In the spring of 2005, I approached my work for the Laguna Beach Festival of Arts exhibit a little differently. My intentions were to 'grow' artistically rather than just use the exhibit as a store front. After being an exhibitor at this institutionalized show for 15 years, I have learned that it is of utmost importance to show NEW work. The visiting art patrons enjoy seeing fresh work, not the same old material that they saw the previous year. The Festival is a jurried show and our work is evaluated during the course of the summer. It is also critically important to have NEW GOOD WORK which will appeal to the judges. There is plenty of competition and we cannot be complacent in the preperation for the upcoming show. We have to do the best possible.
Everything in my display was new at the beginning of 2005. As seen from left to right are the 'Kelp Forest', 'Kelp Strand', 'Large Snapper', 'Trigger Fish' and the 'Bong Fish'. As the show progressed I made several sales and was able to replace a few of the rockfish sculptures with new ones.
The Bocaccio rockfish sculpture was popular and I have several requests for similar pieces.
The Sierra Mackerel rockfish sculpture was one of the smallest pieces . It had brass and patinated copper spots.
This piece is a Large Triggerfish (with wheels). It's overall length is 44", height 24", width 24" (at wings) and weight of 75 lb. It is a fairly substantial example of a rockfish sculpture.
Thanks for viewing the production for this summer at the Laguna Beach Festival of Arts. It is a great place to see good art.
