to 35th Birds in Art at the Woodson Art Museum in Wausau WI. Observing Grace is heading to the 50th Society of Animal Artists Exhibition at the San Diego Natural History Museum.

Observing Grace ready to go in crate!