The New Revolutionary War Sculpture Model

 So, when I first started this project in 2017 for the Oregon Revolutionary War Memorial, I created these figures as single images in relief against a red granite wall. Six figures for the six Patriot Soldiers in the war. The Minuteman, Continental Soldier, Militia Soldier, Oneida Warrior, Black Soldier and the Woman Patriot.

As I said in the previous blog, the memorial was cancelled. But I could not leave this project unfinished. My wife and I just got back from France, and there I saw all of these great sculptures created to honor the heroic men and women who fought and died in their Revolution. Very awe inspiring. I had to finish this in that style. 

Here then are my first creations, using  the sculptures I had already done as a base. Still lots of work to do, but I think this is a good start.

Check out my previous posts for a description of each figure and why I chose them.

 

Time To Catch Up

November 18, 2022

Since last we met, many things have changed.

First, The Oregon Revolutionary War Memorial project is dead. There was not the interest to raise the money to make it happen, nor the interest from people to fund it. Sad to see it go after I spent since 2017 working on it.  

Time to move on. 

I have had one of my new books published this year, Freedom Through Their Eyes. This was a four year project of finding and documenting my ancestors and my wife's ancestors who fought or aided in the Revolutionary War. I was able to find 11 ancestors, and their story is in this 500+ page book, available through Amazon.com. A labor of love that is completed ... at least for now.

On the art side, Nancy and I just spent a week in Barcelona, a week driving through the Normandy and Reims countryside, Monets house and gardens in Giverny, and the cliffs of Etretat that he loved so much, and two weeks in Paris. Very inspiring and rejuvenating trip. The result will be at least a dozen new paintings and a new Behind The Paint book. 

As you can see in the image above, I am also reworking the figures that I used in the ORWM. I am seeing if I can create an inspiring grouping of figures that will represent the quest for freedom during that period. 

Stay tuned as I see what happens.